MLB DFS Lineup Picks - Early Slate (4/21/21): DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball

We have a split slate of MLB games today and for once both FanDuel and DraftKings ran the same slates! While most of our MLB DFS coverage here at RotoBaller is geared towards the main slate, I wanted to give you some of my favorite pitchers and bats for this five-game "early only" slate that […]

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

Happy Wednesday, Rotoballers! MLB has split the schedule with five games on the early DraftKings slate and seven on the nightcap. Today's picks will focus on the nightcap to give us more freedom and options to pick and choose between. As of this writing, Boston seems to be the only one in danger of seeing […]

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

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/14/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 4/21/21 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 […]

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

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 4/21/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 7-game slate on tap today, with a lot of rough weather to keep an eye on leading up to lock. There […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 4

We are now four weeks into the MLB season and some interesting trends are beginning to emerge with the rookie class of 2021. The pitching has been better than expected, but the hitters have been a disappointment outside of a handful of (unexpected) players. There have been fewer than 10 hitters that have produced better-than-average […]

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

It's getaway day in MLB, so only six games permeate the main night slate. Only one pitcher tips the five-figure scale. Can we get away with a fade here? Are there enough other options to gain an advantage by using a cheaper pitcher? We'll get into that. Rain could affect the start time of the […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 21st 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 […]

Fantasy Baseball Night In Review: Tuesday, April 20

Welcome to the RotoBaller MLB Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy baseball takeaways from the games played during last night's slates. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]

Gio Urshela Collects Two Extra-Base Hits

New York Yankees third baseman Gio Urshela had a great night at the plate in a 3-1 victory over the Braves. Urshela went 2-for-3 with a home run and a double. The 29-year-old doubled in his first at-bat, then crushed a 437-foot homer off of Charlie Morton, which registered an exit velocity of 109 MPH. […]

Aroldis Chapman Records Second Save

New York Yankees relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman notched his second save of the season in Tuesday night's 3-1 win over Atlanta. Chapman worked a relatively easy ninth, walking one and striking out a pair. The veteran closer has been excellent so far, as he has yet to allow a run with at least two strikeouts […]

Jonathan Loaisiga Earns Second Win

New York Yankees pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga notched his second win of the season in Tuesday's 3-1 victory over the Braves. With the game tied at one, Loaisiga worked a scoreless eighth, striking out a batter and inducing a double play. He then earned the win when the Yankees plated two runs in the bottom half […]

Jameson Taillon Solid In No-Decision

New York Yankees starting pitcher Jameson Taillon authored perhaps his best start as a member of his new team despite not factoring into the decision. Taillon tossed five innings of one-run ball, surrendering four hits and a walk while fanning five batters. He induced 10 whiffs, eight of them on his four-seam fastball, which was […]

Clint Frazier Taking A Seat For First Game Of Series

New York Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier is taking a seat on the bench for the first game of the series against Atlanta. Frazier is enduring a brutal stretch to start the season, as he is 6-for-36 with no homers and a 14:4 strikeout-to-walk ratio. The decision to go with Brett Gardner, who is batting third, […]

Mike Tauchman, Mike Ford Enter Tuesday's Lineup

New York Yankees outfielder Mike Tauchman and first baseman Mike Ford are in the lineup for Tuesday's game against Atlanta. Manager Aaron Boone opted to make some changes to the lineup in the hopes of boosting a struggling offense, inserting two lefty bats into the order. Both Tauchman and Ford, who was recently recalled from […]

Gary Sanchez Returns To Lineup Tuesday

New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez (finger) is back in the lineup for the opening contest of a two-game series against the Braves. Sanchez is dealing with bruises on his right index and middle fingers- though manager Aaron Boone had indicated that he would be available for Tuesday's game. The power-hitting backstop will bat seventh […]

Aaron Hicks Getting The Day Off Tuesday, Could Sit Again Wednesday

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks is not in Tuesday's lineup for the contest against the Braves. At first glance, it seems like a routine day off, though manager Aaron Boone said that Hicks could remain out of the lineup on Wednesday to work on "mechanical adjustments." The 31-year-old outfielder is batting just .160- though […]

Mike Ford Recalled From Alternate Site

New York Yankees first baseman Mike Ford has been recalled from the team's alternate site ahead of Tuesday's game with the Braves. With Luke Voit (knee) expected to be sidelined until mid-May and Jay Bruce retiring, the Yankees have a vacancy at first- and Ford is a possible option to fill it. The 28-year-old had […]

Statcast Hitter Studs and Duds - Whiff Rate for Week 4

We're back in the swing of things, literally, with a closer look at hitters who are making quality contact and those who aren't. This week, our Statcast focus is Whiff Rate entering Week 4 of the 2021 fantasy baseball season. Whiffs are simply calculated as the number of swings and misses divided by the total […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/20/21): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a weird slate of games today, a 13-game slate. The slate starts at 6:30 pmEST, adding five games to the 8-game main slate on FD that starts at 7:05 pmEST. Overall the weather looks ok outside of later rain in Detroit and a few wind spots, but nothing crazy. In this article, I […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks & Avoids for 4/20/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheat Sheet for 4/20/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 4/20/21 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 […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 4/20 - Monkey Knife Fight

Tuesday brings a busy MLB schedule and Monkey Knife Fight is there with contests to play and win for every game on the board. There are some fascinating pitching matchups, with Carlos Rodon and Zach Plesac squaring off in a White Sox-Indians game. Zac Gallen and Luis Castillo are on the mound with the Diamondbacks […]

Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/20/2021

What's up, RotoBallers! We have made it to Week 4of Bell's Best Bets. Week 3 didn't provide the massive turnaround that I had hoped it would, but we did end the week on a positive Sunday after just treading water with a .500 average towards the back half of the week. That means THIS is […]

Luis Severino Expected Back This Summer

New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino (elbow) is expected back between June and August. Severino is recovering from Tommy John surgery and hasn't thrown a pitch in the majors since appearing in three games in 2019. Severino owns a career 3.46 ERA in five seasons and is still just 25 years of age. Outside […]

Luke Voit Expected Back In Mid-May

New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit (knee) is expected back around mid-May. The slugger underwent surgery in March and has yet to pick up a bat, but was fielding grounders on Sunday. Voit has hit 57 home runs over the past three seasons and is a big part of the middle of the Yankees […]

Giancarlo Stanton Clubs Third Homer Of Season Sunday

New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's loss to the Rays. Stanton's homer was his third of the season- and his second in the last three games. The 31-year-old slugger continues to hit the ball hard, as evidenced by his whopping 60.6 percent […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/19/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Monday, Rotoballers! We kick off another week of MLB DFS with a six-game slate. The Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox kick things off nice early with the traditional Boston Marathon day game. Still, we will be solely looking at the night games, starting with San Francisco-Philadelphia and St.Louis-Washington at 7:05 pm Eastern. […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 19th 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 […]

The Cut List: Week 4 - Time to Let Go?

Welcome back to the Cut List. This is our weekly article looking at players who fantasy managers should consider cutting from their teams. We'll look at players who are worthy of a drop, worth monitoring for replacing and someone on the hot seat but worth holding on to... for now. We'll also revisit the previous week's […]

Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 4

Injuries and game postponements have already forced fantasy managers to get creative with their rosters this season, making waivers as important as ever. In addition to shoring up fantasy lineups in the short term, valuable waiver pickups can also become mainstays in fantasy lineups and generate trade value for fantasy managers. It's worth noting that […]

Gerrit Cole Fans 10 In Loss To Rays

New York Yankee starting pitcher Gerrit Cole had another excellent outing despite being charged with the loss on Sunday against the Rays. Cole pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs- two of them earned- on five hits with 10 strikeouts compared to no walks. The 30-year-old ace posted an excellent 34 percent CSW (called strikes […]