Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 8/9/21 (Premium Content)

Welcome in to Week 20 of the season! We've officially entered the dog days of summer post-Trade Deadline, and in theory we should see the contenders separate themselves even more from the teams that are mailing it in. I know I've started to notice much wider gaps in Vegas money lines, and while it can […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 8/9/21 (Premium Content)

MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 8/9 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 8/9/21 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 on if […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/9/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

While DraftKings chose to embrace those weird people in Ohio and including the game starting an hour earlier in their main slate, FanDuel told them to piss up a rope. That leaves us with a rather small four-game slate today. We still have some surprisingly good options for a slate this small. The only rain […]

Point League Pitchers: Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 20

We'll be doing this roundup of points leagues 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 best […]

Nick Mariano's Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. With under two months left in the fantasy baseball season and people shifting attention to fantasy football, this is the time for dedicated players to put their foot on the pedal and make their move. You should have a clear idea by mid-August of […]

1B and 3B Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 20

We are reaching the dog days of summer. After the trade deadline, the standings begin to settle just a bit and teams fall into a groove. It could be a good groove or a bad groove, but through August, ruts can begin to take shape. The same goes for fantasy teams. It has been 19 […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 20

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 20 of the MLB season (8/16 through 8/22). 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 matchups in order to gain an edge on […]

Gleyber Torres To Get MRI On Thumb

New York Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres (thumb) enjoyed a strong day at the plate in Sunday's loss but appeared to injure his thumb. Torres swiped his 12th base of the season but jammed his thumb while sliding into the bag. He stayed in the game until the ninth inning, ultimately being replaced by Tyler Wade. […]

Luis Gil Strikes Out Eight In No-Decision

New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil put together another strong start in Sunday's loss to the Mariners. Gil pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and walks while fanning eight batters. He generated an impressive 17 whiffs, 10 of them coming on his fastball, which touched a maximum velocity of 98.9 MPH. Gil […]

Gleyber Torres To Have MRI On Thumb

New York Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres (thumb) will have an MRI on his thumb after exiting the game in the ninth inning, according to Lindsey Adler of The Athletic. Adler reports that he appeared to have jammed his hand on a stolen base attempt earlier in the game, and manager Aaron Boone said that there […]

Luke Voit Returns To Lineup Sunday

New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit (knee) is back in the lineup for the first time since July 11 for Sunday's contest against the Mariners. Voit was originally slated to play for the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate but was scratched Saturday night and called up to take Anthony Rizzo's place in the lineup, as the […]

Point League Hitters: Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 20

We'll be doing this roundup of points leagues 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 best […]

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

Happy Sunday gang! Hope you all have had a great weekend so far. We're coming into the dog days of August, where divisions begin to have a clear winner and teams come out of nowhere to make a playoff push. We have a nice 10-game slate this afternoon, so let's jump right into it and […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - Waiver Wire Picks for Sunday 8/8

Welcome to another edition of our daily fantasy baseball streamers! Are you playing in leagues with daily moves and looking to beef up those rosters? We here at RotoBaller are there for you and all of your streaming needs. Whether you are just trying to get that elusive category win or you are trying to […]

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

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 8/8 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 […]

Anthony Rizzo Tests Positive For COVID-19

New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo has tested positive for COVID-19, per Lindsey Adler of The Athletic. Rizzo wasn't slotted into the Yankee lineup for Sunday's game, with the initial thought being perhaps he was getting the day off, though he is the latest Yankee to test positive for the virus. The former Cub […]

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

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/8/2021. 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 […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates - Week 20

The second half of the baseball season is in full swing and the race to make the playoffs, whether your favorite MLB team or your fantasy team, is in full swing. Knowing injury timelines is now at a vital part of the fantasy baseball season. There are still many injury questions that have to be […]

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

Today we have 15 games going on in Major League Baseball.  It can be tempting to place a lot of bets, however, I try to limit my action to no more than four to five wagers in a day. Often it is more like two or three. I find it better to place a few […]

Rougned Odor Goes Yard Saturday

New York Yankees second baseman/third baseman Rougned Odor collected his 13th homer of the season in Saturday's win over the Mariners. Odor's homer was by no means a Statcast-friendly one, as he just squeaked a ball with a 31-degree launch angle over the right-field wall. It was a two-run jack for the Yankee infielder, who […]

Aaron Judge Hits 23rd Homer Saturday

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge went yard in Saturday's 5-4 victory over Seattle. Judge put the Yankees on the board in the first inning, sending a Chris Flexen curve 421 feet into left field to give his club a 1-0 lead. The blast left his bat at 107.5 MPH, one of three balls he […]

Jonathan Loaisiga Records Fourth Save

New York Yankees relief pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga picked up his fourth save of the season in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Mariners. With Aroldis Chapman (elbow) on the injured list, Loaisiga was called upon to lock down the victory for New York. He didn't disappoint, needing just eight pitches to pick up three quick outs. […]

Clay Holmes Strikes Out The Side In Saturday's Win

New York Yankees relief pitcher Clay Holmes was effective once again in Saturday's win over Seattle. Holmes worked the seventh inning, impressively striking out the side on 11 pitches. He recorded an out in the eighth and was then lifted from the game. Holmes has been excellent in a Yankee uniform, pitching 6 1/3 innings […]

Andrew Heaney Fans Nine In First Win As Yankee

New York Yankees starting pitcher Andrew Heaney earned his first win as a member of his new club Saturday against the Mariners. Heaney went six innings, allowing four runs on four hits while walking a trio of batters. The lefty had the strikeout stuff working, as he fanned nine hitters while generating 12 whiffs, eight […]

Aroldis Chapman Placed On 10-Day Injured List With Elbow Inflammation

New York Yankees relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (elbow) was placed on the 10-day injured list with left elbow inflammation Saturday. Chapman endured a shaky month of June but has since rebounded, allowing just one run while converting all seven save chances since July 20. The veteran experienced a slight dip in velocity in his last […]

Fantasy Trade Deadline Advice - The Bigger Picture

The MLB trade deadline came and went like a category five hurricane (or typhoon, for those on the other side of the Pacific). We are still picking up the pieces, trying to make sense of what is left in the aftermath. This year, the rich got richer in L.A. and New York while non-contenders like […]

The Outsiders: Deeper Pitching Prospects to Know for Dynasty Leagues

Welcome the latest update of The Outsiders, where I highlight pitching prospects that should be on your radar in deep dynasty leagues. For "standard" dynasty leagues, we have RotoBaller's Premium Top 250 Dynasty Prospect Rankings, updated and maintained by our prospect guru Marc Hulet. But for you degenerates who participate in the deepest of dynasty […]

Hitter Analysis by Batted Ball Data

With all of the data that is captured for every event in MLB games, there are a lot of fun ways to dive in and see how hitters are truly performing. There is also an opportunity to find what statistical outputs we should generally expect with certain inputs. For this post, I'd like to revisit […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 19 Waiver Wire

Well, that was a wild trade deadline, wasn't it? Some teams that needed to do a lot didn't do much. Some teams that didn't need to do much did the most. And then some teams did exactly what everyone expected. It seemed like a particularly hectic trade deadline day even though several teams started making […]

Hitter & Pitcher Splits Worth Exploring

We talk a lot in fantasy baseball about splits data, and for good reason. Some hitters are completely different players when facing a left-handed pitcher as compared to when they're facing a right-hander. Some of the differences you see in the data are huge. This is also true with pitchers, as some guys can be […]