FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/26/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a busy 11 game Monday, but one is a matinee game and another had the audacity to start an hour earlier than everyone else. That makes the main FanDuel slate a nine-gamer. There is a lot to wrap our heads around on this slate, including the massive price increase on a few pitchers. […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 4/26/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 4/26/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 9-game slate on tap, and pitching is relatively locked in tonight. Corbin Burnes will be the chalk of all chalk, and […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/26/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/26 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.     High-Priced Aces These are your studs who are worth paying up for on this slate. It makes sense to deploy these guys as your cash game plays on FanDuel and as your SP1 on DraftKings […]

Paul Campbell Allows Three Runs On Sunday

Miami Marlins rookie relief pitcher Paul Campbell worked as the bulk reliever in Sunday's game against the San Francisco Giants. After Ross Detwiler served as the opener and pitched one inning, Campbell came in and pitched the second, third, and fourth innings. He allowed three runs on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts. […]

Pablo Lopez Pitches Well On Saturday

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Pablo Lopez pitched well in Saturday's victory over the San Francisco Giants. He tossed six innings, allowing just one run on two hits and one walk while striking out seven. He ended up with a no-decision, as the Marlins would win after putting up four runs in the ninth inning. Lopez […]

Points League Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 5

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 […]

Lineup Takeaways - Week 4 Lineup Trends

Week four of the MLB season is in the books. There are new injuries, players landing on the COVID injured list, and many more developments 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 […]

Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 5

A brief glance at the lineup notes section of this week’s article illustrates what was a busy week in the MLB, giving fantasy managers plenty of opportunities to get ahead using waivers this week. Although most of the recommendations in this article are longer-term focused, fantasy managers should take advantage of lineup movements for short-term […]

Catchers to Stream - Week 5 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. […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 5

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 5 of the MLB season (4/26 through 5/2). 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 an edge on your […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 5

Well after back-to-back weeks with not a lot of great two-start streaming options, we finally have some good starters to choose from in Week 5. Before we get there, we'll recap the previous two weeks as always. It's a close call for who was the best pickup in Week 3, but if you started Matthew […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 25th 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 Lineup Picks (4/25/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

As is customary on Sundays, we have a very large slate to dissect with lots of batting and pitching options for us to consider. We have some top arms like Woodruff, Castillo, Bundy, and Flaherty and some stacking options like the Braves, Twins, A's, Indians, and the Red Sox.  I'll be providing you with my daily […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - April 25, 2021

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 4/25/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. Well, after a weekend of split slates we get rewarded with a 12-game Main on a Sunday. Hooray! Unfortunately, it comes with a whole […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates - Week 5

There has been an injury trend that is hard to miss for the first three weeks of the 2021 season. There have been a lot of muscle/tendon sprains and strains to start the season. These injuries include oblique, groin, hamstring, and back injuries. Not all of the injuries are alike for each player and should […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - April 24, 2021

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 4/24/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have split slates on Saturday, with DraftKings and FanDuel both offering six-game Main slates in the evening, with early slates on both. Don't […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/24 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/24 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.   High-Priced Aces These are your studs who are worth paying up for on this slate. It makes sense to deploy these guys as your cash game plays on FanDuel and as your SP1 on DraftKings based […]

FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks (4/24/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

As is customary on Saturday's, we have a modest six-gamer on the FanDuel main slate tonight. The marquee Padres-Dodgers matchup profiles as a pitchers duel with Trevor Bauer and Blake Snell on the mound, while there are a few stackable teams with the Athletics, Braves, and Phillies projecting for over five runs. I'll be providing […]

MLB Betting Picks for Saturday 4/24 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Last Saturday saw us go 2-2. Thankfully, the two wins were from the full unit stakes and the two losers were the speculative half-unit stakes. So we still made a profit. This week, we're unleashing our new secret weapon courtesy of Frank Ammirante (follow Frank on Twitter @FAmmiranteTFJ). Frank has put together the run trends from this […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/24/21): MLB DFS Lineups

DraftKings sliced this Saturday slate almost right down the middle. We have seven early games, six prime-time games, and a small two game short slate to keep us occupied today. This serves to water down both slates a little bit. That's not to say that there aren't a couple of good options out there. The […]

Jazz Chisholm Leads Off Friday's Game With A Home Run

Miami Marlins rookie second baseman Jazz Chisholm led off Friday's game against the San Francisco Giants with a home run. Chisholm took Alex Wood's third pitch of the night out into McCovey Cove beyond the right field seats. It ended up being his only hit of the night (the Marlins only had three total), leaving […]

Jesus Aguilar Hits A Home Run On Friday

Miami Marlins first baseman Jesus Aguilar hit his first home run of the season in Friday's loss to the San Francisco Giants. In all, Aguilar went 1-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI. His home run was a ninth inning two-run shot that made it a 5-3 loss for the Fish instead of a […]

Sandy Alcantara Takes A Loss On Friday

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara was not at his best in Friday's start against the San Francisco Giants. Alcantara threw five innings, allowing two runs on four hits and four walks while striking out four. The loss dropped his record to 0-2 and moved his ERA to 3.34. Alcantara was uncharacteristically inefficient in this […]

Jon Berti Expected To Play Regularly At Third Base

Miami Marlins utility player Job Berti is expected to get regular playing time at third base while starter Brian Anderson (oblique) is on the injured list. Berti is off to a slow start this season, slashing just .194/.293/.278 but he should be a good source of runs and stolen bases as long as he keeps […]

Brian Anderson Placed On The Injured List

Miami Marlins third baseman Brian Anderson was placed on the 10-day injured list prior to Thursday's game due to an oblique strain. There's no word on the severity of the strain, but oblique injuries can sometimes take quite a while to heal. According to manager Don Mattingly, Jon Berti will be the primary starter at […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 5 Waiver Wire

For all the wildness that has already happened in bullpens across the league this season, this week was a nice little respite. That's not to say that nothing went down, just that it wasn't an overwhelmingly non-stop bullpen news week like every other week had been. We have a few committees settling into more specific […]

Bullpen Report: Closer Carousel Keeps Turning

We are just three weeks into the baseball season, but it may feel like longer because there has been an influx of news and developments that have impacted fantasy. There has been no position that has seen more changes than at relief pitcher. We have already seen a number of changes to teams' late-inning usage […]

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 70 Relief Pitcher Rankings

Welcome to the first version of my 2021 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a weekly peek at my top 70 relievers moving forward. This is geared towards traditional 5x5 roto leagues, with the understanding that RPs are as volatile as it gets. You'll notice that I leave off most injured players because throwing […]

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings

Another week, another update to my 2021 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take stock of my top 101 SPs moving forward. This is the first "full" version of the year where the ranks table below comes with this google sheet that accompanies the table and adds a smattering of stats. Do note that I […]

The Big Picture - Backstops Balling Early

A necessary evil. A statistical sinkhole. A dark cloud hanging over your roster. That's how the catcher position is largely viewed these days. Much like the tight end position in fantasy football, if you don't grab one of the top three or four performers on draft day, you might as well just wait it out […]