Welcome to the first middle infielder waiver pickups article for the 2021 fantasy baseball season. In my time with RotoBaller, I've covered the waiver wire beat for every position on the diamond besides catcher. Between that and curating the site's weekly waiver wire rankings, I'd like to think my bona fides are well-established in this […]
Full Story »Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 2
The game is undeniably tougher in the opening weeks. Baseball is not a game where you derive much of anything from just a few games, so we really need to get into the season before we have trustworthy data. When talking about starting pitchers, it takes a long time to build up your data since […]
Full Story »Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 2
Baseball is back, and with it came room for fantasy managers to gain edges in their leagues through the waiver wire. Playing the waiver wire well can take a poorly drafted team into championship contention or help shore up an already strong team, and waivers generally represent one of the best ways for fantasy managers […]
Full Story »Catchers to Stream - Week 2 Waiver Wire
It's your resident catcher advocate here, preparing my 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. Each […]
Full Story »Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 2
Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 2 of the MLB season (4/5 through 4/11). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups to gain an edge on your […]
Full Story »Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 2
This week, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton said, "Opening Day should be a national holiday as far as I'm concerned," and let me just say I wholeheartedly agree. Man, isn't it great that meaningful baseball is back? On the Opening Day of the 2021 season, Shane Bieber had 12 strikeouts against Detroit, old man Miguel Cabrera […]
Full Story »Lineup Takeaways - Week 1 Lineup Trends
Week One is wrapping up and we already have a lot of different looks to dissect in lineups. I will be going through all the very early trends. This is to give us an idea of what to watch for going forward because it is too early to take anything as a set in stone. […]
Full Story »Daily MLB Injury Roundup for April 5th, 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 5th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]
Full Story »DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/5/21): MLB DFS Lineups
Happy Monday, RotoBallers! We kick off the first whole week of baseball with a seven-game featured slate on DraftKings. I would've loved to have the Orioles-Yankees contest here, but there will still be some great picks to add to our rosters as we kick off the week. We get the surprising addition of Jacob deGrom […]
Full Story »FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/5/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
The main slate on FanDuel for our Monday features a strong seven-game slate. The pitching is predictably horrible with one exception. Can we get away with a deGrom fade? Should we even try? We also have our second straight day with no Coors on the schedule. This slate is long on games in pitcher's parks […]
Full Story »NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (4/5): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks
Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is back and I am thrilled to be covering this sport over at RotoBaller! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. If you are […]
Full Story »DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (4/5/21): NBA DFS Lineups
The NBA schedule has seven games on the main slate for Monday night. You'll have a plethora of players to choose from, but one game you'll definitely want exposure to is the Sacramento Kings versus the Minnesota Timberwolves. This matchup has a point total of 251. Here are three tips on how to attack the overall […]
Full Story »FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (4/5/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We get the NBA “work week” started with a solid seven-game Monday night slate, one that features a few potential high-scoring contests in Wizards-Raptors, Kings-Timberwolves and even Jazz-Mavericks, despite the defensive prowess of both those clubs. There are also a couple of potential blowout scenarios to be wary of, but overall, the slate offers up […]
Full Story »DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks for 4/5/21 - Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice
It has been a long, strange trip though the college basketball season and through the NCAA Tournament having it all in the state of Indiana. What we wind up with is the top two overall seeds in the National Championship game. Fitting, huh? So it really didn't matter that Houston became the only team in […]
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