MLB Teams To Open With 30-Man Rosters

Major League Baseball teams can have 30-man rosters for Opening Day in late July. Rosters will be reduced to 28 on Day 15 of the season and reduced to 26 for the rest of the year on Day 29 of the season. Teams must submit a list of up to 60 players -- entire 40-man […]

Andre Drummond Confirms He'll Pick Up Player Option

Cleveland Cavaliers center Andre Drummond confirms that he'll be accepting his player option for the 2021-2022 season, according to an ESPN podcast. His player option is worth $28.7 million, so it's not surprising that Drummond has decided to take the money rather than test himself out in free agency. He seemed unsure back in April, […]

DeMarcus Cousins Has Not Ruled Out Playing During Restart

Free-agent center DeMarcus Cousins (knee) has not ruled out signing with a team and playing during the Orlando restart, according to Tania Ganguli. Cousins is recovering from a torn ACL but could be ready to play by late July. He'd likely be monitored very closely and see limited playing time each game. However, Cousins could […]

Corey Brewer Officially Signs Deal With Kings

Sacramento Kings guard/forward Corey Brewer has officially agreed to a deal with the organization. He'll join the team in Orlando for the NBA restart in late July. Brewer last played in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers and Kings during the 2018-2019 season. He's a strong defender and has reliable outside shooting, but he won't […]

Joey Logano Unable To Finish Off Strong Performance

Joey Logano was a fixture at the front of the field throughout the GEICO 500 on Monday at Talladega Superspeedway but was unable to turn it into a strong finish. Logano led the field for 66 laps throughout the afternoon and earned a 101.4 driver rating for his efforts. Unfortunately, fuel-shortage issues forced the No. […]

Royals Agree With First-Rounder Asa Lacy

The Kansas City Royals agreed with their first-round pick (fourth overall), left-handed pitcher Asa Lacy, on Tuesday. Lacy had a career 2.07 ERA with a 13.3 K/9 and 4.0 BB/9 in 152 total innings (21 starts, 21 relief outings) at Texas A&M. His bonus figure wasn't announced by the Royals, but the No. 4 slot […]

Nikola Jokic Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus while in Serbia. His return to the U.S. has been delayed, but he hasn't shown any signs since testing positive last week. Tests will need to come back negative before he is allowed to return for the NBA restart in Orlando next month. […]

Rockets Sign David Nwaba To Two-Year Deal

Free-agent forward David Nwaba (Achilles) will sign a two-year deal with the Houston Rockets. However, he will not participate in the NBA restart in Orlando. He is currently rehabbing a torn Achilles. The Rockets have a team option for next season if they want to keep him around. Nwaba has spent four seasons in the […]

Players Agree To Report By July 1

The Major League Baseball Players Association has agreed to report to training camps by July 1 and play a 60-game season, according to sources. However, a deal is not yet finalized, as there is one last health-and-safety hurdle to get over amid the coronavirus pandemic. USA TODAY's Bob Nightengale reports that there aren't any major […]

Tanner Boser Looking To "Bulldoze" His Opponent Saturday

The Bulldozer Tanner Boser (17-6-1) had an impressive debut in October 2019 against Daniel Spitz. Boser attempted the quick turnaround in December of 2019 but lost via unanimous decision to the upcoming Ciryl Gane. Boser, the former ACB heavyweight champion, has fought big names all across the world and has the skills to push up […]

Cameron Champ Tests Positive For COVID-19

Cameron Champ, according to the PGA Tour, has tested positive for COVID-19. Champ will obviously not be in the field for the Travelers Championship and will be required to self isolate for 10 days. With this being the case, he will also miss the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The team at RotoBaller wishes Champ a quick […]

Brian Harman Looks to Stay Hot At TPC River Highlands

After back-to-back top-30 finishes in each of his last two tournaments, Brian Harman heads to the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, CT, to see if he can keep his hot streak going. Harman's ability to perform at this track is tough to ignore. After placing third in 2015, the lefty missed the cut in 2016. Then […]

Three More At Phillies Camp Test Positive For COVID-19

Three additional members in Philadelphia Phillies camp have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Todd Zolecki. The names of the infected haven't been released, but one player and two staff members tested positive, bringing the number of positive cases in Phillies camp up to 11. Another Phillies player not in Clearwater, Florida, has also reportedly […]

Ramiz Brahimaj Finally Makes Long-Delayed UFC Debut

Ramiz Brahimaj (8-2) was initially slated to make his UFC debut on the Contender Series in June 2019 but had the bout canceled. One year later, Brahimaj is finally getting a call-up to the UFC. His bout this weekend is a definite striker-versus-grappler battle. All of Brahimaj's eight victories have come by way of submission. […]

Japanese Veteran Takashi Sato Looks To Crack .500 In UFC

Takashi Sato (15-3) suffered his first loss in the UFC in his last outing against Belal Muhammad. Sato has an impressive finishing rate, with 12 of his wins coming by way of finish. In his UFC debut, Sato went toe-to-toe with veteran Ben Saunders and finished the veteran via TKO ground and pound. In an […]

Cardinals Agree To Terms With Jordan Walker

The St. Louis Cardinals signed first-round pick Jordan Walker for $2.9 million, a bit under the slot value of $3,132,300. Walker is a high school third baseman from Georgia that was a Duke recruit, but will now join the Cardinals organization instead. Walker has huge power potential as an athletic 6-foot-5 18-year-old. He may end […]

KBO DFS Lineup Picks for 6/24/20 - DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to another KBO DFS column. If you haven't signed up for the RotoBaller Premium Slack chat, it's a great space to chat during the day about the lineups. You can also follow me and the other Rotoballer writers on Twitter. In particular, @efhatch1990dfs has his personal KBO DFS Cheat Sheets which you will now […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Puts On A Show

Starting 20th, JTG Daugherty Racing's Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rewarded fantasy players who didn't shy away from his boom-or-bust style of racing in Monday's GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Stenhouse and race-winner Ryan Blaney were separated by a mere .007 seconds in a chaotic finish that had both cars bouncing off of each other on their […]

Jinh Yu Frey Making UFC Debut

Jinh Yu Frey (9-4) will make her UFC debut in the strawweight division. One of the older women in the UFC's women's division, Frey is Invicta's former atomweight champion who recently moved up in weight. She was stripped of her atomweight title for missing weight. Frey began her professional career in 2013 when her opponent, […]

20-Year-Old Kay Hansen More Than Excited For Debut

The youngest female on the UFC roster at 20 years old, Kay Hansen (6-3) will make her move up from Invicta FC to the UFC stage this Saturday. Hansen is on a two-fight winning streak and has faced increasingly tougher competition while visibly improving from bout to bout. Only her last bout went to a […]

Youssef Zalal Looking To Build On Strong Debut

Youssef Zalal (8-2) made an impressive UFC debut back in February 2020, defeating the highly touted prospect Austin Lingo. Earlier Tuesday, Zalal spoke with Adam Crist of MyMMANews and stated, “It’s going to be all over the place. Something like this fight, it’s going to be striking, ground, I feel It’s going to be nuts,” […]

Jordan Griffin Ready to March Into Top 15

Jordan Griffin (18-7) is more than ready for Saturday's bout with newcomer Youssef Zalal. Griffin was scheduled to face Darrick Minner earlier this month, but Minner dropped out the Friday before the fight due to medical reasons. Once in the cage, Griffin is always a finish away from winning the bout. Fourteen of his 18 […]

LCK & LPL DFS Picks for 6/24/20: DraftKings, FanDuel League of Legends Daily Fantasy

Hey everyone! Thanks for joining me for another edition of my League of Legends picks for tomorrow morning’s LPL/LCK DFS slate. After two nights of two-gamers we welcome back the Korean league for a full four-game LoL DFS slate Wednesday morning. Things went down the way they thought they might Tuesday morning. JDG got back […]

Record-Tying Day For Aric Almirola

After spending most of the race running in the middle of the pack, Stewart-Haas Racing's Aric Almirola made a late-race charge for the lead and may have won had it not been for the bumper of Ricky Stenhouse Jr., which sent him across the finish line sideways in third place at Talladega. Although unconventional, it […]

KBO DFS Cheat Sheets: Lineups, Starters & Matchups for 6/24/20

Welcome, Rotoballers, to my KBO DFS Cheat Sheet! These cheat sheets will include my usual KBO Starting Lineups sheet, KBO Starting Pitchers for the upcoming slate, and my KBO matchup sheets where I personally project the starting lineups for each team. Remember the KBO is an entirely different animal than MLB and small things can […]

Trent Williams Cannot Be Franchise Tagged

Details released on San Francisco 49ers left tackle Trent Williams' reworked contract revealed that a condition of the deal prevents Williams from being franchise tagged after this season. The two sides have been working on coming to a long-term agreement, and this caveat should help motivate the team to get the job done. The 31-year-old […]

Ravens Not Worried About Finding Work For J.K. Dobbins

Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman recently stated that he is not worried about finding a way to keep all of the weapons in the team's backfield involved. The Ravens used a second-round pick to draft Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins in the draft in April, adding him to a crowded RB room that […]

Jared Goff Being Given More Ownership Of Offense

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff is going to be given more ownership of the offense in his fifth year in the league, though it's unclear what that will actually look like. Goff's performance has been more impacted by the quality of his offensive line than his responsibility level in the past. In 2017 and […]

Breshad Perriman Excited About Jets Offense

New York Jets wide receiver Breshad Perriman thinks the team's offense can be dangerous this year after they ranked 32nd in the league last season. Perriman had 645 receiving yards and six touchdowns last year in a Buccaneers offense that ranked No. 1 in passing (302.8 yards per game), No. 3 overall (397.9 YPG) and […]

Tom Brady, Teammates Still Working Out Privately

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and at least a dozen Bucs players were back working out on Tuesday despite an NFL Players Association doctor recently recommending that players stop private workouts amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases across the country in recent weeks. Tampa Bay has also had multiple members of the team […]