Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (5/17/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Happy Wednesday morning, or afternoon, or whenever you happen to be reading this. There are 15 games on the docket Monday with 11 of them happening in the evening. All 11 of the night games are connected to the GPP's so they're the ones that I'll be focusing on as a result. It's unfortunate that the Clayton Kershaw and Johnny Cueto matchup at AT&T Park is […]

Alex Wood - Fantasy Ace or Extraordinary April?

A long time ago (2014), in a galaxy far far away (Atlanta), then 23-year-old Alex Wood demonstrated ace upside by striking out tons of hitters, and generating ground balls at an above-average pace while being bounced back-and-forth from the rotation to the bullpen. His stats that year in his starts only (156.1 Innings): 2.59 ERA, 1.09 […]

Contact Rate Risers and Fallers - Week 7

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We are now in the midst of the MLB season, so it's a good time to look at some key offensive trends. Among those trends we will follow each week is contact rate. A sudden increase or decrease in contact rate could signal the beginning of an extended hot or cold streak, leading […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Outfield (OF)

The comedian Lewis Black has a fantastic bit about the dumbest thing he’s ever heard in his life. After relaying the thing in question, he cautions the audience, “Don’t think about that sentence for more than three minutes, or blood will shoot out your nose.” This is more or less how it felt trying to […]

2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 7)

Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. I was happy to have to do a little re-ordering of my […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/17/17): MLB DFS Advice

Today is broken into two slates. There is a large late slate, but also a four game early slate. This article will focus on both slates, as there are more than enough options to be used regardless of which slate you're playing. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 17

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop resource for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, May 17th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) PvB […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/16/17): MLB DFS Advice

After yesterday's mess of pitching options, it's a relief to have some real studs on the mound on this 15 game Tuesday. Two games are taking place today in the late afternoon, so FanDuel has a few options for us today: Early Only (2 games), All Day (15) and Main (13), which begins at the […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Shortstop

The time for chalking things up to “just April shenanigans” has come and gone, and we here at RotoBaller felt that it was time for a rankings update with roughly 20 percent of the season in the books. Kyle Bishop and I felt that the world needed to know what we thought after a month-plus of […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 18

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop resource for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to improve upon your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Thursday, May 18th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) PvB […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 16

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, May 16th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) […]

Checking In: Top MLB Prospects to Make Fantasy Impacts (Week 7)

Hello everyone, and welcome to this week’s edition of our Checking In: Top MLB Prospects list! Here, I will be discussing some of the hottest prospects in the game, guys performing well over the whole season, and guys heating it up over their past couple games. First off, I hope everyone had a splendid mother’s […]

Week 7 Waiver Wire Watch List

Welcome to Week 7 of The Watch List. We have had a few iterations already, but here’s a friendly reminder for those who forgot: Each week we’ll be updating this list full of players who you maybe aren’t quite ready to pick up (depending on league size, of course), but who need to be on […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Third Base (3B)

The comedian Lewis Black has a fantastic bit about the dumbest thing he’s ever heard in his life. After relaying the thing in question, he cautions the audience, “Don’t think about that sentence for more than three minutes, or blood will shoot out your nose.” This is more or less how it felt trying to […]

Week 7 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 7, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 15

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, May 15th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Second Base

The time for chalking things up to “just April shenanigans” has come and gone, and we here at RotoBaller felt that it was time for a rankings update with roughly 20 percent of the season in the books. Kyle Bishop and I felt that the world needed to know what we thought after a month-plus of […]

Hitter Streamers (Week 7): Head-to-Head Leagues

Welcome back, RotoBallers! As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for weekly streamers, which means players who are 50% owned or less in Yahoo! leagues and who have seven games in the week. To catch my streamers column each week, add me on Twitter @rotonails. With that said, let’s dive into the stream(ers).Be sure […]

Power Risers and Fallers for Week 6: Buy or Sell?

Welcome back to this investigative piece where we examine players who have seen some notable changes in their power profiles -- for better or for worse -- in 2017. As usual, you don’t need me to tell you that Miguel Sano or Aaron Judge are strong or that Jarrod Dyson and Billy Hamilton are toward […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/13/17): MLB DFS Advice

Welcome to the weekend RotoBallers. Today is another beautiful Saturday comprised of a full slate of baseball. DraftKings has these 15 games broken down into six early games starting at 1:05 ET and a nine game main slate starting at 7:05 ET. I myself will be on the links during the early games but will […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: First Base (1B)

The comedian Lewis Black has a fantastic bit about the dumbest thing he’s ever heard in his life. After relaying the thing in question, he cautions the audience, “Don’t think about that sentence for more than three minutes, or blood will shoot out your nose.” This is more or less how it felt trying to […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/13/17): MLB DFS Advice

Welcome to the weekend RotoBallers. Today is another beautiful Saturday comprised of a full slate of baseball. FanDuel has these 15 games broken down into six early games starting at 1:05 ET and a nine game main slate starting at 7:05 ET. I myself will be on the links during the early games but will […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/12/17): MLB DFS Advice

Every team is in action Friday, so there will be plenty of options to choose from. There are no afternoon games, so it's a standard evening slate of contests being offered on DraftKings. As always, finding the sleepers and picking the right starting pitchers will be the key to success Friday.  In this article, I […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Catchers

The time for chalking things up to “just April shenanigans” has come and gone, and we here at RotoBaller felt that it was time for a rankings update with roughly 20 percent of the season in the books. This round features rankings from myself and my Reddit-famous brochacho Kyle Bishop, though it should be noted […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 12

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Friday, May 12th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) […]

2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 6)

Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. Based on a combination of different reasons, including the fact it is […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/10/17): MLB DFS Advice

We have a nine game main slate for this Wednesday, and solid options all across the board. Some stud pitchers to look at and lock into your cash games, along with some interesting stacking options if you are a GPP player. Whatever you fancy, there are options for you. So sit back, read up, and […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/9/17): MLB DFS Advice

Good afternoon, Rotoballers! We have a lovely 14 game schedule on deck tonight with tons of elite and mid-tier pitching options to choose from. It's also a Coors and Coors-Light (Arizona) slate, so we have a lot to navigate. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 10

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, May 10th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/8/17): MLB DFS Advice

It's a typical Monday small slate with just 10 games on the schedule. Despite the low number, some of the biggest stars in the game will be in action. Unfortunately, guys like Mike Trout and Bryce Harper are banged up, so keep that in mind when forming a lineup.  In this article, I will be […]