Reading player analysis, analyzing ADPs, identifying the risers/fallers and potential busts, following the pre-season team outlooks, learning the rookies and putting together your rankings are all key components for your draft strategy. And today we are here to help out with running backs, and making sure your teams are prepared in the critical rounds. In […]
Full Story »Eye on the Minors: Prospects, Rookies and September Call-ups
MLB Prospects & Call-Ups This week, I took to the phones and email to try to get a scoop on which prospects will get called up when rosters expand to 40 players on September 1. I put in some work trying to track down information on rookies and sleepers from all 30 major league teams, and though the […]
Full Story »Jonathan Schoop (2B, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in AL-Only Leagues / Deeper Leagues (14+ Teams) ANALYSIS: At this point in the season, if you are in a mixed league and looking to turn to Jonathan Schoop as the savior of your MI slot (or even worse, 2B slot), then you are probably the captain of a sinking ship, or just fighting […]
Full Story »Travis d'Arnaud (C, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in NL-Only Leagues / Deeper Leagues / Two-Catcher Leagues ANALYSIS: When the Mets traded reigning Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey before the 2013 season, they expected a little more from top propsect Travis d'Arnaud than they have gotten thus far. In 385 at-bats over the past two seasons, d'Arnaud owns just a […]
Full Story »Jay Cutler (QB, CHI) - Fantasy Football Sleepers
BALLER MOVE: Target ~80 (Current ADP: 98, QB: 14) ANALYSIS: For those of you who are seeking a sleeper QB option look no further than Jay Cutler. While Cutler has some risk with his injury history (his last full season was 2009), he does come with some upside. Chicago Bears new head coach and offensive minded […]
Full Story »Danny Amendola (WR, NE) - Fantasy Football Sleepers
BALLER MOVE: ~115 (ADP135,WR55) ANALYSIS: Speaking of guys who get injured pretty frequently, have you met Danny Amendola? He's only played in 16 games once in his five year career - the highest he has ever finished at the wide receiver position is being the 47th best in the fantasy game. Yikes. So why am […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Stars on the DL: Who to Keep, Who to Dump
With the fantasy playoffs right around the corner, there seems to be an abundance of star power sitting on your DL. The recent news of Andrew McCutchen, Gerrit Cole and Wil Myers coming off the disabled list is surely encouraging, but there are still plenty of guys you might be stashing, hoping they'll be your […]
Full Story »Fantasy Football Stock Rising / Falling After Preseason Week 2
News, Notes and Fantasy Football Analysis Week 2 of NFL Preseason Action With another week of preseason football in the books, several key fantasy contributors have once again had their draft stock altered in one way or another. There are risers/fallers, sleepers being made, busts in sight, rookies to scout, injuries and more. It’s […]
Full Story »Starting Pitchers to Buy and Sell in Fantasy Baseball (Week 21)
You’re Gonna Be On Your Own From Now On With the trading deadline in most leagues having come and gone many Fantasy Baseball Owners must now turn to their league’s waiver wire for help with their fantasy team’s roster. At a time of year when veteran pitchers are coming back from long term injuries and […]
Full Story »2014 Fantasy Football Rankings: Top 32 Quarterbacks
While we already published our Top 32 Quarterback Back Rankings in three separate tiers, we thought it was time to update these rankings just a little bit considering all the quarterback news out of training camp and preseason. To make things easier for you, our dear RotoBaller reader, we consolidated all the different tiers into one article. Consider this […]
Full Story »Fantasy Football Stock Rising / Falling from PHI vs NE and JAX vs CHI
This post originally appeared on Rotoback. I finally got around to turning on my Preseason Pass and watching the games from last week, so I thought i'd go through some of the games and break down the players that caught my eye. First two games will be the Jacksonville Jaguars against the Chicago Bears and the Philadelphia Eagles against […]
Full Story »2014 Fantasy Football Draft Tools - ADP Arbitrage: Wide Receivers (WR) Sleepers
Fantasy Football Wide Receiver ADP Draft Sleepers RotoBaller is partnering with our friends over at Rotoviz to bring you this nifty little ADP arbitrage tool for fantasy football wide receivers. You can use this tool to help you find sleepers for the 2014 fantasy football season. It's simple: select a player, and results are returned […]
Full Story »Hakeem Nicks (WR, IND) - Fantasy Football Sleepers
BALLER MOVE: Target ~100 (ADP 115, WR 44) ANALYSIS: I understand why Hakeem Nicks' ADP is this low, and even lower on some boards. It's a case of too many mouths for Andrew Luck to feed, his injury history, and the fact that in the past two years Hakeem Nicks has finished +50 in the wide […]
Full Story »Alex Avila (C, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in AL-Only Leagues, Mixed Leagues With Two Catcher Slots ANALYSIS: Perhaps Alex Avila has been overlooked as a result of the strength of the team around him, but he has been a consistently solid contributor for the Tigers over the past five years. When healthy, he has good power for a catcher, […]
Full Story »Kenny Britt (WR, STL) - Fantasy Football Sleepers
BALLER MOVE: Target ~ 150 (Current ADP: 168, WR: 61) ANALYSIS: Coach Jeff Fisher knew exactly what he was getting when he reunited with Kenny Britt in St. Louis this season. A former first-round pick of the Tennessee Titans in 2009, Britt showed great promise in his first two seasons, totaling 84 catches for 1,476 yards […]
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