Carson Kelly Stays Hot At The Plate On Tuesday

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Carson Kelly continued his hot start to the year on Tuesday afternoon, going 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk and three RBI in a 7-5 loss to the Athletics. It was Kelly's first homer of the year, as he is now slashing .429/.519/.667 with a 5:5 K:BB ratio through eight games […]

Zac Gallen Strikes Out Eight In Season Debut

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen made his season debut on Tuesday afternoon, striking out eight batters in four innings of work in a 7-5 loss to Oakland. After starting the year on the injured list with a hairline fracture in his arm, Gallen looked solid on the mound, allowing just one run on three […]

Zac Gallen Activated Off Injured List

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen (forearm) was officially activated off the 10-day injured list on Tuesday ahead of his scheduled start against the Athletics. Gallen recovered nicely from a hairline fracture in his right forearm and is poised to help fantasy managers who stashed him in drafts right off the bat. Considering he didn't […]

Madison Bumgarner Struggles Again Monday

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner struggled once again on Monday night, as he allowed six runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings against Oakland. It was Bumgarner's third start in a row in which he allowed five or more runs in five or fewer innings pitched, and he now has allowed 17 runs […]

Kole Calhoun Reaches Base Four Times In Loss

Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Kole Calhoun reached base safely four times in Monday night's loss, going 3-for-4 with a walk, one RBI and a run scored against the Athletics. After starting the year on the injured list while recovering from knee surgery, Calhoun is now 4-for-14 with a double and three RBI in three games since […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts from Week 2

Welcome to the 2021 edition of "Are You For Real?" This is a weekly column where we dissect surprisingly good starts from under-rostered and unheralded hurlers to try and determine whether they can maintain their performance, or if it was just a flash in the pan. Week 2 brought even more surprising starts, and with […]

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings

Welcome to the first iteration of my 2021 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a weekly peek at my top 101 SPs moving forward. Since this is the first version of the year, it won't be "full" because much of the punch hinges on movement from the prior week and a reliable set of […]

NL Rookies Ready to Break Out

Every year, there are those rookies who we expect to make a splash right away. In 2020, it was Luis Robert, Kyle Lewis, Alec Bohm, and Sixto Sanchez. Below are nine of the National League's potential top rookies for 2021, both at the dish and on the mound. I've ranked them in order of how […]

Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/13/2021

What's up, RotoBallers! Welcome to Week 3 of Bell's Best Bets. We had an amazing bounce back night on Tuesday, 4/7 that put us close to even on the young season. Since then it's been a mixed bag of washes with lost money on the juice and just downright bad beats leading to rough results. […]

MLB Betting Picks for Tuesday 4/13 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Not the way we wanted to start the week, as Baltimore/Seattle was rained out, followed by Arizona getting run out of their own park after Madison Bumgarner had another terrible start. Trending downward a bit in terms of record and units, but no reason to get discouraged. By now, most of you have been reading […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks & Avoids for 4/13/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheat Sheet for 4/13/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 4/13/21 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 […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for Tuesday (4/13/21) - Monkey Knife Fight

Tuesday offers a full slate of games in Major League Baseball and Monkey Knife Fight has contests to add to the fun for all 15 games. There are some epic pitching matchups scattered among the 15 games. Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff and the Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks had a fantastic pitchers’ duel last week. Stephen Strasburg and […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 13th edition of Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox. Discussing baseball is as fun as the game itself. It has a way of bringing people together to share different opinions about the sport we all love. A similar action can be done with fantasy baseball where we not only discuss topics […]

Christian Walker Placed On 10-Day Injured List

Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker (oblique) has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain, according to Zach Buchanan of The Athletic. Earlier in the day manager Torey Lovullo said that Walker had exited Sunday's game early due to "normal aches and pains," but it appears Walker was hurt more […]

Zac Gallen Will Start On Tuesday Against Oakland

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen (forearm) will make his first start of the year on Tuesday afternoon against the Oakland Athletics, according to Zach Buchanan of The Athletic. Gallen has been on the injured list to open the year with a hairline stress fracture at the end of a bone in his forearm. Before […]

Christian Walker Heading To The Bench On Monday

Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker is out of the lineup for Monday's game against Chris Bassitt and the Oakland Athletics. Asdrubal Cabrera is getting the start at first base and hitting third in the game. Walker is off to a slow start to the year, slashing .179/.250/.282 with one home run through 10 games. […]

Josh Reddick Signs Minors Deal With Diamondbacks

Free-agent outfielder Josh Reddick has signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday and will report to the team's alternate site, according to Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. Reddick spent last year with the Houston Astros, where he slashed .245/.316/.378 with four home runs and 23 RBI in 56 games. His […]

Luke Weaver Silences Reds On Sunday

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Luke Weaver tossed seven scoreless innings on Sunday, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out eight in a 7-0 win over the Reds. Weaver looked like a completely different player on the mound, as he tossed seven shutout innings for the first time since August 2017. Not only […]

Eduardo Escobar Homers In Fourth Straight Game

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eduardo Escobar homered in his fourth straight game on Sunday, as he finished 2-for-5 with a double, a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in a 7-0 win over the Reds. He's heated up quickly at the plate, hitting 7-for-16 with two doubles, four home runs and eight RBI […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 12th edition of Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox. Discussing baseball is as fun as the game itself. It has a way of bringing people together to share different opinions about the sport we all love. A similar action can be done with fantasy baseball where we not only discuss topics […]

Bullpen Report: What We Learned in Week 2

Relievers have become more and more important in fantasy baseball in recent years. First, with starting pitchers being limited to fewer innings than ever, it leads to relievers seeing an uptick in usage. All of a sudden, a good reliever could give you similar innings to a fringe starting pitcher, but with better ratios and […]

Lineup Takeaways - Week 2 Lineup Trends

Week two of the MLB season is in the books. There are new injuries, players landing on the COVID IL and much more that are causing lineups to alter. Let’s try to figure out what is noise and what really matters. Just a reminder, I have added a 'Fantasy Fallout' section to the team breakdowns. […]

Points League Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 3

We'll be doing this roundup of point league happenings 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 […]

Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 3

We’re only nine days into the 2021 regular season, but there has already been plenty of roster shuffling and player movement this year. Although fantasy managers shouldn’t make decisions based exclusively on less than two weeks of samples, there is one notable league-wide issue worth exploring before diving into this week: the ball. As you […]

2B and SS Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3

We're 10 days into the season, but it's never too early to start tinkering around the edges. Hopefully you grabbed Ryan McMahon in time for his three-homer game last week. He's now rostered in over three-quarters of Yahoo leagues, and after going deep again on Saturday that number is likely to rise. Not every player […]

Catchers to Stream - Week 3 Waiver Wire

It's your resident catcher advocate here, with my weekly 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. […]

Nick Mariano's Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Baseball is in full swing and with it, our silly little game and the chaotic overreaction season that comes with early April. I love it, and most of you will find glorious waiver-wire gems coming from dropped players as fantasy teams give up too […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 3 Waiver Wire

Okay, so every season, everyone says things like, "bullpens are wild!" and "bullpens are so unpredictable!" and "why did you ever choose to specialize in bullpens?" All of those comments are valid, and absolutely already pertain to the 2021 season. It's been about a week since Opening Day, and several bullpens have already gone against […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 3

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 3 of the fantasy baseball season - April 12th through April 18th. 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 […]

MLB Betting Picks for Monday 4/12 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

We had a tough weekend all around, as several bets were blown up early. However, it was pretty fun having the under in Joe Musgrove's no-hitter on Friday evening. Big thanks to Jamie for taking things over on the weekend! We're onto a new week and things have been very interesting around the league through […]