Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 16th 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

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/16/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Sunday baseball, one of the great ways to spend your off time. Today's feature is the perennial Cy Young candidate, Max Scherzer. He looks to continue his dominance against the hot-hitting Baltimore Orioles as we wrap up another weekend of baseball. In this article, we'll identify players who will help you win a cash game... Read More

Mark Canha Hero For A's Saturday Night

Oakland Athletics outfielder Mark Canha played the hero Saturday night launching a go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the ninth. One night removed from a five-run comeback in the ninth, the A's found themselves down three in the final frame. After a Sean Murphy solo shot, Canha came up as the go-ahead run and... Read More

Burch Smith Exits With Injury After Scoreless Streak Snapped

Oakland Athletics right-handed pitcher Burch Smith entered play Saturday against the Giants not yet having allowed a run in 2020. Before his night was done, he would yield three runs and exit due to injury with righty Lou Trivino taking over for him. Smith has turned himself into a staple of the Oakland relief corps,... Read More

A.J. Puk Tosses Bullpen, Could Return In Relief Role In 2020

Oakland Athletics left-handed pitcher A.J. Puk is on the comeback trail, having thrown a 20-pitch bullpen session Friday, with the plan being to ramp up to 30 pitches Monday. Manager Bob Melvin expects to have Puk back at some point in 2020, although he would be used in a relief-only role. Puk was anticipated to... Read More

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/15/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Get ready for another Saturday of MLB action, with seven games on the main slate. It looks like a good spot for a contrarian Orioles' stack against lefty Patrick Corbin, whose velocity is down two MPH this season. The O's rank second in baseball with a .391 wOBA against southpaws. In this article, we'll identify... Read More

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 15th 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

Pocket Aces: Week 5 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire

Host Anthony Aniano of RotoBaller Radio discuss the 2020 fantasy baseball season and keeps you updated with all the latest news and analysis. In this episode he breaks down some of his recommend players to target as fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups and adds for Week 5 of the 2020 MLB season. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller... Read More

2020 K% Risers: Buy, Sell, or Hold

Heading into Thursday's action, most teams had played at least 15 games, officially passing the quarter-pole of the 2020 season and giving us a large group of players that have reached at least 60 plate appearances. This is an important milestone in terms of looking at strikeout rates, as the metric is one of the... Read More

Joakim Soria Earns Relief Win Friday

Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Joakim Soria earned a win in relief at the Giants on Friday after pitching a scoreless bottom of the ninth. Soria had been lights out to start the season and Friday was actually one of his worse appearances as he allowed a hit and a walk while failing to record a... Read More

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/15/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

Only seven games on the DraftKings slate as we sidestep a few of the elite pitching options today, but we're once again graced with the presence of a Coors Field game that you're going to want some exposure to. I'll be going through some of the best plays at each position on DraftKings with a... Read More

Liam Hendriks Strikes Out The Side For Sixth Save

Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Liam Hendriks made quick work of the Giants Friday night to pick up his sixth save of the season. Hendriks struck out the side on just 13 pitches to protect a one-run lead, with the tying run at second base the whole time due to MLB's new extra innings rule. Hendriks... Read More

Jesus Luzardo Struggles At The Giants

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo had a night to forget on Friday as he allowed six runs in 3 1/3 innings pitched at San Francisco. Luzardo allowed nine hits and two walks while only striking out three in his worst start in the Majors thus far. Friday's game was the first start this season... Read More

Stephen Piscotty Delivers Game-Tying Grand Slam

Oakland Athletics outfielder Stephen Piscotty had a flair for the dramatic Friday, blasting a game-tying grand slam with one out in the ninth inning to help baseball's best team through 20 games turn a sure loss into a 10-inning win. Piscotty is now slashing .245/.305/.472 on the young season which has been enough to keep... Read More

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 15, 2020

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/15/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. It's an extra full day of MLB action on Saturday, with a total of 17 games being played. But with games spread out through... Read More

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/14/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

After a strange five-game slate last night, we've got a full 13-game slate on tap today with only the Cardinals and White Sox game not playing. There are some prime spots to target, as well as some nice pivots to differentiate your lineups, which can be found here and also in the value plays article... Read More

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/14/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Thursday's four-game main slate felt a lot like when you wake up in a hotel that advertised a continental breakfast, but really just had some stale bagels and muffins lying around. Friday, however, provides us a full-brunch bar, omelet station included. We've got a 13 game slate on tap with multiple aces taking the hill,... Read More

Frankie Montas Scratched Friday; Jesus Luzardo Starting

Oakland Athletics starter Frankie Montas has been scratched from Friday's start against the San Francisco Giants due to tightness in his upper back. In his absence, Jesus Luzardo will take the mound. It is unclear whether or not Montas will need to go on the injured list, but more information will come out in the... Read More

Closers and Saves Report - Week 4 Waiver Wire

For a season chock full of bullpen changes and injuries already, this week was a slight cool down period. In other words, this would still probably have been a bigger bullpen news week during a normal season, but for this particular season, it seemed like a much-welcomed downswing. There were still depth chart changes, there were still... Read More

Top 50 Prospects for Fantasy Baseball Redraft: Week 4 Rankings

We're now a little over a sixth of the way through the 2020 MLB season and it's already shaping up to be an interesting year for freshmen players. While the two best rookies have been hitters, we've also seen impressive depth on the mound. Many of the top bats have underperformed or been stuck at... Read More

Too Good To Be True? Buying/Selling Hot Pitching Starts

Last week, we dove into the hitters who were off to hot starts and tried to decide what was real and what wasn't as sustainable. Now we'll turn our attention to the arms. After two full weeks of baseball, we're over 20% done with the season, more FAAB dollars are being spent than ever before, and... Read More

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 14, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/14/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 12-game slate on tap tonight and it is a doozie. It is a night of aces around the bigs. Finding the... Read More

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 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

Week 4 MLB Closers & Bullpen Usage Report

Monitoring bullpens in 2020 will be a vital task each and every day. Because of this, we'll be publishing a weekly article at RotoBaller that tracks which bullpens are being taxed and which pitchers within that bullpen are being heavily used. The idea of this column is to help you gain an inside track into which... Read More

Matt Olson Swats Sixth Homer

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson launched his sixth home run of the season in an 8-4 win over the Angels Wednesday. The homer was his only hit in five at-bats, but that's become par for the course for the lefty slugger. Olson's batting average is an anemic .149, but he sports a .313 on-base... Read More

Chris Bassitt Struggles In Win Vs Angels

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Chris Bassitt allowed four runs in 5 2/3 innings, but still picked up a win vs the Angels Wednesday. Bassitt didn't walk a batter and struck out four while allowing five hits, including two home runs. This was easily Bassitt's worst start of the season as he had allowed just two... Read More

Robbie Grossman Does It All Wednesday

Oakland Athletics outfielder Robbie Grossman stuffed the stat sheet in a win over the Angels Wednesday. Grossman launched his third home run of the season - a two-run shot off of starter Griffin Canning - and also stole his fourth base of the season. Grossman went 1-for-3 and also walked twice and scored two runs.... Read More

Frankie Montas Aims To Bolster Cy Young Campaign Friday

Oakland Athletics right-handed pitcher Frankie Montas began to put it all together during 2019 before he was sidelined with an 80-game suspension due to testing positive for a banned substance. To kick off 2020, Montas has compiled a 1.57 ERA through his first four starts and now has a favorable matchup Friday against the Giants.... Read More

Statcast Hitter Studs and Duds - Exit Velocity (Week 4)

We're off and running on our Statcast Hitter Studs/Duds series! Many fantasy baseball owners are starting to see the value of MLB's Statcast advanced stats in order to help identify potential risers and sleepers. Just as we do for pitchers, this weekly series will examine a handful of hitters who are performing surprisingly well or... Read More

The Baller Ranks: Top 101 Starting Pitchers Weekly Rankings

Welcome to the Week 4 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a look weekly at where the top 101 SPs stand moving forward in this strange sprint season. You can check out my weekly Top 101 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. David Emerick rolled out an introduction to our Baller Ranks here -- I suggest... Read More