For all of the division and rancor in society, one foundation of our world stays intact from year to year, splendid in its grandeur, universal in its praise. The NotBurts. A celebration of first-half excellence in hitting, the NotBurts aren't, as one critic (liar) claimed, "just an award show made up by some lunatic". No, […]
Full Story »Barrel Rate and Contact Rate, Who Can Do Both?
Hitting is, at the same time, completely simple and enormously complex. Hitting in the Major Leagues is arguably the most challenging thing to do in all of sports. I don't think I need to explain myself for saying that hitting is complex. I can't do it, probably neither can you. The reason I say it's […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Rest Of Season Rankings: Mid-Year Updates
The All-Star break offers us fantasy baseball players a chance to breathe and reassess the battlefield before us. Pitching remains as volatile as ever thanks to midseason rule changes, the next generation is fighting uphill after missing minor-league development in 2020, and Shohei Ohtani has blossomed into a full-fledged superstar. Instead of my weekly top […]
Full Story »Taking a Mulligan - Second-Half Rebound Candidates
We've reached the All-Star Break, which means the baseball season is just over halfway done. Let me repeat that: we still have three months to go! I think some of us are still operating in the mindset of the shortened 2020 season and are thinking that our fantasy seasons are over if we're not in […]
Full Story »Midseason Report Card - Starting Pitchers
Back in late April, I published the early season report card. It was a look at how the top drafted starting pitchers began their seasons and what we could expect from them moving forward. We provided an early-season grade and a projected rest of season grade based on their early results and how they were […]
Full Story »Improving Hitters to Watch in the Second Half
We have more than three months of baseball in the books. It has been a glorious spring and summer with the return of the 162 game schedule. While it was nice for MLB to sneak in 60 games and some expanded playoffs in 2020 after we feared a full season cancellation, it really just didn't […]
Full Story »Daily MLB Injury Roundup for July 17th, 2021
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 July 17th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]
Full Story »Daily NBA Injury Roundup for July 17th, 2021
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 July 17th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]
Full Story »Injured Stars To Stash For The Second Half
Incredibly, we have already reached the 2021 All-Star break. At this point in the season, most fantasy managers, whether in redraft or dynasty formats, have a pretty good sense of whether their teams will be in the hunt for a fantasy title come September. For those managers looking for an extra push at the end […]
Full Story »Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 16
Wow, what a busy last few days for prospects around Major League Baseball. On Sunday, we were treated to both the MLB Futures Game — a showcase of the sport’s best prospects — and the first round of the 2021 MLB Amateur Draft. The remainder of the 20-round draft will take place today and tomorrow. […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Saturday 7/17
Welcome to another edition of our daily fantasy baseball streamers! Are you playing in leagues with daily moves and looking to beef up those rosters? We here at RotoBaller are there for you and all of your streaming needs. Whether you are just trying to get that elusive category win or you are trying to […]
Full Story »MLB DFS Lineup Picks: Early Slate (7/17): DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball
Hello there, MLB DFS grinders! The focus of this article will be on the 4-game Early Only afternoon slate for FanDuel while also including the 3-game slate on DK. We have some good pitching options and good stacks to consider so let's dive on in and find the best plays for both your cash game […]
Full Story »DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/17/21): MLB DFS Lineups
This is one of the more straight forward Saturday MLB slates in a while. We only have three early games and two teams that had the audacity to start an hour earlier than everyone else. That leaves a ten-game main Saturday slate, which is the largest in some time. Hopefully we don't have all of […]
Full Story »FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks (7/17/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
We have a hefty 10-gamer over on FanDuel and there are multiple ways we can go with lineups tonight. Woodruff and Cole highlight a top tier of pitching that weirdly includes DeSclafani, Kikuchi, and Eovaldi, but there are intriguing mid-tier options to consider and a few non-chalky teams to stack tonight outside of Coors Field. […]
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