Digging Deeper - Waiver Wire Options for Week 24

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... Read More

Lucid's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 9/10/2021

Happy Friday, RotoBallers! The weekend is here. John 'LucidMedia' Brubaker here, filling in for Tommy Bell for the rest of the season. I'm privileged to be able to do this for you guys and am extremely excited to help you crush the sportsbooks in this final push of the MLB season. If you need absolutely... Read More

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (9/10/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have only one game off the main slate Friday night, which will afford us plenty of opportunities for differentiation in tournaments. There are also a number of solid pitching options to choose from, although my preference is to not scrimp and pay up for a couple of the highest-salaried options on the slate. There's... Read More

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 9/10/21 (Premium Content)

MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 9/10 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Happy Labor Day! We have a nice early slate here, with almost all of the day's action being while the sun is still up. This post is covering the main slate, which starts at one o'clock eastern time.... Read More

Are You For Real? Surprising Pitcher Starts from Week 23

Welcome to Are You For Real?, a weekly column where we look at pitchers who turned in surprisingly good starts and try to determine whether they are the real deal. This week we're looking at some of the young arms that non-contending teams are using to fill out their rotation for the end of the... Read More

Lucid's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 9/9/2021

Happy Thursday, RotoBallers, the weekend is just about here and NFL Football is back tonight! John 'LucidMedia' Brubaker here, filling in for Tommy Bell for the rest of the season. I'm privileged to be able to do this for you guys and am extremely excited to help you crush the sportsbooks in this final push... Read More

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 9/9/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We've got a small primary night slate tonight on DraftKings and FanDuel, with only five games to choose from on DraftKings and four on FanDuel. That will limit the player pool, which means that finding differentiation in your lineups will be crucial. We also don't... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Streamers - Waiver Wire Picks for Thursday 9/9

For many, the fantasy baseball playoffs are in full swing. That makes every decision much more critical in head-to-head leagues. Furthermore, for those in roto leagues, the streaming picks will be focus primarily on a player's categorical boost. Things can be very challenging at this time of the year. Fortunately, RotoBaller has you covered with... Read More

Triston McKenzie Strikes Out Seven Wednesday

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Triston McKenzie struck out seven across six innings of one-run bass in a 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday. McKenzie has continued to roll since his early struggles this season and has allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of his previous five starts. He will make his... Read More

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/8/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Wednesday, Rotoballers! The playoff push is in full swing for our nine-game slate. Rays-Red Sox, Blue Jays-Yankees, and White Sox-A's are just a few of the must-watch games populating our screens. Each contest gets a little more critical as we tick off the days in September, and the margin for error gets smaller and smaller for these... Read More

Aaron Civale Activated Off IL, Pitches Tuesday

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Aaron Civale (finger) was activated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday and will pitch against the visiting Minnesota Twins. The 26-year-old right-hander has been sidelined since mid-June with a finger injury but has been cleared to return after a successful rehab stint. Civale's return is certainly good news for fantasy... Read More

Myles Straw Records Three Hits Monday

Cleveland Indians outfielder Myles Straw went 3-for-4 with a stolen base in Monday's 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Straw has been terrific since coming over to the Tribe at the trade deadline and is now .348 with two stolen bases over his previous 23 at-bats. Fantasy managers in need of batting average, runs, and... Read More

Franmil Reyes Homers Monday

Cleveland Indians outfielder and designated hitter Franmil Reyes went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Monday's 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Reyes now has a 1.037 OPS with three home runs over his previous 25 at-bats and appears to be locked in for the fantasy stretch run.

Lucid's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 9/6/2021

Happy Monday, RotoBallers, and happy Labor Day! We have a nice slate of games to pick from this afternoon and tonight. John 'LucidMedia' Brubaker here, filling in for Tommy Bell for the rest of the season. I'm privileged to be able to do this for you guys and am extremely excited to help you crush... Read More

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/6/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Monday and happy Labor Day, Rotoballers! We will keep today’s article short and sweet so we can all enjoy the unofficial end of summer. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t sit back with someday baseball and profit with some DFS action.  Eight games populate the featured slate on DraftKings, and there are plenty of... Read More

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 9/5/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 9/5/2021. 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... Read More

1B and 3B Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 24

The first full week of September means rosters have expanded for MLB teams and to keep an eye out for those September callups. Of course, the rules were different this year. Rosters were already expanded to 26, and September has only stretched that to 28. Thus, the famous day came with a trickle rather than... Read More

Myles Straw Isn't In Saturday's Lineup

Cleveland Indians outfielder Myles Straw isn't in the lineup on Saturday for a matchup with the Boston Red Sox and right-hander Tanner Houck. The 26-year-old is batting .265 with a .341 on-base percentage, four home runs, and 22 stolen bases in 517 plate appearances this season. Bradley Zimmer is batting sixth and starting in Straw's... Read More

Franmil Reyes Absent From Saturday's Lineup

Cleveland Indians outfielder/designated hitter Franmil Reyes is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox, according to MLB.com. Reyes will look to reset after going 1 for his last 19 with 11 strikeouts. Third baseman Jose Ramirez will be the DH in Reyes' spot. He's had a great year at the... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates - Week 24

As the 2021 MLB season enters its final month, many players are being shut down due to injury and innings limits. Injured players are beginning to run out of time to come back from the IL. Knowing injury timelines is an extremely crucial part of the fantasy baseball season. Being able to know which players... Read More

Bullpen Report: Navigating the Final Month

The baseball season has flown by and just like that we are in the home stretch. You hear all the time that the season is a sprint and not a marathon, but as someone who ran cross country in high school, I can tell you that even long races become a sprint towards the end.... Read More

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (9/3/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have only one game off the main slate Friday night, which will afford us plenty of opportunities for differentiation in tournaments. However, there's an absence of elite pitching options outside of Shohei Ohtani, and his salary is such that it could make it difficult to build the rest of the lineup optimally. The good... Read More

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/3/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Friday, Rotoballers! The first weekend of September greets us with 14 games to watch tonight. The Pirates and Cubs kick things off earlier with a 2:20 pm Eastern start and won't make the DraftKings featured slate. Alas, we will have to watch the matchup between Steven Brault (who only makes me think of Arrested Development)... Read More

Closers and Saves Report - Week 23 Waiver Wire

The playoffs are coming! The playoffs are coming! Well, not the real playoffs, yet. We still have some time before those. But fantasy playoffs are starting up in some leagues next week while others are already in their first playoff week, so every single little statistic starts to matter more and more. Head to head... Read More

Emmanuel Clase Earns 20th Save

Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Emmanuel Clase recorded his 20th save of the season but did allow two hits and an earned run in the bottom of the ninth in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. The earned run marked Clase's first earned run since July 16th. He earned AL reliever of the month... Read More

Triston McKenzie Strikes Out Six Thursday

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Triston McKenzie (shoulder) returned from the IL Thursday and struck out six Royals across six innings pitched while allowing one earned run in a 4-2 victory. It was another solid performance from McKenzie who now has five quality starts in a row dating back to August 5th and needs to be... Read More

Bobby Bradley Isn't Starting On Thursday

Cleveland Indians first baseman Bobby Bradley isn't in the lineup on Thursday for a matchup with the Kansas City Royals and left-hander Mike Minor. Bradley is hitting .210 with a .307 on-base percentage and 12 home runs in 192 plate appearances this season. Yu Chang is starting in Bradley's place at first base and is... Read More

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 9/2/21 (Premium Content)

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 9/2 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.   This is a loaded slate for pitching. We have a handful of aces, and then some really appealing mid-tier options as well. There should be a good amount of points scored from the pitching slots tonight.  ... Read More

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/2/21): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a 5-game main slate on tap tonight, and it's not a great one. We have two games that are clear places to target offense, and one is Coors Field, so that will be the insanely popular place to build lineups. Unfortunately, there are also only a few pitchers to really support on this... Read More

Aaron Civale Allows Two Runs In Solid Double-A Outing

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Aaron Civale (finger) had a strong rehab start at Double-A Akron on Wednesday. He pitched five innings and allowed four hits, one walk and two runs (one earned) while striking out six. It was his third start during this current rehab stint, but his first at Double-A. He made his previous... Read More