DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/4/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

We head into Tuesday night with a ten-game slate on tap and plenty of nice targets for your DraftKings lineups. Coors Field should be alive and well with Kevin Gausman pitching for the Giants and German Marquez for the Rockies. There are some other nice spots to target bats as well with the Angels, Astros, […]

First Base and Third Base Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3

Entering week three, we are entering a ton of unknowns. Which players have COVID-19? Which schedules will be altered? Who is pitching which days? Essentially, it is chaos and we need to embrace the craziness. Before we dive in, we need to keep a few things in mind: We focus on players rostered in 5x5 […]

Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire - Week 3

11 days of baseball down, hopefully another 58 to go. For all those who picked up Pablo Lopez, or Matt Shoemaker for two starts, it was a rough way to start the season. That’s just the reality of how this year is going to play out. The schedule will take completely unforeseen turns at a […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 101 Starting Pitchers Weekly Rankings

Welcome to the Week 3 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a look weekly at where the top 101 SPs stand moving forward in this strange sprint season. You can check out my weekly Top 65 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. David Emerick rolled out an introduction to our Baller Ranks here, and also […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 65 Relief Pitchers Weekly Rankings

Welcome to the Week 3 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a look weekly at where the top 65 RPs stand moving forward in this strange sprint season. You can check out my weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. David Emerick rolled out an introduction to our Baller Ranks here, and also […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 200 Hitters Weekly Rankings (Week 3)

Welcome to fantasy baseball if MLB's season were more like the XFL. Between injuries, illness, and inexplicable flukes, this season has already shown the potentially disastrous consequences of an otherwise quiet road-trip to Atlanta. This weeks' news about the Miami-Philadelphia and St. Louis-Milwaukee situations has provided new variables, and managers are scrambling to keep up […]

Danny Jansen (C, TOR) - Week 3 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 23% of leagues ANALYSIS: There is no shortage of young and talented catching prospects that have made their way to the MLB (or very soon will) in 2020; from Sean Murphy, Tyler Stephenson, Joey Bart, Francisco Mejia, Daulton Varsho, and Reese McGuire, just to name a few. However, […]

MLB DFS Top Tournament Stacks and Avoids for August 2nd, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our Premium MLB DFS picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason.   Top Avoids of the Day for 8/2/20  Aaron Civale vs. Minnesota Twins Civale had a great first start against […]

Christian Walker Aims To Have Upper Hand Of Clayton Kershaw

Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker has gotten well-acclimated with Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw over the past few seasons. While Kershaw is on a Hall of Fame trajectory, Walker has been a particularly stubborn bugaboo. The D-backs’ first baseman enters play Sunday batting .323 on the year, but it’s his four career home runs in […]

The Cut List (Week 3) - Time to Let Go?

You already didn't have very many Marlins on your fantasy roster, right? It's still early enough that most of your cuts are going to be clearly marginal players who will miss several days due to postponed games. But what about those tougher calls? There's a bit more information out there than there was last week. […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 1st 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 […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 2 Waiver Wire

Hey. Hey...Umm, there's baseball! It's pretty much already a mess and who knows how long this season will actually last, but for now? Baseball. We have it. And that's great. Summer's favorite sport is back on our TVs and in stadiums near us that we aren't allowed to go to. But: still baseball. Fantasy leagues […]

David Peralta Lifted For Pinch-Hitter Thursday

Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder David Peralta has been a stalwart of the club’s lineup since 2015. But in a key situation Thursday against the Dodgers, D-backs manager Torey Lovullo lifted Peralta for Ildemaro Vargas, a move that did not yield the desired results. The decision to pull Peralta’s powerful bat from the lineup comes just days […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (7/31/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

It's Friday which means another jam-packed MLB slate. We've got 12 games on the main slate which will provide no shortage of options on how to build our lineups. A rainout between the Reds and the Cubs on Thursday adds two more intriguing arms to the Friday slate as Luis Castillo and Yu Darvish will join a deep collection […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for Friday, July 31st - Monkey Knife Fight

The MLB season is in full swing and although we have had some bumps in the road at the start, the show must go on. Of course, along with the start of the 2020 season, comes the start of MLB Monkey Knife Fight Prop Picks. Be sure to check back here regularly to see which […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the July 31st 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 […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (7/30/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

It's hard to fathom that we're already a week deep into what has been a tumultuous 2020 MLB campaign. Yet, here we are, albeit with a slate that has been slimmed down due to cancellations and early start times. Factor in that two of the top pitchers on the day (Luis Castillo and Yu Darvish) […]

Diamondbacks Calling Up Prospect Daulton Varsho

The Arizona Diamondbacks are calling up their catching prospect Daulton Varsho according to a report. The 24-year-old spent the 2019 season at Double-A, slashing .301/.378/.520 with 18 homers and 21 stolen bases in 108 games. While those numbers are impressive for a backstop, the question is how he'll find some playing time with Carson Kelly […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the July 30th 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 […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings - July 30, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools are accessible on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 7/30/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have an 8-game slate on tap tonight with a few strong pitching options which makes finding potential value all that much more important so […]

Robbie Ray Faces Tough Dodgers Lineup Thursday

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Robbie Ray has a difficult test ahead of him Thursday as he faces off against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers currently have the second-highest batting average versus southpaws this season (.324), while being the second-hardest team to strikeout (14.3% K-rate). Ray didn't do so hot against this club in 2019 […]

Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2

The first week of the Major League season is in the books, and fingers crossed, we get to finish out the rest of the season. There aren't many takeaways from just a handful of games, but there are still a good amount of players that are sitting the depths of the free-agent pool that deserve […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the July 29th 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 […]

Red Alert: Luis Robert's 115.8 MPH Smash Means Something

In the hullabaloo of MLB’s opening weekend, you may not have noticed that Luis Robert of the Chicago White Sox — he of the .337 ISO at Triple-A Charlotte — announced his presence with authority on Friday night. In the second inning of his MLB debut, Robert strode to the plate, stood 60 feet and six inches […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the July 28th 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 […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/28/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

After a crazy Monday of MLB action on and off the field, we head into Tuesday for a nine-game slate. The Marlins and Orioles game has already been canceled and be prepared to bob and weave all season as the news will continue to come out and change the landscape of the daily slates. Make […]

1B and 3B Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2

Entering week two and coming off a short week, give us a small sample to work with. This week, I will lean heavily on match-ups and potential for at-bats via lineup placement. There will be a few repeat names on this list due to the rostered percentage not rising and performance warranting an add. Before […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the July 27th 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 […]

WPC+ Videocast: Opening Weekend 2020 Recap

Pierre Camus and Nicklaus Gaut recap the action from Opening Day and the first weekend of MLB action for 2020. They identify early risers and fallers, review Statcast numbers, and discuss major injuries. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us on iTunes and BlogTalkRadio […]

MLB DFS Top Tournament Stacks and Avoids for July 27th, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our Premium MLB DFS picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason.   Top Avoids of the Day for 7/27/20  Tyler Glasnow vs. Atlanta Braves Normally Glasnow would be the ace on […]