Josh Rojas (2B/SS/OF, ARI) - Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues ANALYSIS: Rojas has been a streaky hitter throughout the season for the D-Backs. He started the year as the primary leadoff man but got off to a brutal start, hitting just .146 with a .520 OPS over the first 17 games of the year. He […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates - Week 17

It was strange to not see any baseball highlights for a few days this week but thankfully it was a quiet injury week as a result. Following the All-Star break, a number of injured players will be beginning/finishing their rehab assignments in the hopes of returning to their respective teams. Please keep in mind that […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 7/17/21 (Premium Content)

Welcome in RotoBallers, and welcome to the unofficial start of the 2nd half of the 2021 MLB season. The first half was certainly one to forget for me, but despite the poor results, I have definitely learned and grown a lot through the process and grind of betting MLB each and every day of the […]

Braves Acquire Stephen Vogt From Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Stephen Vogt has been traded to the Braves in exchange for infielder Mason Berne. Vogt is hitting .212/.307/.386 with five homers over 151 plate appearances. He'll get some playing time against right-handed pitching, but isn't a huge upgrade for the Braves. Berne is a solid contact hitter without much pop and has […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 7/17/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 7/17 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.      Top Tournament Stacks for 7/17/21 This section will highlight the top tournament lineup stacks of the day (depending on the size of the slate) and help you identify the pitchers that are best suited to pick […]

The NotBurts: First Half Hitter Awards

For all of the division and rancor in society, one foundation of our world stays intact from year to year, splendid in its grandeur, universal in its praise. The NotBurts. A celebration of first-half excellence in hitting, the NotBurts aren't, as one critic (liar) claimed, "just an award show made up by some lunatic". No, […]

Barrel Rate and Contact Rate, Who Can Do Both?

Hitting is, at the same time, completely simple and enormously complex. Hitting in the Major Leagues is arguably the most challenging thing to do in all of sports. I don't think I need to explain myself for saying that hitting is complex. I can't do it, probably neither can you. The reason I say it's […]

Luke Weaver Scheduled For Bullpen Session Saturday

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Luke Weaver (shoulder) is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. The 27-year-old will pitch for the first time since sustaining a right shoulder strain in mid-May. He owns a 4.50 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, and a 38:13 K: BB across 40 innings in 2021. Barring a setback, Weaver is on track […]

Zac Gallen Expected To Start Saturday Vs. The Cubs

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen (hamstring) is expected to be reinstated from the 10-day injured list and start Saturday's game against the Cubs. He was placed on the IL on July 2 after tweaking his hamstring. The 25-year-old made a quick recovery and will return from the injured list for the second time this season. […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 7/17/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 7/17/2021. These picks will target low-priced players who can help you build winning lineups for your DFS contests on FanDuel and DraftKings. These are daily outlier value plays or lesser thought-of guys. They usually lay […]

Fantasy Baseball Rest Of Season Rankings: Mid-Year Updates

The All-Star break offers us fantasy baseball players a chance to breathe and reassess the battlefield before us. Pitching remains as volatile as ever thanks to midseason rule changes, the next generation is fighting uphill after missing minor-league development in 2020, and Shohei Ohtani has blossomed into a full-fledged superstar. Instead of my weekly top […]

Taking a Mulligan - Second-Half Rebound Candidates

We've reached the All-Star Break, which means the baseball season is just over halfway done. Let me repeat that: we still have three months to go! I think some of us are still operating in the mindset of the shortened 2020 season and are thinking that our fantasy seasons are over if we're not in […]

Improving Hitters to Watch in the Second Half

We have more than three months of baseball in the books. It has been a glorious spring and summer with the return of the 162 game schedule. While it was nice for MLB to sneak in 60 games and some expanded playoffs in 2020 after we feared a full season cancellation, it really just didn't […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 16

Wow, what a busy last few days for prospects around Major League Baseball. On Sunday, we were treated to both the MLB Futures Game — a showcase of the sport’s best prospects — and the first round of the 2021 MLB Amateur Draft. The remainder of the 20-round draft will take place today and tomorrow. […]

MLB DFS Lineup Picks: Early Slate (7/17): DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball

Hello there, MLB DFS grinders! The focus of this article will be on the 4-game Early Only afternoon slate for FanDuel while also including the 3-game slate on DK. We have some good pitching options and good stacks to consider so let's dive on in and find the best plays for both your cash game […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/17/21): MLB DFS Lineups

This is one of the more straight forward Saturday MLB slates in a while. We only have three early games and two teams that had the audacity to start an hour earlier than everyone else. That leaves a ten-game main Saturday slate, which is the largest in some time. Hopefully we don't have all of […]

MLB Betting Picks for Friday 7/16 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Turns out last Friday wasn't our luck changing for more than a day as Saturday saw us hit by our old friend 'the near miss'. The Cubs and Cardinals missed the over by one run after the Cubs got shut out despite scoring ten runs twice in their previous four games. The Angels were also […]

Closers and Saves Report - Waiver Wire and Trade Deadline Chatter

We here at RotoBaller's Closers and Saves Report believe that there should be something like the Home Run Derby, but for relief pitchers. Not a skills competition, or a strike throwing contest, or a velocity race. Just an actual Home Run Derby, but with relief pitchers. Our money is on Daniel Camarena. With the All-Star […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/16/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Friday, RotoBallers! The second half of the 2021 campaign kicks off tonight after a few days off for the All-Star break. Shohei Ohtani and Pete Alonso gave us a few highlights in the home run derby on Monday before the American League defeated the National League 5-2 for the eighth game in a row on […]

Madison Bumgarner To Make His Return Friday

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner (shoulder) will come off the injured list to start on Friday against the Chicago Cubs to begin the second half of the season. Bumgarner landed on the injured list early in June with left shoulder discomfort, and he wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire for his fantasy owners […]

NL-Only and AL-Only Waiver Wire for Week 16

Welcome back to the NL-only and AL-only pickups column. Each week, I'll look at five players who are under 15% rostered in Yahoo! leagues and who can be considered as options to add in deep-league formats, such as 15-teamers or AL or NL-only leagues. I'll also include a recommendation for what to do with each […]

Statcast Leaderboard - Exit Velocity Midseason Review

It's All-Star time, sadly. I say that because there is precious little baseball to watch this week. This presents the opportunity for reflection, so we will once again look back on the first half leaderboard for Statcast. This time, we will review the top players in average exit velocity, hard hit rate, and barrels. As […]

Advanced MLB DFS Strategy: Using Recent Stats vs. Season-Long Stats in DFS

The first half of the MLB season is in the books and the second half is set to kick off tonight with the Yankees and Red Sox being featured on national TV. Then, tomorrow we get the rest of the league back in action with a monster Friday slate. I hope you had a chance […]

A.J. Pollock (OF, LAD) - Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues ROSTERED IN: 49% of leagues ANALYSIS: We all had high hopes for Pollock coming into the 2021 season. After all, he hit .276 with 16 homers in 55 games last season. He hit .264 with two homers and two steals in April. Not bad, but not what we paid […]

Ryan Bliss Heads To Arizona In Second Round

Auburn shortstop Ryan Bliss is heading to Arizona after being drafted by the Diamondbacks in the second round of the 2021 Draft. He showed a lot of power in 2021, as he tripled his previous career total with 15 homers. His scouting report says that he has some modest raw power and is a solid […]

Josh Rojas Reaches Base Four Times On Sunday

Arizona Diamondbacks utility man Josh Rojas went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored in a 7-4 loss to the Dodgers on Sunday. He's been getting on base at a high clip over his last seven games with a .318 average and .464 on-base percentage in that span, but the power has […]

Daulton Varsho Slugs First Homer Of 2021

Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Daulton Varsho launched his first home run of the season on Sunday, finishing 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored in a 7-4 loss to the Dodgers. It's hard to do worse than his 2020 line of .188/.287/.366, and yet Varsho has managed to drop even lower this year as he's […]

Stephen Vogt Hits Fifth Homer On Sunday

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Stephen Vogt went 2-for-4 with a home run, one RBI and two runs scored in a 7-4 loss to the Dodgers on Sunday. It was his fifth homer of the year, as he's now slashing .212/.307/.386 with 17 RBI and 17 runs scored in 52 games. Vogt can potentially have value in […]

Diamondbacks Select Jordan Lawlar Sixth Overall In Draft

The Arizona Diamondbacks selected prep shortstop Jordan Lawlar sixth overall in the 2021 amateur draft. Rotoballer had him ranked as the top player available so this is a major win for the organization. Lawlar has an excellent chance to hit for average, power, and steal bases. His athleticism should allow him to stick at shortstop […]

Points League Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 16

We'll be doing this roundup of points leagues 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 […]