Updated Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Rankings

What's up RotoBallers. Today we are bringing you our updated fantasy baseball dynasty rankings for May and the 2021 MLB season, courtesy of lead analyst and senior editor editor Pierre Camus. Dynasty leagues, or keeper formats, continue to become more and more popular in the fantasy sports landscape. For those of you who are playing in... Read More

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 9

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 9 of the MLB season (5/24 through 5/30). 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 an edge on your... Read More

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Relief Pitcher Rankings

The second half of May means the weather is getting warmer and we're going from 25% of the season down to 33% in the books. You should know how aggressive to be in targeting prospective saves as well as how loosely you can play it with your ratios. This is geared towards traditional 5x5 roto... Read More

MLB DFS Lineup Picks - Early Slate (5/22/21): DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball

Hello there, MLB DFS grinders! It's Saturday, and that means we have yet another split slate of MLB games today with seven games in the afternoon and six games on the main evening slate. While most of our MLB DFS coverage here at RotoBaller is geared towards the main slate, I wanted to give you... Read More

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Saturday 5/22

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... Read More

Ka'ai Tom To IL, Cole Tucker Recalled Friday

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Ka'ai Tom (wrist) was placed on the 10-day injured list on Friday with a left wrist contusion, the team announced on Twitter. In a corresponding move, the Pirates recalled infielder Cole Tucker from Triple-A Indianapolis. Tom was slashing .200/.364/.300 with a home run, one steal, seven RBI and three runs scored in... Read More

Barrel-Aged: Hitters With Biggest Barrel Gains

Lately, I've been focusing a lot on barrels when trying to evaluate which hitters are off to the most note-worthy starts. I recently covered Blast Rate, which is a sub-section of barrels that aims to tell us who is making the "best" good contact. Today, we'll focus on who has shown the best growth in... Read More

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/21/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/21 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... Read More

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/21/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Friday, RotoBallers! No day games and no bizarre off days grant us a MASSIVE 15-game slate to kick off the weekend. All 30 teams are playing ball, and it's going to be a fantastic day of DFS. Boston, Baltimore, and Seattle will all lose the Designated Hitter due to playing in National League parks, but... Read More

Jose Soriano To Begin Rehab Assignment Thursday

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jose Soriano (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Bradenton on Thursday night. Soriano, the team's No. 25 prospect per MLB Pipeline, has been recovering from Tommy John surgery. The Pirates selected Soriano in the Rule 5 draft from the Angels, so he'll need to be on the active... Read More

The Power of Youth - Catcher's Corner Episode 8

Hosts Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) and Sami Akleh (@Believe_Sami) chat with Fantrax prospect hound Eric Cross (@EricCross04) about what we can expect from some young starting pitchers for the rest of 2021, and then "E.C." gives some predictions of when some of the top prospects in baseball may be up in 2021 and if fantasy managers... Read More

Bullpen Report: Bullpens Keep on Changing

Another week, more bullpens changing around the league. I mean at this point you do not need to be told how important it is to stay up to date on bullpens and how they are shaking out. Unlike many other positions, the turnover is not due to injury. In many cases, teams are just moving... Read More

Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 8

And the injuries just keep on piling up. As I'm wrapping this article up on Monday night, we've seen today alone Mike Trout exit with a calf strain, Taijuan Walker exit with side tightness, Kevin Pillar was hit in the face by a pitch, and Danny Duffy, Giancarlo Stanton, Jeff McNeil, Michael Conforto and Huascar... Read More

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/20/21): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a 4-game early and 4-game main slate on tap tonight, and they are some rough slates. This article will focus on the main slate as usual, but you can listen to MLB DFS Quick Hits to get a breakdown for both of today's slates. Pitching is overall bad tonight, and the hitting spots... Read More

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/20/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Greetings RotoBallers! Another no-hitter last night! It's getting to the point where I feel like should predict it to happen and I got about a 50/50 shot of it happening! Could Trevor Bauer pitch a no-hitter tonight? Sure. But so could some other pitcher during the earlier slate. Check out some of our other articles... Read More

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks & Avoids for 5/20/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 5/20/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.      Top Tournament Stacks for 5/20/21 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... Read More

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 5/20/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. It's Thursday, so you know what that means, Day Baseball! As has become the norm, DraftKings has created a split slate with only 4 games in each of the day and night slates. While I'll focus most of the analysis on the night slate here,... Read More

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 5/20 - Monkey Knife Fight

The 2021 MLB Season is moving along nicely and we are having a ton of fun with pitcher strikeouts props so far. We will be here week in and week out offering up advice for some of the best prop picks in the industry with Monkey Knife Fight. Our friends at Monkey Knife Fight offer... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Thursday 5/20

Baseball is back, and fantasy managers in daily leagues no doubt already have holes to fill with streamers. Fortunately, RotoBaller has you covered with daily streaming picks. Each day, RotoBaller will provide you with some of the best streaming options to consider in fantasy baseball daily leagues. Additionally, these recommendations can be useful for fantasy... Read More

Trevor Cahill Exits Start With Apparent Injury

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Trevor Cahill exited his start on Wednesday with team trainers in the second inning, according to Jake Crouse of MLB.com. Cahill exited the game after hitting Cardinals shortstop Edmundo Sosa with a pitch to load the bases with nobody out in the top of the second. He's been inconsistent on the... Read More

Colin Moran Close To Returning From IL

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Colin Moran (groin) is nearing a return from the injured list, according to Mike Persak of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Moran has been sidelined with a groin strain that he suffered on May 8 while attempting to make a diving tag. Pirates director of medicine Todd Tomczyk said that Moran is "days... Read More

Ke'Bryan Hayes To Begin Rehab Assignment This Week

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment later this week, according to Rob Biertempful of The Athletic. Hayes has been out of action since the first weekend of the season while dealing with wrist inflammation. He recently began swinging a bat again, and on Wednesday he took part in a... Read More

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings

We're onto the back nine of May, and before you know it the baseball season will take us right into June! Basketball and hockey playoffs are gearing up, but this is that stretch of baseball's marathon where the runner's high kicks in. Let's separate from the pack with another version of my weekly Starting Pitcher... Read More

Quinn Priester Shaking Off Slow Start At High-A

Pittsburgh Pirates pitching prospect Quinn Priester looked sharp on Tuesday when he held opposing batters to just three hits and no runs over five innings of work. He posted a K-BB of 4-1 and induced a healthy number of ground-ball outs in the process. Priester has improved with each start this season and now has... Read More

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/19/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Happy Wednesday, Rotoballers. We've got a jam-packed 12-game slate on this lovely 19th day of May and it's sure to be another fun night of baseball with a myriad of ways to go about building lineups. At the top, we've got a whopping five pitchers carrying salaries over $10,000. Paying up for one of them... Read More

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 5/19/21 (Premium Content)

What's up, RotoBallers! It's crazy that we're already beginning Week 8 of the MLB season. Week 7 was a whirlwind for me and my Bell's Best Bets followers. When the dust settled, we went 26-23, but my propensity to wager on the favorites when I like their spots puts us down about 1.05 units on... Read More

JT Brubaker Struggles Against Cardinals On Tuesday

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher JT Brubaker struggled in a loss to the Cardinals on Tuesday night, allowing five runs on eight hits and three walks over 5 2/3 innings of work in a 5-2 loss. It was his worst start of the season, as his five runs allowed and three strikeouts were both season-worsts. Despite... Read More

Jacob Stallings Out Of Lineup Tuesday

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jacob Stallings (knee) is not in the lineup for Tuesday's series opener with the Cardinals, as he continues to deal with a knee contusion, according to Jake Crouse of MLB.com. Stallings exited Sunday's game after taking a foul ball off his knee while behind the plate in the top of the seventh... Read More

Lineup Takeaways - Week 7 Lineup Trends

Week seven of the MLB season is in the books. There are new injuries, players landing on the COVID injured list, and many more developments 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... Read More

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 8

We're about two weeks into the 2021 minor league season and players are already graduating to the major leagues, including last week's No. 1 ranked prospect. The first wave of promotions saw the Seattle Mariners make a huge splash by promoting Jarred Kelenic along with his teammate Logan Gilbert. The Miami Marlins also got in... Read More