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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 101 Relief Pitchers Weekly Rankings

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

The Baller Ranks: Top 200 Hitters Weekly Rankings (Week 4)

Last week's full launch of The Baller Ranks was one of the most gratifying things I've done with fantasy baseball, and I want to thank everyone who reached out with support, suggestions, and questions. To that end, I got some questions about why guys moved or didn't. Early in the season, projection systems struggle to […]

Top MLB DFS Tournament Stacks and Avoids for August 11th, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our Premium MLB DFS picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason.   Top Avoids of the Day for 8/11/20  Touki Toussaint vs. New York Yankees Momentum has been building for Toussaint, […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/11/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

We head into Tuesday night with a large twelve-game slate on tap. We have Coors in play tonight, plus other great spots to target as pitching is very suspect on tonight's slate. There are a lot of ways to go tonight and the DK plays should help point you in the right direction. Listening to […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 11, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/11/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. Tuesday brings up a 12-game slate for the evening, which in these days is enormous. The slate features a handful of viable aces and […]

Robbie Grossman Collects Third Stolen Base

Oakland Athletics outfielder Robbie Grossman went 1-for-3 with two walks and a stolen base in a loss to the Angels Monday. Grossman is slashing a cool .282/.429/.513 through 49 plate appearances this season while manning the six-hole in a good A's lineup that should give Grossman plenty more RBI opportunities this season. The switch-hitter wasn't […]

Matt Chapman Goes Wild Monday Vs Angels

Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman had a huge night Monday with two home runs and a triple as part of a 3-for-5 night. Chapman scored three runs and collected six RBI as Angels pitching had no answer for the hard-hitting third baseman. Chapman has been tearing the cover off the ball in the young […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/11/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Whether owners will get a true “complete” slate at any stage in 2020 as the league adjusts to the COVID-19 pandemic on the fly remains to be seen, but Tuesday is a close microcosm of what a packed house main slate will look like. In addition to having to combat Coors Field, Max Scherzer and […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 11, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/8/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 9-game slate on tap tonight, and it should be a doozie. There is one race on the mound in Patrick Corbin […]

H2H Points League Pickups, Waiver Adds: Week 4

Another wild and wacky week in MLB, though it was tamer than the week before. Any week that a new team doesn't disappear from the schedule after a COVID outbreak is a good week, right? We're still at the point of the season where the waiver wire is littered with positional players who are excelling […]

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

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome back to another fun waiver-wire weekend here at RotoBaller. We're balancing more than ever before when it comes to analyzing players, what with postponed games, shortened doubleheaders, expanded rosters, teams in quarantine, and a sprint-style season. Keep your head on a swivel! We're […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 10th 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 […]