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 […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 20th edition of Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox. Discussing baseball is as fun as the game itself. It has a way of bringing people together to share different opinions about the sport we all love. A similar action can be done with fantasy baseball where we not only discuss topics […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Tuesday 4/20

Welcome to the another edition of MLB Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers! Week 2 is in the books and we here at RotoBaller are there for all of your streaming needs. Whether you are just trying to get that elusive category win or you are trying to give your pitching staff a lift because you own […]

Fantasy Baseball Night In Review: Monday, April 19th

Welcome to the RotoBaller MLB Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy baseball takeaways from the games played during last night's slates. 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 […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for April 20th, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily MLB injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy baseball (DFS) lineups, every day of the MLB season. Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for April 20th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for April 20th, 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 April 20th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (4/20/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

It's a light night in the Association with only five games going on. Of those ten teams, we'll be lucky to have 100 active players with the way the NBA is going this year. We already know that His Beardness and K.D. are sitting for the Nets. Damian Lillard will be sidelined with a bum […]

Joe Musgrove Fans Career-High 13 Brewers

San Diego Padres starter Joe Musgrove was brilliant in a tough-luck loss Monday against the Milwaukee Brewers, fanning a career-high 13 batters over seven innings. Musgrove yielded just four hits and a walk across 96 pitches, but was outdueled by Brewers ace Brandon Woodruff. Musgrove's key mistakes were allowing two solo shots as the Friars […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/20/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Welcome Rotoballers to another set of Tuesday FanDuel lineup picks! There is a late afternoon game, followed by a slate of four games mid-evening, and then the main slate. If you have questions about the former two, feel free to hit me up on Twitter with questions (@MarkStrausberg). But the focus will be on the […]