Stephen Piscotty Activated From Paternity List

The Oakland Athletics have activated outfielder Stephen Piscotty from the paternity list. He will rejoin the team prior to their series against the Minnesota Twins, which is set to begin on Tuesday with a doubleheader. The Athletics DFA'd outfielder Ka'ai Tom in a corresponding move. Through 11 games this year, Piscotty is slashing .250/.333/.531 with […]

Mookie Betts To Have Forearm Evaluated On Tuesday

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts (forearm) is set to have his forearm evaluated by the team prior to Tuesday's game against the Seattle Mariners. Betts was hit by a pitch in the forearm in the ninth inning of Monday's game. He remained in the game, but was very clearly in pain after the play. […]

Elias Lindholm Maintains Hot Scoring Form

Calgary Flames forward Elias Lindholm scored the team's first goal in Monday's 4-2 loss to Ottawa, stretching his point streak to six games. Milan Lucic also found the net for the Flames, who celebrated his 1000th career game on the night. Lindholm has four goals and eight points during his streak. He's up to 13 […]

Austin Nola To See Action At Alternate Site Soon

San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola (finger) is nearing his first game action of 2021 after suffering a broken finger. On Monday, Padres manager Jayce Tingler said that Nola should be ready to make his debut in a game at the team's alternate site in the "next two or three days." If Nola doesn't hit […]

Luis Urias Day-To-Day With Calf Injury

Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Luis Urias (calf) was lifted in the fourth inning of Monday's game against the San Diego Padres while dealing with calf cramps. He was replaced at shortstop by Daniel Robertson. Urias homered in his only at-bat in Monday's game, his second home run of the year. Urias is slashing .175/.365/.400 through 15 […]

Connor Brown Gets The Goals Flowing Again

Ottawa Senators winger Connor Brown, who had an eight-game goal streak cut a week ago, might've started a new one in Monday's 4-2 win over Calgary. He picked up his 15th marker of the campaign in the second period in a short-handed situation and added another one into an empty net to finish off the […]

Dinelson Lamet Officially Scheduled To Start On Wednesday

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Dinelson Lamet (elbow) has officially been named the team's starter for Wednesday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Lamet has been working on making his way back from an elbow injury. It was announced on Monday that he'd be starting sometime in the next few days and now we have clarity […]

Jakob Chychrun Continues Very Productive Year With An Assist

Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun recorded an assist in Monday's 5-2 loss against Minnesota, reaching 32 points for the year. Christian Fischer and Alex Goligoski provided the goals. Chychrun is the eighth-most productive blueliner in the league, and he's tied for most goals among defensemen with Edmonton's Darnell Nurse. The 22-year-old has added 75 blocks […]

Joely Rodriguez Records First Hold On Monday

Texas Rangers relief pitcher Joely Rodriguez was activated from the injured list this past weekend and has already made two appearances since then. His second appearance came on Monday against the Los Angeles Angels. Rodriguez pitched a scoreless eighth inning, allowing no hits or walks while striking out two. He earned his first hold of […]

Kirill Kaprizov Sets Wild's Rookie Record In Points

Minnesota Wild winger Kirill Kaprizov scored a power-play goal in Monday's 5-2 road win over Arizona, setting the team's rookie record for points in the process. He reached 37 points for the campaign, moving past Marian Gaborik. The Russian winger is also now tied with Gaborik for most goals by a rookie in franchise history […]

Ian Kennedy Earns Fourth Save On Monday

Texas Rangers closer Ian Kennedy closed out the team's 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday to earn his fourth save of the year. Kennedy pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two hits and no walks without recording a strikeout. Kennedy has a 2.57 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP through seven appearances on […]

Alex DeBrincat Extends Point Streak With Power-Play Goal

Chicago Blackhawks winger Alex DeBrincat produced a power-play goal in Monday's 5-2 loss to Nashville, taking his point streak to five games. David Kampf finished off the scoring for Chicago with his first marker of the campaign. DeBrincat tied Boston's Brad Marchand for the fifth spot on the league's goals list with his 23rd tally […]

Mikael Granlund Delivers Two Assists In Monday's Victory

Nashville Predators forward Mikael Granlund set up two goals in Monday's 5-2 victory over Chicago as his line combined for six points. Calle Jarnkrok and Luke Kunin each had one goal and one assist. Granlund logged a massive 23:27 in the game, adding two shots to his line with a plus-one rating. The Finnish forward […]

Champ or Chump: Zach McKinstry

It seems like the young MLB season isn't producing as many random breakout stars as it usually does. Tyler Naquin had one huge game, but he isn't even playing every day. Akil Baddoo is a nice story for Detroit, but his OBP is below .300 and he's in a platoon. Where is Keven Maas when […]

Luke Glendening Scores Twice Monday Night

Detroit Red Wings forward Luke Glendening was responsible for both of the team's goals in Monday's 3-2 shootout loss against Dallas, tying things up twice in the second period. Alex Biega registered assists on both goals. Robby Fabbri (upper body) missed an eighth straight game and Jakub Vrana (illness) was out, so Detroit needed somebody […]

MLB DFS Strategy: Bankroll Management and Contest Selection

Hello! My name is Mark Kieffer and I am new to the Rotoballer Community. I would say I am back for the very first time, but I believe Ludacris beat me to the saying. I have a passion for fantasy sports, especially fantasy baseball and MLB DFS. I am excited to share some of the […]

DraftKings MLB DFS: Extensive Analysis for Tuesday, April 20

Last Friday I ran through a Twitter thread giving notes about the DFS slate, and it received a pretty warm reception. The head honchos here at RotoBaller decided to do something risky and give me free reign to put my DFS analysis in article format. So here I am, and here it is! I'm not […]

Roope Hintz Stays Hot With Another Pair Of Points

Dallas Stars forward Roope Hintz led the charge once more in Monday's 3-2 shootout win over Detroit, notching a power-play goal and tallying an assist on Jason Robertson's 13th marker of the campaign. Miro Heiskanen had assists on both plays. Hintz, who was once again questionable for the contest with a lower-body injury, has gone […]

Oliver Bjorkstrand Nets 15th Goal Of The Year

Columbus Blue Jackets winger Oliver Bjorkstrand scored his 15th goal of the season in Monday's 4-2 loss to Florida. Zac Dalpe also found the net for the Jackets, who took their ninth loss in 10 games. The team is struggling massively at the moment and thus their top-scorer isn't having a great time either. Bjorkstrand […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Monday, April 19

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 […]

Adolis Garcia Continues To Make Presence Felt

Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia continued his strong play on Monday night and has been a revelation for the club since being recalled from the alternate training site. The 28-year-old rookie out of Cuba slugged his second home run of the season during the club's 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Garcia also added […]

Frank Vatrano Has Two Goals In Monday's Win

Florida Panthers winger Frank Vatrano tallied two goals and had a game-high seven shots in Monday's 4-2 victory over Columbus. Sam Bennett and Radko Gudas also scored, Anthony Duclair handed out two assists. Vatrano has scored four goals in his past four games and now sits second on the team's goals list alongside Carter Verhaeghe […]

NHL DFS Prop Picks for 4/20 - PrizePicks

Hello everybody and welcome! We bring you another edition of NHL DFS on PrizePicks and that means our friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or […]

Kohei Arihara Strikeout Rate Continues To Rise

Texas Rangers pitcher Kohei Arihara struck out six Los Angeles Angels batters during the club's 6-4 victory on Monday. He threw 5 2/3 shutout innings and allowed just two hits and two walks. The veteran hurler, who pitched for six seasons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league, entered his career in North America with just […]

Andrei Svechnikov Scores In Third Consecutive Game

Carolina Hurricanes winger Andrei Svechnikov potted his 13th goal of the campaign in Monday's 3-2 overtime loss against Tampa, finding the net in a third consecutive game. Carolina's second one was scored by Brady Skjei. Svechnikov fired in a power-play goal in the middle of the second frame with Dougie Hamilton collecting the lone assist. […]

Alex Killorn Has Multi-Point Night Versus Carolina

Tampa Bay Lightning winger Alex Killorn notched two points in Monday's 3-2 overtime victory against Carolina, scoring the first goal of the game and assisting Yanni Gourde on the game-winning tally 2:50 into the extra frame. Brayden Point bagged a power-play goal. Killorn has ended a nine-game dry spell with two multi-point efforts in three […]

Statcast Hitter Studs and Duds - Whiff Rate for Week 4

We're back in the swing of things, literally, with a closer look at hitters who are making quality contact and those who aren't. This week, our Statcast focus is Whiff Rate entering Week 4 of the 2021 fantasy baseball season. Whiffs are simply calculated as the number of swings and misses divided by the total […]

Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - Exit Velocity for Week 4

Welcome to the first edition of Statcast pitchers analysis this season! I covered this series two seasons ago and am very excited to be back at the helm. Statcast provides a ton of interesting and insightful advanced metrics that we can use to predict future fantasy performance. Each week I will select one of these […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (4/20/21): NBA DFS Lineups

Happy Tuesday, RotoBallers! I was getting used to bigger slates on Tuesday, but we are back down to five games during the early part of the week. Still, that's no problem, thanks to a ton of injuries opening up plenty of discount options and enticing matchups to check out on tonight's DraftKings slate. The game […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (4/20): 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 […]