Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 10

The abbreviated  2020 season has gone by quickly, and this week represents the last week of regular season baseball this year. Like last week's article, my recommendations will be largely short-term focused as a result. Many of these players have been recommended before, and some (like Clint Frazier) were recommended as recently as last week. […]

Dean Kremer (SP, BAL) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer has been on a fantastic run to begin his major league career. Through three starts, he has posted a 1.69 ERA and 1.06 WHIP with 11.3 K/9. He went at least five innings in each of his three starts, allowing […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 2

Hi, y'all! One week of NFL action is in the books and we're moving on to another. Welcome to our Week 2 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. Each week we'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you optimize your fantasy lineups and take down your opponent. Be sure to check back […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls - Lineup Spotlights for Week 2

Welcome to Week 2, RotoBallers! Below you will find some of my spotlight plays and players to go with when faced with tough lineup decisions for Week 2 of the fantasy football season. These are based off my Premium Weekly Lineup Rankings, available as part of the RotoBaller's NFL Premium Pass. Enter promo code KING […]

Wide Receiver Matchups To Target in Week 2

Week 1 of the NFL season is in the books and some major curveballs were definitely thrown our way. On the positive side, D.K. Metcalf, Allen Lazard and John Brown, all of which were mentioned in this article last week, had big games. While Chris Godwin didn't have a massive game for the Buccaneers, he also […]

Week 2 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2020 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

Man, it was fun to watch NFL football again. In addition to just enjoying the games, we got to get a more clear understanding of the talent that teams are putting out onto the field and who might have stronger offensive or defensive units than we initially anticipated. Remember that picking the right defense is […]

Woos and Boos - Starts and Sits for Week 2 Lineups

The first week of the 2020 NFL season was definitely a wild ride to begin the season. Things seemed to fall off the rails rather early in the week with player injuries and continued to be a guessing game from that point forward. With upper-echelon fantasy players like Miles Sanders and Kenny Golladay being out […]

Cornerback Matchups Chart - Week 2 Analysis

With Week 1 in the books, there is now 2020 data for all 32 teams.  This article will take a look at each team's cornerback group in an effort to find the best matchups to attack in fantasy. The following chart is a snapshot of each team's cornerback group as it relates to allowing fantasy […]

Top 10 Fantasy Football Busts for Week 2

With so much roster turnover in the NFL each year, it can be especially difficult to predict outcomes in opening-week matchups. With last season’s data being the latest available, it has to be weighed against the perceived impact of roster and coaching changes. This is often an exercise in futility in what is a wildly […]

Exploiting Defensive Matchups with Predictive Analysis - Week 2

Week 1 is in the books and we have new data to add to preseason predictive analysis.  A reader asked me if we can expect this chart to be updated every week.  The plan is to update the chart for at least the first five weeks of the regular season.  By Week 6, five games […]

Week 2 Stream Team - Shallow and Deep-League Pickups

Welcome to Week 2 of the NFL season. We here at Rotoballer are set to kick off another season of sound fantasy football advice. Each week we will be providing streamer advice for all of those who need it, which is pretty much anyone and everyone. Streaming players with the best matchups each week as […]

Under-The-Radar Booms and Busts - Week 2

The opening week of fantasy football gave us surprises like O.J. Howard being the top Tampa Bay tight end instead of Rob Gronkowski, and it gave us things we expected such as DeAndre Hopkins catching every pass in sight and Philip Rivers and Ryan Fitzpatrick throwing multiple interceptions. Now that fantasy managers have a week […]

Coaching Matters: Offenses That Will Improve From Week 1

In fantasy football, we try to take as much data into account before making a conclusion on players. That includes means looking at things like game tape, snap counts, the team's offensive line, or their primary play-callers historical tendencies to utilize a certain position. After much research, I've developed a broad knowledge of how each […]

Trevor Bauer Takes Fourth Loss

Cincinnati Reds right-hander Trevor Bauer allowed two runs over seven innings in a 5-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Saturday. Bauer struck out five, walked one, and allowed two solo homers in the loss. His record dropped to 4-4 with a 1.80 ERA, 0.82 WHIP, and 88 strikeouts in 65 innings of work. […]

Bobby Dalbec (1B/3B, BOS) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 21% of leagues ANALYSIS: Boston Red Sox first baseman/third baseman Bobby Dalbec has been on home run-or-bust mode since making his MLB debut in late August. Over his first 54 at-bats, he recorded 13 hits, six of which were home runs. Five of those home runs came in five […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Week 2 - Daily Fantasy Football

The NFL season continues on Sunday after Week 2 began with the Browns taking down the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night. Heading into Sunday, there will be plenty of questions surrounding some of the fantasy darlings from the season opener. Can Aaron Rodgers, Josh Allen, Nyheim Hines, Malcolm Brown, David Johnson, Will Fuller V, Russell […]

Break The Slate: DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 2

Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! If you read this article regularly, then you know what we're about here, but if you are a new reader, let me quickly summarize our goals with this article. We'll spend each week discussing a few plays at each position for the DraftKings main slate. […]

NFL DFS Value Plays (Cash Games) for Week 2 on FanDuel and DraftKings

Week 1 is in the books and what a wild week it was. We saw a few expected shootouts, a few disappointing games, and a large cash game cash line. If you did not have DeVante Adams and/or Josh Jacobs it was a long week for your cash lineups. This week there are some nice […]

Week 2 DFS GPP Stacks for DraftKings and FanDuel

Its Week 2 of the NFL season and time for everyone to overreact/ignore what happened in week one! My chalk stack hit easily, no surprise. To be transparent, my sneaky stack fell flat. However, if you went with Darius Slayton from my contrarian stack you were pretty happy. But I'm not here to gloat or […]

Week 2 DFS GPP Value Plays - FanDuel, DraftKings Daily Fantasy Football

Week 2 of the NFL season is upon us! Along with overreactions that come with week 2 are my DFS GPP Value Plays for FanDuel and DraftKings. Notice that's a period not an exclamation point. That's because we all need to just relax and calmly digest what we saw in week 1. Saquon Barkley will […]

Counter Strike: Global Offensive DFS Picks (9/20/20) - DraftKings, Daily Fantasy

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to another edition of my Counter Strike: Global Offensive DFS picks.  I have been focusing on the NHL playoffs but as the hockey season starts to wind down, it is time to shift the focus back to CS:GO. As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info […]

OwnersBox NFL WFS Lineup Picks for Week 2 - Weekly Fantasy Football

Hey there RotoBallers! If you haven't had a chance to check out the weekly fantasy offerings over at OwnersBox, now is the time! OwnersBox is a new weekly fantasy platform that offers plenty of game setups to fulfill your desire to draft throughout the season! Over at OwnersBox,  you can participate in snake drafts and […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for September 20th, 2020

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 September 20th, 2020. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for September 20th, 2020

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 September 20th, 2020. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Denny Hamlin Has Trouble, Finishes 21st At Bristol

Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin finished in the 21st position in Saturday night's Bass Pro Shops/NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Hamlin was scheduled to start in seventh, but he and JGR teammates, Kyle Busch and Erik Jones failed pre-race inspection and had to start from the rear. Hamlin would work through the field […]

Chase Elliott Finishes Seventh At Bristol

Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott came home in the seventh position in Saturday night's Bass Pro Shops/NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Elliott started a spot better, in sixth, and assumed the lead for the first time on lap 107. Elliott would win the first stage and lead 23 laps, but would never find […]

Brad Keselowski Loses Power Steering, Finishes 34th

Penske Racing's Brad Keselowski finished in the 34th position in Saturday night's Bass Pro Shops/NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Keselowski started from the pole and led 82 of the first 106 laps. Unfortunately for Keselowski, he soon after lost power steering on his No. 2 Ford. Unable to meet the minimum speed, Keselowski […]

Kyle Busch Comes Up Just Short At Bristol

Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch finished in the second position in Saturday night's Bass Pro Shops/NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Now, this looked like the Kyle Busch we know. The defending champion had struggled in 2020, going winless for the longest into the season he ever has in his career, but Busch was […]

J.A. Happ Dominates On Saturday

New York Yankees starting pitcher J.A. Happ shut the Red Sox out over eight innings with nine strikeouts and no walks on Saturday. Happ now has 25 strikeouts over his last 19.1 innings while allowing three runs during that span, but it’s come without a consistent adjustment in his pitch mix or a consistent variation […]