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By their nature, projection systems don’t typically offer many big surprises. Outside of Lucas Giolito’s ZiPS projection, there aren’t many player projections that jump off of the page this season. Still, even seemingly small surprises can have significant fantasy implications, and it’s worth exploring those surprises. To add an element of objectivity to this analysis, […]
Full Story »2021 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers - RotoBaller Staff Picks
As the 2021 MLB season approaches, it's time for the RotoBaller staff to once again reveal their favorite preseason draft sleepers. We recently asked some of our top fantasy baseball writers to get their take on which hitters and pitchers they are targeting the most in the later rounds of fantasy drafts. While you've likely […]
Full Story »Finding Over/Undervalued Outfielders Using Expected Draft Values
Welcome to the FSWA-nominated Expected Draft Values series, where we look at historical data to identify both overvalued and undervalued players of all types. Whether you're targeting power, speed, power+speed, batting average+power, and so on, we've got you covered. We're onto the outfield now as we make our way through our 2021 draft prep. Today, […]
Full Story »Analyzing the Theory of Hot and Cold Streaks
You hear it all the time. "This pitcher is really locked in right now" or "this hitter is just seeing the ball so well recently." Looking for patterns and explanations is part of human nature. This manifests itself in sports by people picking up on hot and cold streaks and making quite a big deal […]
Full Story »Food City Dirt Race: DraftKings, FanDuel, Daily Fantasy NASCAR Lineup Picks
Alright y'all, who is ready to go dirt racin'? The NASCAR Cup Series takes to the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track on Sunday afternoon (March 28) for the first Cup dirt race in nearly 51 years. Yes, 51 years! Of course, the Camping World Truck Series competed at Eldora Speedway once annually between 2013 and […]
Full Story »NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, SuperDraft (3/28): 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, FanDuel, and SuperDraft. If you […]
Full Story »FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (3/28/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
Things have been crazy around the National Basketball Association. With Thursday's trade deadline, many players found themselves on new teams. Of course, this caused chaos for fantasy managers, primarily since roles and rotations were impacted tremendously. This was highlighted on Saturday as many players nobody expected much from have begun to come out of the […]
Full Story »Elijah Moore - NFL Draft Prospect Profile
The 2021 NFL Draft Prospect Profile Series features prominent 2021 NFL Draft prospects with film analysis and scouting insights. I have experience working in college football and have been studying the NFL Draft for over 15 years. My analysis is based on film study and analytics. A common misconception about the NFL Draft is that the […]
Full Story »DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (3/28/21): NBA DFS Lineups
The NBA schedule has three games on the main slate for Sunday night. Only one has an implied point total of 230 or more. The Atlanta Hawks versus the Denver Nuggets is one you'll definitely want exposure to. Here are three tips on how to attack the overall slate when assembling lineups. First of all, it’s important […]
Full Story »Early 2021 Sleepers and Draft Targets - Tight End
It feels foolish writing this considering how the tight end position has been in major upheaval early in free agency. Through the first 48 hours of the legal tampering period, we saw Jonnu Smith and Hunter Henry both end up with the New England Patriots along with Rob Gronkowski returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. […]
Full Story »Nico Mannion (PG, GS) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 0% of leagues ANALYSIS: The trade deadline works wonders for those in search of opportunity from either their own team or someplace else. Nico Mannion was slated as a 2020 lottery pick during his only season at Arizona, but for whatever reason (and there's always a few […]
Full Story »D.J. Augustin (PG, HOU) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: D.J. Augustin is in his 13th NBA season, and for a little perspective: he was taken 9th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Bobcats. The longtime backup point guard was dealt from the title contending-Bucks to the absolutely miserable Houston […]
Full Story »Theo Maledon (PG, OKC) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: When you think of a player capable of a quick transition to the NBA level, you don't typically think of a 19-year-old, second-round draft pick (34th overall) out of France; yet here we are 39 games into Theo Maledon's rookie season, and the […]
Full Story »Goga Bitadze (C, IND) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 0% of leagues ANALYSIS: You have to be quick to catch a glimpse of 6'11 Georgian (the country) center Goga Bitadze on the court for the Indiana Pacers, but regardless of how briefly he graces the rotation, the numbers he boasts at the end of the night […]
Full Story »Aleksej Pokusevski (PF, OKC) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues ANALYSIS: The G-League Bubble was the perfect platform for some of the NBA's burgeoning stars to showcase their skill sets and potentially carve out a late-season role with their affiliated franchise, and Aleksej Pokusevski, the 7'0 Serbian teenager taken 17th overall in the 2021 […]
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