Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (5/3/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Happy  Hump Day! There are 15 games on the docket Wednesday night and the start times range from 7:05 to 10:10 EST. All of those games are connected to the GPP's so they're the ones that I'll be focusing on as a result. Yahoo has some great value options to choose from for DFS games so let's get down to business (because, as usual, it's […]

Digging Deeper: Week 5 NL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to our Week 5 edition of Digging Deeper, our weekly column where we will focus on deep league waiver wire options. My counterpart Tom Bellucco will be handling the American League while I focus on the National League. For those that have played in limited size leagues, you are well aware that at-bats and innings are the […]

Contact Rate Risers and Fallers - Week 5

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We now have a decent enough sample size in the early MLB season to look at some key offensive trends. Among those trends we will follow each week is contact rate. A sudden increase or decrease in contact rate could signal the beginning of an extended hot or cold streak, leading to […]

Top 350: Updated May Rankings and Tiers

Welcome back RotoBallers. The first month of the MLB season is in the books, and a lot has changed. Below you will find our updated May fantasy baseball tiered rankings (top 350) for mixed leagues. Below you will find consensus rankings from Kyle Bishop and Nick Mariano, looking at updated values and rankings from this point forward. Feel free to click […]

Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (5/2/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Tuesday night features 15 games of MLB action. I have focused on only a handful of them, paying close attention to matchup and location. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for Yahoo on 5/2/17. The DFS lineup picks will range from some of the elite players to […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 4

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Thursday, May 4th. Let's get to it. Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. Be […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 3

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your problem categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, May 3rd. Let's get to it. Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. Be […]

Kevin Pillar (OF, TOR) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 22% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Blue Jays haven’t had much go right on the hitting side of things in the season’s first month, but Pillar has things working at the plate now. Even after going hitless on Sunday, he’s slashing .301/.339/.505 with four homers and two steals […]

Aaron Altherr (OF, PHI) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues, Monitor in All Leagues OWNED IN: 12% of Yahoo! leagues ANALYSIS: It's an interesting time to be an outfielder for the Phillies. The team has a plethora of options to mix and match and seem to be rolling with whoever has the hot hand, outside of mainstay Odubel Herrera. Recently, it […]

Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (5/1/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Happy  Monday morning, or whenever you happen to be reading this. There are eleven games on the docket Monday night and the start times range from 7:05 to 10:10 EST. All of those 11 games are connected to the GPP's so they're the ones that I'll be focusing on as a result. Yahoo has some great value options to choose from for […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 2

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your problem categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, May 2nd. Let's get to it. Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. Be […]

Waiver Wire Points Leagues - Week 5

May is finally here and just like the weather, we can only hope that some bats heat up too! After the first month, we definitely have a better feel of the players on our rosters we absolutely do not want to cut, and some of the "on the bubble" guys. Points leagues are nice because we're […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire: Outfield

Welcome back to the Outfield Waiver Wire, where we look at the best outfielders available in at least 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. Consider this column your recommendations for Week 5 outfield waiver wire pickups. It’s still early. Don't get carried away with making any major changes to your roster at this stage of the game. Tinkering […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire Watch List

Welcome to Week 5 of The Watch List. We have had a few iterations already, but here’s a friendly reminder for those who forgot: Each week we’ll be updating this list full of players who you maybe aren’t quite ready to pick up (depending on league size, of course), but who need to be on […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire - Deeper Points Leagues

Points leagues are a different beast compared to rotisserie leagues, as you are looking for someone who can fill the whole stat sheet, and when you can find some of those guys on the wire, they are golden. Here are a few guys who can contribute in deep points leagues, one at each position to […]

Week 5 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: The Hit & Run with Joe Pisapia

@JoePisapia17 tells you if Michael Taylor is worth the FAAB, analyzes Patrick Corbin's recent streak, and discusses some closers in waiting. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday and Sunday between 5-8 PM EST. You can find new weekly podcasts on BlogTalkRadio live or on […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 1

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop guide for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your problem categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, May 1st. Let's get to it. Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. […]

Jason Heyward (OF, CHC) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 51% Fleaflicker           ANALYSIS: It’s not cool to own Jason Heyward in fantasy leagues, but he looks prepared to bounce back from a disastrous 2016 season. In fact, both his peripheral and raw counting stats to start the season look much like his seasons prior to […]

Week 5 Cut List: Players on the Chopping Block

Welcome back to the Cut List. Each weekend from now until the end of the season, I’ll be offering my thoughts on players who don’t deserve to keep drawing a nonexistent salary on your fake baseball teams. A column like this can be a tricky thing so early in the year. We’re looking at a […]

Hitter Streamers (Week 5): Head-to-Head Leagues

Welcome back, RotoBallers! As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for weekly streamers, which means players who are less than 50% owned in Yahoo! leagues and who have a good chance to play a full complement of games in the week. There are a lot of teams with seven games this week, so I […]

Champ or Chump: Trey Mancini & Taylor Motter

Every year, fantasy owners scour minor league rosters in an effort to find the next breakout star that no one is talking about. We always think that anyone with the slightest chance of mattering in fantasy is on our radar. Then, April rolls around and somebody we have never heard of does something extraordinary. Left […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 5

The weather's warming up and so is the trade market in fantasy leagues. You've likely received a few unsavory trade offers by now that leave you wondering what people think before hitting the "Propose Trade" button. While you don't want to be that guy, there are opportunities to be had if you can figure out […]

Podcast: After Hours With RotoBaller Radio - Week 4 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups

RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and esteemed co-host Anthony Aniano of RotoBaller Radio discuss Week 4 fantasy baseball waiver wire targets and general team management strategy. Be sure to tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday and Sunday between 5-8 PM EST. You can also find new weekly shows on BlogTalkRadio live or on […]

Power Risers and Fallers: Week Four

Welcome back to this investigative piece where we examine players who have seen some notable changes in their power profiles -- for better or for worse -- in 2017. As usual, you don’t need me to tell you that Miguel Sano or Aaron Judge are strong or that Jarrod Dyson and Billy Hamilton are toward […]

Now is the Time to Sell High on Eric Thames

Eric Thames has been, undeniably, the hottest hitter on the planet over the first month of the season. Fresh off a three-year stint in the Korean Baseball Organization, the 30-year-old has shown off his new swing and approach, smashing 11 homers to go along with 27 runs, 19 runs batted in and a remarkable .370 […]

Week 4 Rookie Roundup: Recently Promoted Prospects

Welcome to the 2017 edition of the Recently Promoted Prospects! Here I discuss some recently promoted prospects and what to make of their production for fantasy owners. What a week for prospect promotions huh?! Cody Bellinger, Dan Vogelbach and Christian Arroyo! Pretty cool stuff for fantasy owners. I’m sure those owners who stashed Bellinger at […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 28

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop guide for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your problem categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Friday, April 28th. Let's get to it. Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. […]

Digging Deeper: Week 4 AL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to Digging Deeper! I'll be taking a look at some deeper AL waiver wire options for Week 4 of the fantasy baseball season. As we round up the first month of the season, we are beginning to see which small sample sizes are real, and which players will bounce back from rough starts. Take […]

Digging Deeper: Week 4 NL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to our Week 4 edition of Digging Deeper, our weekly column where we will focus on deep league waiver wire options. My counterpart Tom Bellucco will be handling the American League while I focus on the National League. For those that have played in limited size leagues, you are well aware that at-bats and innings are the […]

Champ or Chump: Charlie Morton & Jason Vargas

We're getting to a point in the season when it is tempting to trust a player's numbers, but barring some major change, preseason projections are still a better indicator of future performance. The two names below were selected for entirely different reasons. Charlie Morton was seen as a sleeper based on 2016 success in an […]