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Welcome back RotoBaller PGA family! The Masters never disappoints and that was once again the case this year, as Hideki Matsuyama put on a ball-striking clinic to win his first major championship and hold off a group that included Xander Schauffele and young Will Zalatoris. Despite being a consistent performer at Augusta National, Matsuyama was flying […]
Full Story »Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap
Welcome to the April 12th 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 […]
Full Story »The Cut List: Week 3 - Time to Let Go?
Welcome to the Cut List. This is our weekly article looking at players who fantasy managers should consider cutting from their teams. We'll look at players who are worthy of a drop, worth monitoring for replacing and someone on the hot seat but worth holding on to... for now. Moving forward, we'll also revisit the previous […]
Full Story »Bullpen Report: What We Learned in Week 2
Relievers have become more and more important in fantasy baseball in recent years. First, with starting pitchers being limited to fewer innings than ever, it leads to relievers seeing an uptick in usage. All of a sudden, a good reliever could give you similar innings to a fringe starting pitcher, but with better ratios and […]
Full Story »Lineup Takeaways - Week 2 Lineup Trends
Week two of the MLB season is in the books. There are new injuries, players landing on the COVID IL and much more that are causing lineups to alter. Let’s try to figure out what is noise and what really matters. Just a reminder, I have added a 'Fantasy Fallout' section to the team breakdowns. […]
Full Story »Daily MLB Injury Roundup for April 12th, 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 April 12th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]
Full Story »Points League Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 3
We'll be doing this roundup of point league happenings every week here at RotoBaller, with waiver-wire targets and streaming pitchers being evaluated in terms of the different scoring systems of ESPN, Yahoo, CBS, and Fantrax. Player values can vary wildly from platform to platform, so we'll make sure to highlight where players are the best […]
Full Story »Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 3
We are almost two turns through the rotation for most teams, and we have seen a lot of things early on this year. Pitching has come out hotter than a lot of people have thought, and pitch counts really have not been nearly as deflated as was expected. Right now is the best time to […]
Full Story »Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 3
We’re only nine days into the 2021 regular season, but there has already been plenty of roster shuffling and player movement this year. Although fantasy managers shouldn’t make decisions based exclusively on less than two weeks of samples, there is one notable league-wide issue worth exploring before diving into this week: the ball. As you […]
Full Story »1B and 3B Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3
After two weeks of the 2021 MLB season, or really one and a half weeks, fantasy and real-world players are still feeling out the season. Trends are forming as we await larger samples to make declarations. Starting pitchers are still getting stretched out, and managers have yet to settle on substitution patterns. As we said […]
Full Story »2B and SS Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3
We're 10 days into the season, but it's never too early to start tinkering around the edges. Hopefully you grabbed Ryan McMahon in time for his three-homer game last week. He's now rostered in over three-quarters of Yahoo leagues, and after going deep again on Saturday that number is likely to rise. Not every player […]
Full Story »Catchers to Stream - Week 3 Waiver Wire
It's your resident catcher advocate here, with my weekly defense for baseball's most maligned position. Instead of giving into easy narratives about the lack of talent at the catcher position and how they're the kickers of fantasy baseball, I'm here to create a place where catchers are celebrated for how they can help our teams. […]
Full Story »Closers and Saves Report - Week 3 Waiver Wire
Okay, so every season, everyone says things like, "bullpens are wild!" and "bullpens are so unpredictable!" and "why did you ever choose to specialize in bullpens?" All of those comments are valid, and absolutely already pertain to the 2021 season. It's been about a week since Opening Day, and several bullpens have already gone against […]
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