Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/16/2021

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. […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 4/16/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 4/16/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 14-game slate on tap today, a monster of a slate. There are so many ways to go, and that makes for […]

Mitch Keller Crushed By Padres

Pittsburgh Pirates starter Mitch Keller allowed seven runs in 3 1/3 innings during an 8-3 loss to the San Diego Padres on Thursday afternoon. The right-hander gave up nine hits — including a two-run shot in the first inning to Manny Machado — and three walks. Keller's ERA spiked to 8.74 through three starts in […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 14th 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 […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 4/15/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We've got a bit of a split slate today with an almost even number of day games and night games. I do love that Major League Baseball has added more day games into the schedule, but it gives us some shallow slates to work with. […]

Phillip Evans Absent From Thursday's Starting Lineup

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Phillip Evans is not in the starting lineup for Thursday's game against Chris Paddack and the San Diego Padres. Erik Gonzalez is covering third in the game and batting fifth. Evans has been a great surprise story for the team so far this year. Through 11 games, he's slashing .342/.444/.632 with […]

MLB Betting Picks for Thursday 4/15 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Frank Ammirante here, filling in for Steve Janik today, ready to give you some winners. I've been as cold as ice with my betting picks, but all that means is that the hot streak is coming. What better day to start off my positive regression than on this lovely Thursday with a 12-game slate on […]

Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/15/2021

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. […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Thursday 4/15

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 […]

Ke'Bryan Hayes Does Light Swinging, Still No Timetable For Return

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes (wrist) did some light swinging against soft-toss pitches on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said that "Ke'Bryan is going to have to regain that confidence that he can be Ke'Bryan again on the field. We want […]

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 […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Wednesday 4/14

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 […]

MLB Betting Picks for Wednesday 4/14 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Things started out strong on both plays, then Ryan Yarbrough got lit up and the Rangers pulled away, ending any hopes of a Rays win. The over in the Marlins/Braves game panned out exactly like I expected, with both starting pitchers getting rocked often. A split on record with a small loss in profit on […]

Ke'Bryan Hayes Not Likely To Return This Week

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes (wrist) is unlikely to be activated from the injured list tomorrow, according to The Athletic's Rob Biertempful. Hayes has been out since the second game of the season with wrist inflammation, and Biertempful reports that he has yet to start swinging a bat. Manager Derek Shelton said that the […]

Colin Moran Out Of Pirates Lineup On Tuesday

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Colin Moran is not in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against lefty Blake Snell and the San Diego Padres. Phillip Evans is shifting over to cover Moran's typical first base post in the game. Moran started each previous game this year for the Pirates. He's never been awful against lefties, […]

Jacob Stallings Extends Hitting Streak To Four Games

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jacob Stallings extended his hitting streak to four games on Monday, going 1-for-4 with a double in the loss to the Padres. Stallings got off to a slow start this year, but in his last four games now he is 5-for-9 with two doubles, two RBI, three runs scored and a 3:4 […]

Statcast Hitter Leaderboard: Maximum Exit Velocity

Although we technically got Statcast data as soon as the first pitch of the 2021 season was thrown, any good sabermetrician knows that sample size matters. It's still quite early in the season but we can't wait to start digging into the stats, so let's start this year's iteration of the Statcast Hitter Leaderboard by […]

Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 3

There is no shortage of prospects getting off to good starts this year. This is the third column of the year and yet again we have four completely different rookies who are putting up big numbers. These are all new guys to appear in this column this year, but one of them has gotten the […]

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 […]

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, […]

NL Rookies Ready to Break Out

Every year, there are those rookies who we expect to make a splash right away. In 2020, it was Luis Robert, Kyle Lewis, Alec Bohm, and Sixto Sanchez. Below are nine of the National League's potential top rookies for 2021, both at the dish and on the mound. I've ranked them in order of how […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 4/13 - Monkey Knife Fight

The 2021 MLB is underway and there is a ton of excitement surrounding it! It was a long offseason, but we have finally reached the beginning of the MLB season. 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 […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Tuesday 4/13

We're nearly two weeks into the regular season and injuries, game delays, and general roster shuffling have already taken their toll on fantasy rosters. In leagues with daily lineups, fantasy managers can navigate those pitfalls and take advantage of favorable matchups with help from RotoBaller's daily MLB streaming articles. Each day, RotoBaller will provide you […]

Trevor Cahill Strikes Out Eight Against Padres

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Trevor Cahill bounced back from a rough outing in his last start, striking out eight in five innings of work on Monday night against San Diego. Cahill allowed just one run on three hits and two walks, as he left the game with the score tied 1-1. He looked like a […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 12th 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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

1B and 3B Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3

After two weeks of the 2021 MLB season, or really one and a half weeks, fantasy and real-world players are still feeling out the season. Trends are forming as we await larger samples to make declarations. Starting pitchers are still getting stretched out, and managers have yet to settle on substitution patterns. As we said […]

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. […]