Greg Garcia Signs With Tigers

The Detroit Tigers signed infielder Greg Garcia to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Tuesday. Garcia became a free agent when the San Diego Padres non-tendered him following the 2020 season. The 31-year-old had only 71 plate appearances in the shortened 2020 campaign and hit .200/.279/.250 with a career-low .529 […]

Patrick Mahomes To Have Surgery Wednesday

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (toe) will have surgery on Wednesday to fix a torn plantar plate in his foot, which is also known as turf toe, according to a source. The rehab will be for several months, but Mahomes is expected to make a full recovery. Noted foot specialist Dr. Robert Anderson will […]

Jonathan Villar Signs One-Year Deal With Mets

The New York Mets signed infielder/outfielder Jonathan Villar to a one-year deal worth $3.55 million plus incentives on Tuesday. In 2020, Villar posted an unimpressive .232/.301/.292 slash line in 185 at-bats for the Marlins and Blue Jays, though his 16 stolen bases ranked second in the MLB behind Adalberto Mondesi. In 2019, his last full […]

Auston Matthews Extends Goal Streak

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 11th goal as his team defeated the Vancouver Canucks on Monday. Matthews extended his goal streak to eight straight games. The 23-year-old now has 15 points through 12 games. He already has 52 shots on goal and a shooting percentage of 21.2. Fantasy managers who have […]

Ryan O'Reilly Registers First Three-Point Outing Of The Year

St. Louis Blues center Ryan O'Reilly recorded two goals and one assist in Monday's 4-3 shootout loss to Arizona, recording his first three-point effort of the season. He started the scoring in the opening frame on a power play and then became the fourth player from the 2009 draft to reach 200 career goals at […]

Darius Bazley Has Double-Double Against Lakers

Oklahoma City Thunder power forward Darius Bazley had a strong game in the team's 119-112 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. Bazley scored 21 points and grabbed 16 boards to earn his third double-double in his past four games. He struggled a bit from the field, shooting just 7-for-21, but he hit […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Scores 29 Points, Dishes Out 10 Assists

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 29 points in the team's 119-112 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. He shot 10-for-25 from the field in the game, including 4-for-8 from three. Gilgeous-Alexander dished out 10 assists in the game and also had seven rebounds and a block to […]

Clayton Keller Notches Two Points In Monday's Win

Arizona Coyotes winger Clayton Keller scored a dramatic last-second game-tying goal and added an assist in Monday's 4-3 shootout victory versus St. Louis. Christian Dvorak also had a goal and an assist, while Nick Schmaltz and Jakob Chychrun each finished with two helpers. The Coyotes came from behind three times in the contest and Keller […]

LeBron James Posts Triple-Double Against Thunder

Los Angeles Lakers small forward LeBron James continued his MVP-caliber season in Monday night's 119-112 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. James recorded 28 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists to notch his third triple-double of the year and second triple-double in three games. He shot 11-for-22 from the field in the game. He connected […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Monday, February 8

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played during last night's slate. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]

Dante Fabbro Nets Nashville's Lone Goal Monday Night

Nashville Predators defenseman Dante Fabbro struck a power-play goal on Monday, which ended up being the team's lone marker in a 4-1 loss to Tampa. Mikael Granlund and Matt Duchene collected the assists. Fabbro added four shots and one hit to his line in 18:49 of ice time. Mattias Ekholm (personal) was out, so Fabbro […]

Dejounte Murray Drops 27 Points, Snatches Eight Steals

San Antonio Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray had one of his best all-around games of the year in Monday night's 105-100 win over the Golden State Warriors. Murray shot 10-for-19 from the field and scored a team-high 27 points while hitting two threes and adding 10 rebounds, four assists and a career-high eight steals. His […]

Stephen Curry Hits Six Threes, Scores 32 Points Against Spurs

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry had a strong game in Monday night's loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Curry shot 10-for-17 from the field, including 6-for-11 from downtown, on the way to a game-high 32 points. He was a perfect 6-for-6 from the line and also added seven rebounds, six assists and a […]

Fantasy Basketball Injury Updates for Week 8

Each week of the NBA season unfortunately brings injuries to key players across the league. The goal of this column is to break down those injuries and understand which players could benefit in fantasy from an injury to a teammate. As a reminder, COVID-19 related absences from players will now be included in this column. […]

Draymond Green Posts Double-Double With Rebounds And Assists

Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green got a double-double the hard way on Monday night against the San Antonio Spurs. Green grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out 10 assists in the game. It was his first double-double of the year that didn't include points. He shot 3-for-11 from the field in the game and […]

Curtis McElhinney Has Successful Start To Season

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Curtis McElhinney finally saw some action on Monday against Nashville, and he performed well in his season debut, saving 23 of 24 shots in a 4-1 victory. The veteran netminder isn't expected to feature much this season, but he proved that he will be ready when called upon. McElhinney had been […]

Zach LaVine Scores 35 Points Against Washington

Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine matched a season-high with 26 field-goal attempts in Monday night's game against the Washington Wizards. He connected on 12 of them and shot 8-for-11 from the line on the way to 35 points, which tied Bradley Beal for the most in the game. LaVine hit three three-pointers in the […]

Anthony Cirelli Scores Twice In Monday's Win

Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli scored half of the team's goals in Monday's 4-1 win at Nashville. Blake Coleman and Steven Stamkos finished off the job after Cirelli had doubled his goals tally for the year. He produced the game-winning goal on a power-play. Cirelli, who had 44 points in 68 outings last year, […]

Rui Hachimura Posts Double-Double Against Bulls

Washington Wizards power forward Rui Hachimura notched his first double-double of the season in Monday night's 105-101 win over the Chicago Bulls. Hachimura shot 7-for-13 from the field and 4-for-5 from the line while scoring 19 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Hachimura's had a slightly disappointing season so far as he's been unable to improve […]

Bradley Beal Drops 35 Points On Monday Night

Washington Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal led the team to a 105-101 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night. He connected on 10-of-24 shots from the field and 14-of-15 from the line on the way to a team-high 35 points. He hit one three in the game and added seven assists, five rebounds, one […]

Malik Beasley Drops 30 Points Against Dallas

Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Malik Beasley matched his season high with 30 points in Monday's loss to Dallas, going 10-for-21 from the field and 4-for-6 at the line. He was fairly anonymous through the contest but then suddenly went off for 22 fourth-quarter points. Beasley, who shot 6-for-12 from downtown, also picked up nine rebounds, […]

Luka Doncic Notches 26 Points Despite Poor Shooting

Dallas Mavericks point guard Luka Doncic struggled with his shot once more on Monday but still managed to maneuver his way to 26 points in a 127-122 win over Minnesota. He has now scored 25-plus points in 11 straight games, which marks the best run of his career, but some of the performances -- including […]

Kristaps Porzingis Scores Team-High 27 Points

Dallas Mavericks forward/center Kristaps Porzingis was the team's leading scorer in Monday's 127-122 victory over Minnesota, notching 27 points on 10-for-19 shooting. He added three points from the charity stripe with perfect shooting and went 4-for-7 from downtown. Porzingis completed his sixth double-double of the season with 13 rebounds and he also found some time […]

Tap That: Episode #15: Third-Degree Burns

Brady Grove and Dennis Clausen host the main card portion for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", and bring you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller […]

Jonas Valanciunas Has 20-20 Game Against Raptors

Memphis Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas had a monster performance on Monday with 27 points and 20 rebounds in a 128-113 loss to Toronto. He impressed against his former team with 8-for-12 shooting from the field and an 11-for-12 effort at the foul line. Valanciunas also had three assists, one steal, and one block in the […]

Fred VanVleet Scores 32 Points Monday Night

Toronto Raptors guard Fred Vanvleet had another good scoring performance in Monday's win over Memphis, shooting 8-for-14 from the field and 12-for-12 at the line to finish with 32 points. He just missed his second consecutive double-double by collecting nine assists and the 26-year-old added three rebounds and three steals with five turnovers in 39 […]

Pascal Siakam Produces Another 30-Point Outing

Toronto Raptors power forward Pascal Siakam had a very efficient night against Memphis on Monday, shooting 11-for-18 from the floor en route to 32 points. He went 5-for-8 from downtown and 5-for-7 at the line, adding six assists, five rebounds, one steal, and one block with one turnover in 39 minutes. Siakam now has four […]

Fantasy Baseball Preseason Injury Updates

Injuries remain commonplace in all sports. Baseball has seen the rate of injury continue to rise over the past few years. In fantasy, if someone is not in the medical field, it is hard to gauge how long a player will be out and whether they need to be replaced in a lineup. Sometimes this […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for February 9th, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily NBA injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy basketball (DFS) lineups, every day of the NBA season. Below is our updated list of injured NBA players for February 9th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Dustin Johnson Withdraws From Pebble Beach

After capturing the title last weekend in Saudi Arabia, Dustin Johnson has decided to bypass this week's AT&T Pebble Beach event. The big-hitting American should likely find himself back in action during next week's Genesis Invitational - a tournament he has finished inside of the top-10 nine of the last 12 years. Jonathan Byrd, who […]