Nino Niederreiter Stays Hot In Carolina

Carolina Hurricanes forward Nino Niederreiter potted two goals and an assist to help secure a 5-3 victory over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. The 28-year-old was all over the scoresheet in this one - producing the three points, a game-winning goal, plus-two rating and three shots in just 13:44 of ice time. With the […]

Mason Appleton Produces A Goal On Friday

Winnipeg Jets forward Mason Appleton and his teammates beat the Vancouver Canucks by a score of 2-0 on Friday night. Appleton has played well for the Jets this season. He has recorded five goals and five helpers in 15 games played. The Green Bay, Wisconsin, native has been productive despite playing on the team's third […]

Patrick Kane Records Three Points In Friday's Loss

Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane posted a goal and added two primary assists in his team's 5-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. The 32-year-old, who led all forwards with 24:18 of ice time, has now put up six multi-point performances over his last 10 contests. Despite facing some of the lowest expectations […]

Mike Smith Stays Unbeaten In Win On Friday

Edmonton Oilers goalie Mike Smith extended his unbeaten streak to four games as Edmonton defeated the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Friday. The veteran netminder has appeared in five games and has a record of 4-0-0. He has recorded one shutout and has an excellent 1.83 goals-against-average to go along with a .940 save percentage. Smith […]

Bojan Bogdanovic Scores 23 Points With Four Threes

Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic scored 23 points with four triples, two rebounds, two assists, and a block in a 116-112 loss to the Clippers. Bogdanovic shot just 2 of 10 in Wednesday's game against the Clippers but stepped up for Utah with Mike Conley on a minutes restriction in his return. He's been streaky […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (2/20): 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 […]

Kawhi Leonard Scores 29 Points In Return

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard looked good in his return to the court on Friday. Leonard missed three games with a leg contusion, though he didn't show any signs of being limited, as he scored 29 points in 38 minutes. He was a bit inefficient from the field- 41.7 percent from the field- but […]

NHL DFS Prop Picks for 2/20/21 - Monkey Knife Fight

Saturday’s NHL schedule is a busy one, with a dozen games on the docket, and Monkey Knife Fight has contests available for all of them, from start to finish. The first pucks drop at 12:35 pm ET as the Buffalo Sabres visit the New Jersey Devils and the Washington Capitals host the New York Rangers. […]

Donovan Mitchell Scores 35 Points With One Turnover

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell had a strong showing in a narrow loss to the Clippers. Mitchell scored 35 points on a season-high 27 shot attempts, adding five assists, four rebounds, four triples, three steals and just one turnover. The Louisville product stepped up against a Clippers team that was at full strength for the […]

Fred VanVleet Has Rough Shooting Night

Toronto Raptors guard Fred Vanvleet had a rough night shooting the ball in a win over Minnesota. VanVleet scored 12 points, though he shot just 4 of 20 from the field and 2-for-9 from beyond the arc, matching his worst performance of the season efficiency-wise. He also had five turnovers, matching his season-high, though he […]

Facundo Campazzo (PG, DEN): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: Believe it or not, Campazzo is a 29-year-old rookie. That's the easy joke to do in every writeup about the Argentine, so forgive me for pulling it off. Now, on to more serious stuff. Denver is currently playing without both Gary Harris and P.J. […]

Garrett Temple (PG/SG, CHI): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 5% of leagues ANALYSIS: Even if you erase the past week and last four games from Garrett Temple's game log, he would still be a truly valuable WW-target and acquisition through waivers. At 34 years of age, Temple has been reborn in Chicago after signing with the […]

Jae Crowder (SF/PF, PHO): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 36% of leagues ANALYSIS: Suns' free-agent acquisition Jae Crowder had missed every game since Feb. 3 and finally came back to the court on Feb. 14 (last Sunday). In just two games this past week, though, he has looked as good as he possibly could, playing 25 […]

Karl-Anthony Towns Records Double-Double With Two Blocks

Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns scored 19 points with 13 rebounds, four assists, two blocks, and a triple in a 86-81 loss to the Raptors. Towns has looked great since his return to the court, but the Timberwolves have lost five of the six games he's played in and own the league's worst record. The […]

Jakob Poeltl (C, SAS): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS: This is more of a long-term play rather than an instant-impact one, but bear with me. Most fantasy GMs will drop Poeltl because 1) LaMarcus Aldridge should return at some point "soon", and 2) the Spurs are off the schedule due to health […]

Naz Reid (C, MIN): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 24% of leagues ANALYSIS: We all knew it would happen. As soon as Karl-Anthony Towns came back from injury Naz Reid was sent packing to the pine, and it's been five games there already for the second-year man out of LSU. That is bad in that Reid […]

Josh Hart (SG/SF, NO): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 29% of leagues ANALYSIS: While Josh Hart has been all over the board this past couple of weeks, I'm confident in a consistent set of outcomes going forward from the second-unit Pelican. Since Feb. 1 we have seen Hart reach as many as 54 FP (20-17-3-1-2 game […]

Jae'sean Tate (SG/SF, HOU): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 27% of leagues ANALYSIS: If this is a dream, I don't want out. Jae'sean Tate probably doesn't want to wake up, either. Tate went undrafted in 2018, lost no time in flying to Europe to play in Belgium, spent last season in Australia, and finally fulfilled his […]

Norman Powell Drops Season-High 31 Points

Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell kept up his red-hot play in Friday's win over the Timberwolves. Powell scored a season-high 31 points with six rebounds, six triples, two assists, and two steals in 38 minutes. The 27-year-old matched his season-high in shot attempts with OG Anunoby and Kyle Lowry sidelined- and his play in February […]

Saddiq Bey (SF, DET): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS: Although it took Saddiq Bey a couple of months to get everything right, he's definitely for real, folks. Just look at his Player of the Week award, and you'll start to understand how this guy has been playing of late. Bey has started […]

Kendrick Nunn (PG/SG, MIA): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 43% of leagues ANALYSIS: Goran Dragic has been out of Miami's rotation since Feb. 5 due to an injury (ankle). He's expected to be back midweek, but that's not entirely sure yet and even when he comes back there is a chance he is eased in leading […]

Immanuel Quickley (PG, NYK): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 32% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Knicks are definitely a case-study of basketball operations. They got a lottery pick, selected the most-ready guy available in Obi Toppin, and had Julius Randle turn into Wilt Chamberlain 2.0 out of left field. They used their second first-round pick on a […]

Blue Jays Stretching Out Julian Merryweather

After seeing only modest returns from the free-agent pitching market, the Blue Jays organization is stretching out a number of pitchers in an effort to cover valuable innings. Of those arms, Julian Merryweather arguably has the highest ceiling due to his four-pitch mix which includes a fastball that can hit triple digits. Originally acquired from […]

Dynasty Risers and Fallers: Michael Pittman, Jalen Hurts, Teddy Bridgewater

Each week, this column provides you with movement in the RosterWatch Dynasty Rankings. We highlight players who have gained or lost value recently. Tracking these player value trends assists dynasty players in identifying opportunities to improve their rosters, as the landscape of the market is ever-changing. This column was written by Alan Seslowsky (@alanseslowksy) and […]

DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - Blaydes vs. Lewis (UFC Vegas 19)

Folks at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV, are going to be busy for a while. After holding the past two weeks' events with the promo coming back home from the UAE for the first time 2021 back on Feb. 6 and Feb. 13, we're at it once more with a heavyweight-headlined event in […]

FanDuel MMA, UFC Fight Night - Blaydes vs. Lewis

After an exciting UFC 258, an event that saw Kamaru Usman retaining the welterweight championship in a bout with Gilbert Burns, we turn our attention back to the heavyweights for a meeting between two ranked opponents. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy MMA lineup picks for FanDuel for UFC […]

Shortstops Set to Bust in 2021

The MLB is stockpiled with talent at the shortstop position. Some drafts are seeing six shortstops selected in the first two rounds of 12-team leagues. Heck, 12 are being taken in the top 100 picks and 20 in the top 200 picks! With so many rapidly going off the board, it's easy to feel the […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Friday, February 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 […]

Lonzo Ball Has Double-Double Friday Night

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball was in great form in Friday's matchup with the Suns, producing a 21-point, 12-assist double-double and shooting 6-for-12 from downtown. He attempted only one two-pointer in the game and missed it, finishing off his scoring with a 3-for-4 record at the foul line. Ball delivered three steals and […]

Deandre Ayton Comes Back To Life

Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton posted a 16-point, 16-rebound double-double in Friday's victory over the Pelicans, shooting 7-for-12 from the field and 2-for-3 at the foul line. He added a pair of assists and one block with two turnovers in 35 minutes. Ayton had been quiet ahead of Friday's matchup, averaging only 13.5 points and […]