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The World Series champions have found an outfielder and it comes from the team they defeated in last year's World Series. According to Giants beat writer Hank Schulman, the 33-year-old Aoki has passed his physical and will be with the Giants on a one-year deal. Aoki has passed his physical. News conference tomorrow. #SFGiants — […]
Full Story »Houston Astros Ink Colby Rasmus to One-Year Deal
The Astros have been uncharacteristically active this offseason, and that trend continued Tuesday evening with the signing of outfielder Colby Rasmus, who the club locked up with a one-year, $8 million contract. Rasmus will immediately be inserted into the starting outfield, where he will play in either center or right field. The club recently acquired […]
Full Story »2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Closers
It's a love/hate thing. Closers are essential in most fantasy baseball leagues, yet the best closers in the game can go all post-midnight Cinderella in the blink of an eye, while the junky relievers you'd never think of drafting can go from forgotten waiver wire fodder to saves goldmine overnight. This is the position that makes you pull your hair […]
Full Story »Texas Rangers Acquire Yovani Gallardo For Three Minor Leaguers
In their first big move of the offseason, the Rangers went out and picked up a solid arm for their starting rotation, acquiring veteran Yovani Gallardo from the Brewers for three minor leaguers: infielder Luis Sardinas and right-handed pitchers Corey Knebel and Marcos Diplan. The deal was initially reported by Ken Rosenthal: #Rangers on verge […]
Full Story »T.J. House: 2015 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Sleeper
T.J. House is a Break Candidate for the Late Rounds in 2015 Of all pitchers who threw at least 100 innings in 2014, only two possessed ground ball rates above 60%. One was Dallas Keuchel, Houston's young ace who took the league by storm last year, throwing 200 innings with a 2.93 ERA. The other […]
Full Story »Daily Sports Recap 1/20: We're Baaaaaaaaaack
I would like to preface this column with a couple of apologies. First off, I want to apologize for taking so long in between columns. Cross country moves suck when everything goes smoothly, and the suck is massively compounded when complications arise. Complications like "someone backing out of a sublease agreement with two days before a […]
Full Story »Jacob deGrom: 2015 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Sleeper
2014 Rookie of the Year is Poised to Take a Step Forward in 2015 Starting pitcher Jacob deGrom was one of the best mid-season fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups of 2014. Originally expected to work out of the Mets bullpen, deGrom gave many fantasy baseball owners a much needed jolt to their pitching lineup […]
Full Story »Week 13 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: NBA Forwards
Sitting here in the middle of the 2014-15 NBA season, the waiver wire has taken its typical place in the weekly/daily routine of fantasy basketball managers. The following forwards, whether of the “sleeper” variety or just cashing in temporarily on an unforeseen opportunity, almost certainly deserve attention across the various formats during Week 13 of […]
Full Story »Max Scherzer Signs With The Washington Nationals
If the Washington Nationals weren't already the front-runners in the NL East, they certainly are now. Max Scherzer, the top prize of the 2014-2015 MLB free agency, has landed in the District of Columbia. He has signed a seven year deal worth $210 million. The Nationals, who already had one of the deepest rotations top […]
Full Story »NBA DFS Lineup Picks & Sleepers – FanDuel Advice for 1/20
All throughout the 2014-15 campaign, RotoBaller will be giving you the top NBA DFS lineup picks at the guard, forward and center positions as well as top sleepers for the day. Below are our favorite picks for January 20th, 2015. Keep in mind, fantasy basketball is a fickle game when it comes to injured players, […]
Full Story »NBA Podcast: Versatility
This Week's NBA Action, Analysis & Thoughts Jon and Kia discuss the most recent trades of Brandon Wright, Jeff Green, and Austin Rivers, the proposed Brook Lopez / Lance Stephenson trade, the recent sneaker releases, Serial, Breaking Bad, the potential sale of the Nets, the struggles of the Cavs, RotoBaller / Bum of the […]
Full Story »Jusuf Nurkic (C, DEN) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 41% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues ANALYSIS: As most of us already know, the Denver Nuggets recently dealt starting center Timofey Mozgov and one man that has undoubtedly benefited from this deal is rookie center Jusuf Nurkic. The Bosnian giant has been given a great opportunity to prove himself now that Mozgov […]
Full Story »Houston Astros Deal Dexter Fowler to Chicago Cubs for Dan Straily, Luis Valbuena
When the Houston Astros acquired Evan Gattis in a trade with the Atlanta Braves only a few days ago, it was immediately rumored that Dexter Fowler was on his way out. As it turns out, that would exactly be the case, as Houston unloaded the speedy outfielder this morning to their former NL Central rival […]
Full Story »Alex Len (C, PHX) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 35% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues ANALYSIS: With the meteoric rise that we have seen from some other waiver wire centers (see: Gobert, Rudy and Whiteside, Hassan), Alex Len gets lost between the cracks. The former lottery pick from Maryland has overcome some of his growing pains from early in his career […]
Full Story »Hassan Whiteside (C, MIA) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Consider in all leagues; add in all deeper leagues OWNED: 51% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues ANALYSIS: Who’s been responsible for Miami’s 3 wins in their last 5 games? Not Wade, not Bosh, it’s been the Hassan Whiteside show in Miami. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, Whiteside is by no means an all-star, […]
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