J.D. Davis Remains Offensive Bright Spot For Mets

New York Mets third baseman/outfielder J.D. Davis went 2-for-3 with a walk in the Mets' 2-1 loss to the Phillies on Friday. Davis, along with Brandon Nimmo, remains one of the lone bright spots for the struggling Mets' offense through the early part of 2021. Davis is now slashing .395/.489/.632 with two home runs, three […]

Kohei Arihara Bitten By The Long Ball

Texas Rangers pitcher Kohei Arihara allowed four home runs in a 6-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Friday. The Japanese right-hander allowed all six runs on four hits (all homers) in 2 2/3 innings of work. He also walked two batters and struck out just one. Arihara had previously allowed just two home […]

Marcus Stroman With Strong Start Before Injury

New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman (hamstring) went five very effective innings against the Phillies on Friday before being pulled due to hamstring tightness. In his five innings of work, Stroman allowed only three hits and one walk while striking out eight. Though he allowed two runs, neither was earned. It was a nice […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates - Week 6

There has been an injury trend that is hard to miss for the first month of the 2021 season. May has arrived and the injuries just keep piling up. There have been a lot of muscle/tendon sprains and strains to start the season. These injuries include oblique, groin, hamstring, and back injuries. Not all of […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Friday, April 30

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 […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 5/1/21 (Premium Content)

What's up, RotoBallers! Welcome to Week 5 of Bell's Best Bets, and OH BOY was Week 4 a good one!! After a brutal start to the first 21 days of the MLB season, stumbling all the way down to -15 units, we got HOT, as I told you we would! From Thursday to Sunday, we […]

Marcell Ozuna Extends Hit Streak To Five Games

Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna recorded two hits during Friday's 13-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. He singled and doubled while driving in two runs and scoring once. Those base knocks extended the veteran outfielder's hit streak to five games. Ozuna was off to a slow start to the season but his recent rash […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (5/1): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is back and I am thrilled to be covering this sport over at RotoBaller! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. If you are […]

Drew Smyly Haunted By Homers In Loss

Atlanta Braves pitcher Drew Smyly struggled in his start on Friday and allowed three of the six home runs that Blue Jays batters slugged against the club during a 13-5 loss. The veteran lefty has now allowed an eye-opening nine home runs in just 19 innings of work in 2021. Last season, he allowed just […]

MLB Betting Picks for Saturday 5/1 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

A profitable day last week with our two top picks both banking, but the Twins failed to win and help us bag a hat-trick too. News broke earlier this week that the Twins had only been able to take pre-game batting practice three times all season due to Covid issues. And it's no coincidence they […]

NASCAR DFS Prop Picks: Buschy McBusch 400 - Monkey Knife Fight

Sunday afternoon features the Buschy McBusch 400 from Kansas Speedway. Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Michael McDowell, Kevin Harvick, and Matt DiBenedetto will make up the top five to start the race. Monkey Knife Fight has an extremely easy fantasy point system: 0.1 points for each lap led and then a set amount of points for […]

Eugenio Suarez Homers In Friday Win

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Eugenio Suarez went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in an 8-6 win over the Chicago Cubs on Friday. Suarez connected with a Jake Arrieta offering in the fourth inning, giving him four homers on the year. It has been slow going for Suarez thus far, as he's hitting just .130 with 14 […]

NASCAR Truck Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Kansas Wise Power 200 (5/1/21)

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is back in action on Saturday as we head to Kansas for the Wise Power 200. Will this be another showdown of teammates John Hunter Nemechek and Kyle Busch? Can a Ford or Chevy breakthrough after Toyotas have won the first six races of the season? Can the Cup […]

Shane Bieber Fans 11 Friday Night

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Shane Bieber threw six innings while allowing three earned runs on seven hits and striking out 11. It was Bieber's fifth start in 2021 where has struck out at least 10 batters and he now has 68 strikeouts across 42 1/3 innings pitched to go along with a stellar 2.76 ERA. […]

James Karinchak Throws Perfect Eighth Inning

Cleveland Indians relief pitcher James Karinchak threw a perfect eighth inning while recording two strikeouts in Friday night's 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Karinchak was once again brought in to face the meat of the order in this one as he faced the 4-6 hitters and allowed none of them to reach base. […]

DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - Reyes vs. Prochazka (UFC Vegas 25)

Hey, don't blame me for spoiling you with packed cards and then putting together events such as this weekend's, folks! It's Dana here handling everything. I'm just another blogger writing from his mom's basement. Anyway. The UFC will be back in Vegas for the 25th time (quite the number!) but after what the promo put […]

Emmanuel Clase Records Save Friday

Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Emmanuel Clase recorded his fifth save in Friday night's 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Clase faced the 7-1 hitters in this one as he allowed a leadoff single to Luis Robert to begin the ninth before retiring the next three hitters he faced. This appears to be the theme […]

Jose Ramirez Extends Hit Streak

Cleveland Indians third baseman Jose Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Friday night's 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Ramirez belted a solo shot in the eighth inning off White Sox reliever Evan Marshall to extend the Tribe's lead to 5-3, which would ultimately be the final score. Ramirez […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. One To Stay Away From At Kansas

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has faltered a good bit in his last three races finishing outside the top ten in each of them. The JTG Daugherty Racing driver wound up 33rd last week at Talladega after a rough afternoon. Furthermore, at Kansas, Stenhouse Jr. has ended up outside the top ten in every one of his […]

Alex Bowman Could Ride Hendrick Motorsports Wave At Kansas

A common theme this week is a lot of the "contenders" starting in positions they normally would not. Alex Bowman is no exception as the Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver begins Sunday 25th. There is a little bit of hesitation here as Bowman has not finished two of the last three races. However, the one in […]

Joey Logano Motivated For Kansas Race With Positive DFS Value

Joey Logano had a rough week as he went airborne last week at Talladega after coming into contact with Denny Hamlin. Thankfully he was okay and is good to race this week at Kansas. Will that collision impact him any on Sunday? Probably not. Logano had a mixed bag of results last year on the […]

Kyle Larson Should Move Up Field Quickly On Sunday At Kansas

Kyle Larson starts all the way down at 32nd position on Sunday for the Buschy McBusch 400. That is no misprint. The piece of metal in his engine area last week caused him to bow out after just three laps. That 40th place finish resulted in a huge downturn in the metrics. That presents incredible […]

Chase Elliott Possesses Place Differential Chance On Sunday At Kansas

Chase Elliott's defense of his 2020 Cup Series win has been problematic from the beginning. The Hendrick Motorsports Racing driver struggled to get back on the lead lap last week at Talladega while finishing 24th. Between that and his 12th place finish at Richmond, Elliott starts all the way down in 17th at Kansas on […]

Denny Hamlin Carries Huge DFS Potential At Kansas On Sunday

Denny Hamlin's rough Sunday at Talladega helps this week at Kansas. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver starts all the way down at 20th on Sunday. Up until Talladega, Hamlin had finished in the top five in six consecutive races padding his Cup Series lead. He got into several collisions last week and ended up three […]

Martin Truex Jr. Enjoys Rare Bonus DFS Upside On Sunday At Kansas

Martin Truex Jr. is not the only "dominator" that will benefit from a poorer than usual start position on Sunday at Kansas. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver begins from 15th on the 1.5-mile track. Truex Jr. won at Martinsville and placed fifth at Richmond. Last week, he was involved in a nasty wreck that took […]

Bubba Wallace Doesn't Have Same Potential As Last Week At Kansas

Bubba Wallace had a wild ride at Talladega. He even won Stage 2 of the race for his first stage win in his career. That glory was short-lived as the 23XI Racing driver fell backward to the 19th position when the race was done. Furthermore, Wallace enters this week 13th which limits any place differential […]

Ryan Preece Not Expected To Be Factor At Kansas On Sunday

Ryan Preece enjoyed a nice run at Talladega last week as he led nine laps and finished in 14th. The +15 place differential caught the eye of a few in the DFS world. However, this week he starts 12th at Kansas. Three of his first four races on the 1.5-mile track have ended poorly for […]

Tyler Reddick Has Little Positive DFS Value On Sunday At Kansas

Tyler Reddick has three top-ten finishes in his last four races but Kansas was unkind to him in 2020. He finished in 13th and 25th. Reddick did not factor much in the final laps of either race and lost track position. Last Spring's race saw him fall out of the top ten and that could […]

Cole Custer May Maintain Some Track Position Sunday At Kansas

Cole Custer finished in the top ten last week at Talladega which played a heavy part in the NASCAR metrics system this week. The result is a tenth-place start on Sunday for the Stewart-Haas Racing driver. In two races at Kansas last year, Custer finished seventh and 14th. He was able to maintain track position […]

Kyle Busch Has Some intrigue On His Side At Kansas

The question is which Kyle Busch do we see on Sunday at Kansas. Do we see the driver that finished in the top ten in the last two Fall races at Kansas or the driver that struggled late in the Spring versions of the event. It's a great question. If one goes back to the […]