Jameson Taillon Whiffs Season-High 10 Batters In No-Decision

New York Yankees starting pitcher Jameson Taillon was masterful despite not factoring into the decision in Wednesday's outing against the Orioles. Taillon tossed 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on four hits. He walked just one batter and struck out a season-high 10, generating an impressive 18 swings and misses on 90 pitches. […]

Clint Frazier Takes Live BP On Wednesday

New York Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier (eye, head) took live batting practice at the team's complex Wednesday. He's been sidelined since June 30 due to dizziness. This is a step in the right direction for Frazier and he will begin a rehab assignment soon after resuming baseball activities. It's been a tough year for Frazier, […]

Gary Sanchez Isn't Starting On Wednesday

New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez isn't in the team's lineup on Wednesday for a matchup with right-handed starter Matt Harvey and the Baltimore Orioles. Sanchez has provided both the Yankees and fantasy managers with some solid power production so far in 2021, batting .213 with a .325 on-base percentage and 17 home runs in […]

Aaron Judge Goes Yard In Tuesday's Rout

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge went 2-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored in Tuesday's 13-1 rout of the Orioles. Judge added on to a game that had already turned into a laugher by the eighth inning, belting a solo homer to plate the 13th run of the night for New York. […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 8/4/21 (Premium Content)

Hey RotoBallers! Welcome to Week 19 of the MLB season. It's been one to forget for my handicapping thus far, but I've still learned a ton about my process and my optimal process for analyzing teams, finding value in lines, and reflecting on results from a day ago. I hope to continue providing sound analysis […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks & Avoids for 8/4/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 8/4 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.      Top Tournament Stacks for 8/4 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 Pitching Primer for 8/4/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 8/4 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 […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Pitcher Starts from Week 18

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. With the trade deadline behind us we're entering the home stretch in fantasy baseball. The leagues are shrinking down to the contenders, and we need […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects: Week 19

The trade winds blew long and hard through Major League Baseball last week. As the dust begins to settle around the league, many prospects have been impacted in different ways — although the moves affected prospects from a dynasty perspective more so than from a 2021 redraft angle. The list lost Reid Detmers — who […]

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings

August is now upon us, which means two months of the fantasy baseball season remain! There is still plenty of ball to be played with workload limitations creeping up on us (and tack fallout still making itself known), so let's look back at July stats with an update of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks. This […]

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Relief Pitcher Rankings

Welcome to the final one-third of the season, fellow RotoBallers. August is here and I'm moving my usual publication of this around because the FAAB Sunday after the trade deadline is special. Pitchers are settling into new uniforms and new roles, so let's check in on my top 101 RP Baller Ranks, which are geared […]

Daily Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 4th 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 Fantasy Baseball Streamers - Waiver Wire Picks for Wednesday 8/4

Baseball is back, and fantasy managers in daily leagues no doubt already have holes to fill. The easiest way to do that is with streamers. Fortunately, RotoBaller has you covered with daily streaming picks. Each day, RotoBaller will provide you with some of the best fantasy baseball streaming picks - options to consider in fantasy […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/4/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! As is usually the case for the middle of the week, we've got a split schedule on our hands. It leaves us with 11 games to occupy our evening slate and plenty of options on the pitching and hitting side. It all starts on the East Coast at 7:05 pm with divisional matchups […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/4/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Happy Wednesday, Rotoballers. We've got another fun slate on tap for tonight as there should be offense everywhere. Well, maybe not everywhere as there are a few elite pitching options including Shohei Ohtani taking on the Texas Rangers and Max Scherzer making his Dodger debut, against the Astros no less. Elsewhere, yes, there will be offense tonight. […]

Luis Gil Returned To Triple-A After Start Tuesday

New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil was returned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre following his impressive start on Tuesday. The 23-year-old dazzled over six scoreless innings against the Baltimore Orioles but one of the "replacement players" following starting pitchers Gerrit Cole and Jordan Montgomery's placement on the COVID-19 list, thus the roster move. It wouldn't be […]

Luis Severino Solid In Rehab Start

New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino (groin) went 2 1/3 innings during a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset on Tuesday. Severino topped out at 96 mph and collected four strikeouts while allowing two earned runs, two hits, and one walk. The 27-year-old will surely make another start or two to build his pitch count […]

Giancarlo Stanton Ends Homerless Drought At 12 Games

New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton went 2-for-5 with a homer, two runs, and four RBI during a 13-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday. Stanton, who hasn't homered since July 20, took Orioles relief pitcher Adam Plutko deep for a three-run shot during the fourth inning. The four-time All-Star now has 17 […]

Luis Gil Shines In MLB Debut

New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil went six scoreless in his MLB debut during a 13-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday. The 23-year-old struck out six and allowed just four hits and one walk in the quality start. With Yankees starting pitchers Gerrit Cole, Jordan Montgomery, and Domingo German are on the […]

Luke Voit Sent On Rehab Assignment Tuesday

New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit (knee) was sent to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday, according to MLB.com's transaction tracker. Voit has been sidelined most recently with a bone bruise on his left knee, as injuries have limited him to only 29 games this season. When he's been on the field, he's slashing .241/.328/.370 with […]

Gleyber Torres Drives In Two In Win Tuesday

New York Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in a 13-1 win over the Orioles on Tuesday. He's been hitting well recently, slashing .286/.333/.464 with two homers, four steals, nine RBI and seven runs scored over his last 15 games. He's finally starting to heat up […]

Jordan Montgomery Tests Positive For COVID-19

New York Yankees starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery has tested positive for COVID-19, per Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News. Montgomery is the second Yankees pitcher, along with Gerrit Cole, to test positive for the virus as the club's struggles with outbreaks continue. General manager Brian Cashman said he expects Montgomery and Cole to […]

Luis Gil Starting Tuesday For Yankees

New York Yankees pitching prospect Luis Gil is slated to start Tuesday's game against the Orioles. Manager Aaron Boone initially said that Nestor Cortes Jr. would start Tuesday night's game in place of Gerrit Cole, who tested positive for the virus- though it will be Gil, the fourth-ranked prospect in the organization. The 23-year-old possesses […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 8/3/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/3/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 15-game slate on tap tonight, so there's plenty of potential value bats to choose from to help you fit in a […]

Andrew Heaney Serves Up Four Homers In Yankee Debut

New York Yankees starting pitcher Andrew Heaney struggled mightily in his debut at Yankee Stadium Monday night, taking the loss against the Orioles. Heaney went just four innings, surrendering four runs on six hits, all of them homers. He did strike out four while issuing no walks, but he struggled with leaving pitches out over […]

MLB Betting Picks for Tuesday 8/3 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Tonight we have a full 15 games slate. It can be tempting to place a lot of bets, I try to limit my action to no more than four to five wagers in a day, sometimes more like two or three. It all depends on the slate. If you have read any of my other […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/3/21): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a 15-game main slate on tap tonight, and it's a wild one. We have some top-end pitching options as well as some great places to target bats. We now have one less top-end pitcher with Gerrit Cole testing positive for COVID, but still plenty of other options with Buehler, Wheeler, Manaea, and some […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 8/3/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 8/3 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 […]

Pitcher Advanced Metrics Studs and Duds - Chase Rate For Week 19

Welcome back to RotoBaller’s Statcast pitcher Studs and Duds article series! Each week I have selected an advanced stat, chosen two top performers and two under-performers, and analyzed what those stats could mean for future fantasy output. This week I will focus on a metric that can have interesting implications for fantasy production: chase rate. Chase rate […]

Statcast Hitter Risers, Fallers - xwOBA Rolling Windows

After an insane trade deadline that saw pretty much everybody in the league changes teams (hyperbole intended), we must collect ourselves and focus on the numbers again. The intent of this series is to identify the top risers and fallers for various Statcast metrics each week, not focus on the players who are in the […]