
Corey Seager Goes Deep In Return To Lineup
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager was 1-for-4 with a two-run home run during Thursday's blowout win over the San Diego Padres. Seager had missed the previous six games with lower back tightness. The 26-year-old has been crushing the baseball to start the 2020 season, leading the entire MLB in barrels per plate appearance. Seager […]

Mookie Betts Explodes For Three-Homer Game
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts was 4-for-4 with three home runs, five RBI, and four runs scored during Thursday's 11-2 win over the San Diego Padres. It marked the sixth time that Betts has hit three homers in a game. After a quiet start to the 2020 campaign, the 27-year-old has found his groove. […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Friday 8/14
Welcome to another edition of MLB Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers! The season continues to roll along and we here at Rotoballer are there for all of your streaming needs. RotoBaller has been dishing out streamer advice for years. We're always streamin and dreamin. Each day we'll publish some of the best streaming options to consider […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 4 Waiver Wire
For a season chock full of bullpen changes and injuries already, this week was a slight cool down period. In other words, this would still probably have been a bigger bullpen news week during a normal season, but for this particular season, it seemed like a much-welcomed downswing. There were still depth chart changes, there were still […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap
Welcome to the August 14th 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 […]

What Is A 2020 Fantasy Championship Worth?
It feels like much longer, but it was only five months ago that the NBA and NHL suspended their seasons. MLB, in the midst of spring training and bearing down on Opening Day, wasn't far behind. We didn't know when - or even if - baseball would return. What we did know was that, assuming there […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for Friday, August 14th - Monkey Knife Fight
Baseball season is underway and although there have been some bumps along the way, the show continues to move forward into the 2020 season. Of course, along with MLB 2020 season, comes MLB Monkey Knife Fight Prop Picks. Be sure to check back here regularly to see which picks I am targeting on any given […]

Top 50 Prospects for Fantasy Baseball Redraft: Week 4 Rankings
We're now a little over a sixth of the way through the 2020 MLB season and it's already shaping up to be an interesting year for freshmen players. While the two best rookies have been hitters, we've also seen impressive depth on the mound. Many of the top bats have underperformed or been stuck at […]

Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - xwOBA
The season rolls on and we have more data to digest by the day. Since many regular starting pitchers have taken at least three or four turns in the rotation, I will focus on Statcast data for those who have faced a minimum of 50 batters so far. This narrows the field to 101 pitchers, […]

From Farm to Roster: Potential Call-Ups For Week 4
Every Thursday for the duration of the Major League Baseball season, I'm going to be discussing players on a team's Taxi Squad or Alternate Site Camp who are worth keeping an eye on or stashing in hopes of reaping fantasy goodness. I'll list league sizes where the player could be relevant and give you information […]

Too Good To Be True? Buying/Selling Hot Pitching Starts
Last week, we dove into the hitters who were off to hot starts and tried to decide what was real and what wasn't as sustainable. Now we'll turn our attention to the arms. After two full weeks of baseball, we're over 20% done with the season, more FAAB dollars are being spent than ever before, and […]

Eric Hosmer Goes Yard In Tinseltown
San Diego Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer went 1-for-3 with a solo homer Thursday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hosmer followed a dinger by outfielder Tommy Pham in the first inning with a blast of his own against starter Julio Urias. The 30-year-old missed 12 games with a stomach issue but is slashing .269/.321/.577 with […]

Tommy Pham Smacks Second Homer
San Diego Padres outfielder Tommy Pham went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Thursday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pham went back-to-back for his second long ball with first baseman Eric Hosmer in the first inning against Dodgers lefty Julio Urias. The 32-year-old continues to stagger after 20 games, slashing .219/.329/.315 with two homers, 17 […]

Robert Woods And Cooper Kupp Set For Increased Usage In 2020
Los Angeles Rams wide receivers Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp each caught 90 passes for over 1,000 yards last year. However, this year, they could be in line for even more production. This offseason, the Rams lost Brandin Cooks, who accounted for 42 receptions for 583 yards last year as well as Todd Gurley, who […]

Chris Paddack Face-Plants In Critical Division Game
San Diego Padres starter Chris Paddack imploded Thursday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, allowing six earned runs in three innings. The Blue Crew piled on with six hits included three home runs as Paddack served meatballs all evening, walking one and fanning just one. The outing bloats his ERA to 4.91 for the year along […]

Kyler Murray Looking To Spread The Ball In 2020
In a recent interview, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray gave ESPN's Josh Weinfuss a bit of insight to his vision for this upcoming season. Weinfuss asked Murray if he could see wide receivers Larry Fitzgerald, DeAndre Hopkins and Christian Kirk all reaching 1,000 yards this year and Murray replied "Oh, yeah for sure. I definitely […]

MLB DFS Top Tournament Stacks and Avoids for August 14th, 2020 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our Premium MLB DFS picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason. Top Avoids of the Day for 8/14/20 Merrill Kelly vs. San Diego Padres Kelly is 2-0 and has thrown […]

Gardner Minshew - 2020 Fantasy Football Sleeper
Entering the 2019 season, the Jacksonville Jaguars were receiving warranted hype after the pickup of former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Nick Foles. By the end of the season, the Jaguars had stumbled to a 6-10 record while finding a pleasant surprise in young rookie quarterback Gardner Minshew II. The mustached Minshew threw for 3,271 yards and […]

Engel's Angles: How to Avoid Getting "Sniped" in Drafts
Some people don’t believe the things I say when I talk about some of my approaches to fantasy football. For instance, I do not check my live scoring during Sundays until the 4 pm ET set of games is over. I prefer to stay level-headed and ease my potential fantasy stress, and I don’t want […]

Mid-Late Summer ADP Risers at Wide Receiver
We continue looking at ADP risers and fallers through the offseason as we already completed our first run back in June. You can check our first review of the early-summer risers and fallers at running back, wide receiver, tight end, and quarterback. Average Draft Position (ADP) indicates the average position where a player is drafted over more than […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Lineup Picks and Expert Lineups for August 14, 2020 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 8/14 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. RotoBaller Sample DFS Lineups Sample FanDuel Lineup Sample DraftKings Lineup Please note that these are sample lineups designed only to show how you might use the above lineup picks in your own lineup. You should always […]

Denver Broncos 2020 Fantasy Outlook
The 2019 season was yet another turbulent year for a Denver Broncos team struggling to find its offensive identity and QB of the future. Longtime Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco joined the team and Denver struggled mightily in its first four games with him at the helm, going 0-4, and ending up 2-6 at the […]

MLB Betting Picks (8/14/2020) - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines
Baltimore continued their hot hitting by tagging Jake Arrieta for four runs before dropping seven more on the Phillies bullpen, easily cashing the over themselves. Then the Padres got off to a hot start with two home runs in their first at-bat. However, the Dodgers came out stronger, scoring all of their 11 runs in […]

Stop That Hype Train! Raheem Mostert
Raheem Mostert went from a special teams ace to the top tailback on a Super Bowl team faster than a greyhound chases a mechanical rabbit around a racetrack. Mostert was a journeyman running back who was on five different teams in his first two NFL seasons before cementing his status as a member of the […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 8/14/20 - Monkey Knife Fight
It’s a busy evening in Major League Baseball and that provides many opportunities to play props and win with Monkey Knife Fight. Early in the 2020 season, the story – aside from the daily dread of potentially more positive Covid-19 tests – seems to be that the hitters are having a hard time keeping up […]

MLB DFS Advice and Analysis for FanDuel and DraftKings: Quick Hits for 8/14/20
Welcome back to another edition, another season of MLB DFS Quick Hits. Today we have a 12 game slate to preview. Bubba (@bdentrek) will go over weather, totals, plays, and more to get your MLB DFS lineups ready. Be sure to subscribe to the MLB DFS Quick Hits, part of RotoBaller Radio's Podcast Network. Like and […]

Lance Lynn Looks For Third Win Of The Season At Colorado
Tonight, Texas Rangers starting pitcher Lance Lynn will face one of the toughest tests for any ace with a start in Colorado. Lynn is off to a superb start in 2020 with a 1.16 ERA and 30 strikeouts through 23 1/3 innings pitched. The right-hander faced this same Rockies team on Opening Day and pitched […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 14, 2020 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/14/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 12-game slate on tap tonight and it is a doozie. It is a night of aces around the bigs. Finding the […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for August 14th, 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 August 14th, 2020. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for August 14th, 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 August 14th, 2020. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]