Yusmeiro Petit Earns Third Win Of Season
Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Yusmeiro Petit got one out to escape a jam and the offense rewarded him with his league-leading third win of the season. Petit has been a solid arm for a few years in the A's bullpen, but he's not someone to chase in fantasy. Wins are a tough stat to predict... Read More
Jesus Luzardo Hit Hard By Diamondbacks
Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo allowed five runs in 2 2/3 innings pitched in a no-decision versus the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Luzardo allowed six hits and two walks while only striking out one. The 23-year-old lefty is off to a rough start this season with an 8.31 ERA and 5.45 FIP through three starts.... Read More
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/14 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/14 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... Read More
Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/14/2021
What's up, RotoBallers! Welcome to Week 3 of Bell's Best Bets. We had an amazing bounce back night on Tuesday, 4/7 that put us close to even on the young season. Since then it's been a mixed bag of washes with lost money on the juice and just downright bad beats leading to rough results.... Read More
Lou Trivino Earns Save For A's On Tuesday
Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Lou Trivino pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his first save of the season Tuesday at Arizona. Trivino issued a walk, but needed just 12 pitches to slam the door on the Diamondbacks. There was speculation Trivino could step into the closer role in the absence of Trevor Rosenthal (shoulder)... Read More
Matt Olson, Sean Murphy Not In Tuesday's Lineup
Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson (hand) and catcher Sean Murphy are not in Tuesday's lineup for the contest against the Diamondbacks. It's a routine day off for Murphy, who has collected three hits in his last two games after going hitless in his first seven. Olson was expected to sit out a game after... Read More
Chris Bassitt Picks Up First Win Of 2021
Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Chris Bassitt allowed two runs in five innings to earn his first win of the season Monday in Arizona. Bassitt was lucky to escape with only two runs as he had traffic on the base paths all night allowing two hits and five walks. Bassitt has had walk issues in the... Read More
Matt Chapman Has Big Night Versus Diamondbacks
Oakland Athletics outfielder Matt Chapman went 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBI, and two runs scored in a win at Arizona on Monday. Chapman has gotten off to a slow start this season batting just .179 after this performance. He's faced some brutal matchups so far with series against the Astros and Dodgers pitching... Read More
Mitch Moreland Takes Batting Practice
Oakland Athletics first baseman Mitch Moreland (hamstring) has missed the last three games due to a sore right hamstring, but he was able to take batting practice before the game on Monday and is a candidate to fill in at first base with Matt Olson (thumb) listed as day-to-day after suffering a thumb contusion when... Read More
Jake Diekman Earns High-Leverage Hold
Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Jake Diekman pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings with a strikeout to earn a hold versus the Diamondbacks on Monday. Diekman was used as the team's most trusted reliever in this game, as he was called on to end the seventh inning after J.B. Wendelken allowed two runs to score and had... Read More
Matt Olson Day-To-Day After Being Hit On Hand
Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson (thumb) is being listed as day-to-day after he was removed in the eighth inning after getting hit by a pitch on his left hand on Monday night. Manager Bob Melvin said that X-rays on Olson's hand showed no broken bones after the game. Olson suffered a thumb contusion. "It... Read More
Ramon Laureano Picks Up Two More Steals Versus Arizona
Oakland Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano went 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and two stolen bases in a win over the Diamondbacks on Monday. Laureano clearly has the green light to run as he's been a terror on the basepaths leading the Majors with seven thefts less than two weeks into the season. He's... Read More
Fantasy Baseball Closers to Target
Diving head-first into relievers who have converted saves early in the season is typically fine but whatever is going on this season is very, very odd. If my math is correct, there are now 35 different relievers who have at least 1 save so far this year. After one week of games. Crazy. — Greg... Read More
The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings
Welcome to the first iteration of my 2021 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a weekly peek at my top 101 SPs moving forward. Since this is the first version of the year, it won't be "full" because much of the punch hinges on movement from the prior week and a reliable set of... Read More
Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 3
Week 3 of the Major League Baseball season is underway and we're already witnessing some impressive rookie performances led by Chicago's surprise contributor Yermin Mercedes and Miami's impressive young arm Trevor Rogers. But a strong start to the year doesn't always guarantee a full, successful season. If we look back to the stunted 2020 season,... Read More
Mark Canha Picks Up First Steal Of 2021
Oakland Athletics outfielder Mark Canha went 1-for-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base in a win over the Diamondbacks. The steal was Canha's first of the season but he's up to a league-leading 12 runs scored as the leadoff hitter for the A's. Canha boasts elite on-base skills thanks to a double-digit walk... Read More
Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/13/2021
What's up, RotoBallers! Welcome to Week 3 of Bell's Best Bets. We had an amazing bounce back night on Tuesday, 4/7 that put us close to even on the young season. Since then it's been a mixed bag of washes with lost money on the juice and just downright bad beats leading to rough results.... Read More
MLB Betting Picks for Tuesday 4/13 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines
Not the way we wanted to start the week, as Baltimore/Seattle was rained out, followed by Arizona getting run out of their own park after Madison Bumgarner had another terrible start. Trending downward a bit in terms of record and units, but no reason to get discouraged. By now, most of you have been reading... Read More
FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/13/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
For the Tuesday FanDuel lineup picks, I'll be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for the FanDuel main slate on 4/13/2021. That means no Blake Snell, Nelson Cruz, or Jed Lowrie recommendations, nor any of their teammates. However, if I was going to include the early games, those first three would certainly be advised.... Read More
MLB DFS Prop Picks for Tuesday (4/13/21) - Monkey Knife Fight
Tuesday offers a full slate of games in Major League Baseball and Monkey Knife Fight has contests to add to the fun for all 15 games. There are some epic pitching matchups scattered among the 15 games. Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff and the Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks had a fantastic pitchers’ duel last week. Stephen Strasburg and... Read More
Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap
Welcome to the April 13th 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... Read More
The Cut List: Week 3 - Time to Let Go?
Welcome 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. Moving forward, we'll also revisit the previous... Read More
Bullpen Report: What We Learned in Week 2
Relievers have become more and more important in fantasy baseball in recent years. First, with starting pitchers being limited to fewer innings than ever, it leads to relievers seeing an uptick in usage. All of a sudden, a good reliever could give you similar innings to a fringe starting pitcher, but with better ratios and... Read More
Lineup Takeaways - Week 2 Lineup Trends
Week two of the MLB season is in the books. There are new injuries, players landing on the COVID IL and much more 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 team breakdowns.... Read More
Points League Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 3
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 best... Read More
Catchers to Stream - Week 3 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.... Read More
Nick Mariano's Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Baseball is in full swing and with it, our silly little game and the chaotic overreaction season that comes with early April. I love it, and most of you will find glorious waiver-wire gems coming from dropped players as fantasy teams give up too... Read More
Closers and Saves Report - Week 3 Waiver Wire
Okay, so every season, everyone says things like, "bullpens are wild!" and "bullpens are so unpredictable!" and "why did you ever choose to specialize in bullpens?" All of those comments are valid, and absolutely already pertain to the 2021 season. It's been about a week since Opening Day, and several bullpens have already gone against... Read More
Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 3
Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 3 of the fantasy baseball season - April 12th through April 18th. 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... Read More
MLB Betting Picks for Monday 4/12 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines
We had a tough weekend all around, as several bets were blown up early. However, it was pretty fun having the under in Joe Musgrove's no-hitter on Friday evening. Big thanks to Jamie for taking things over on the weekend! We're onto a new week and things have been very interesting around the league through... Read More