Baseball has seen the rate of injury continue to rise over the past few years. In fantasy, if someone is not in the medical field, it is hard to gauge how long a player will be out and whether they need to be replaced in a lineup. Sometimes this could mean playing a dead roster […]
Full Story »NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Dover Drydene 200 (5/15/21)
This week, the NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Dover, Delaware for the Drydene 200. Daniel Hemric will start up front in a race that has an interesting starting lineup. Austin Cindric way back in 16th? John Hunter Nemechek is in the 26 car? There are two Siegs racing? What's going on, Dover??? Here at RotoBaller, […]
Full Story »The Bigger Picture - Complete Games Are En Vogue Again
Headlines in the baseball world recently have by and large pertained to the multiple instances of no-hitters early in the 2021 season. This is usually accompanied by a lamentation of how offense is down and batters are struggling to generate excitement in this new live-ball era. But what's the fantasy spin? Face it, no-hitters are […]
Full Story »Bullpen Report: The Week of the Closer Injury
We are now about six weeks into the MLB season. It’s definitely flying by and before you know it, it will be Memorial Day, July 4th, and then the All-Star Break. These are all arbitrary dates you will hear thrown around as target dates for when you will have a large enough sample size to […]
Full Story »Closers and Saves Report - Week 8 Waiver Wire
The first few weeks of this baseball season (and even a couple of weeks leading up to Opening Day) were absolutely littered with bullpen news and notes. It seemed like almost every single day, some team was tinkering with its bullpen, or some closer was getting hurt, or some previously well-established closer was slumping while […]
Full Story »Week 7 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups
There are very few steady reliable starters early in the 2021 season. That means that many of your counterparts will be doing the same thing you are, trying to find serviceable options to get in their lineups. The SP planner should help you identify a few different options. As always, do a little research and […]
Full Story »DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/15/21): MLB DFS Lineups
10 of the 15 games are on the main slate on DraftKings today. Pitching is a little thing. There's more quantity than quality, but we'll find some good places for you to build around. Pitching isn't as bad as it looks at first glance. Rain could be a problem in a couple of spots. They […]
Full Story »NFL Rookie Spotlight - Chuba Hubbard
In what turned out to be a very poor decision, surefire Day Two NFL Draft pick Chuba Hubbard returned to college for his senior season and torpedoed his draft stock with a truly dismal season. Hubbard fell into the fourth round where he was drafted by the Carolina Panthers. When evaluating prospects' likelihood of NFL success, we […]
Full Story »Running Back Stat Sleepers - Elusiveness Rating
A lot of elements go into making a running back desirable for fantasy football. Opportunity, a good offensive line, and a good offense are all key elements. However, something equally important is how elusive those running backs are, this includes breaking tackles and gaining yards after contact. Often players who have these traits fall into […]
Full Story »WNBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks (5/15/21): WNBA DFS Advice for DraftKings and FanDuel
On Friday, the 2021 WNBA season tipped off. It featured buzzer beaters from Sabrina Ionescu and Diana Taurasi. It also featured some great fantasy performances by some of the players I mentioned yesterday, but also some horrendous showings from some of the other picks. Hey, it's early. Misses happen. Now, it's Saturday, and the four […]
Full Story »Fantasy Basketball Night In Review - Friday, May 14th News and Notes
Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played during last night's slate. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]
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