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.... Read More
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... Read More
Wil Myers Not In Wednesday's Lineup
San Diego Padres outfielder/first baseman Wil Myers (knee) is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Pirates. Myers had to leave Tuesday's game after moving awkwardly while trying to make a defensive play, ultimately ending up with right knee inflammation. It seems like the veteran outfielder is day-to-day for now, with Jurickson Profar... 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
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... Read More
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/14/21): MLB DFS Lineups
Happy Wednesday, Rotoballers! The only way it could be happier would be if DraftKings included the San Diego-Pittsburgh game on the slate. Alas, we will not be able to have Joe Musgrove in our lineups as he attempts to join Johnny Vander Meer as the only pitcher in baseball history to throw back-to-back no-hitters. Regardless,... Read More
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... Read More
Wil Myers Exits Game With Knee Inflammation
San Diego Padres outfielder Wil Myers (knee) left Tuesday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates with right knee inflammation. Myers made an awkward defensive play early in the game and was replaced by outfielder Jorge Mateo his next turn in the lineup. He was 0-for-1 with a walk prior to exiting. The Friars revealed after the... Read More
Trent Grisham Continues Torrid Start
San Diego Padres outfielder Trent Grisham went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, two walks and three runs scored Tuesday versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Grisham started the game with a leadoff blast against starter Chad Kuhl, his third dinger in as many starts. After opening the season on the IL with a hamstring issue, the... Read More
Blake Snell Gets Yanked In First Inning
San Diego Padres starter Blake Snell lasted just ⅔ innings Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, allowing three earned runs on three hits and two walks. Snell harmlessly retired the first two Bucs on eight pitches to start the contest before completely unraveling and getting pulled after 38 pitches before he could retire another batter. The... Read More
Champ or Chump: Jonathan India
The NL Central was among the most wide-open divisions in all of baseball coming into the season. The Milwaukee Brewers were the favorites if you believe the projected standings at FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus, but oddsmakers tended to favor the St. Louis Cardinals after their splashy addition of Nolan Arenado. The Cubs still had their... 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
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
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... Read More
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... 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
Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 4/13/21 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 4/13/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 10-game slate on tap tonight, flush with excellent pitching options such as Shane Bieber, Trevor Bauer, Lucas Giolito, Brandon Woodruff, and Luis Castillo.... 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
Wil Myers Powers Padres Past Pirates
San Diego Padres outfielder Wil Myers went 3-for-5 with a home run and five RBI Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Myers accounted for all but one of the team's runs in the 6-2 victory, including a two-run blast to dead center off reliever Luis Oviedo in the sixth inning to put the Friars up for... Read More
Yu Darvish Spins Gem For First Victory
San Diego Padres starter Yu Darvish picked up his first win of 2021 Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, firing seven frames of one-run ball. After two solid outings, the ace the Friars trade for showed up tonight, with Darvish collecting six strikeouts while allowing just three hits and a walk. Through three starts, the right-hander... Read More
Trent Grisham Out Of Monday's Lineup
San Diego Padres outfielder Trent Grisham is out of Monday's lineup against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Grisham's absence is puzzling after a torrid weekend series, but the Friars could just be getting him off his feet. Making his season debut after a hamstring issue, the 24-year-old went 5-for-11 with two homers and six runs-plus-RBI in three... Read More
Mark Melancon Collects MLB-Leading Fifth Save
San Diego Padres closer Mark Melancon notched his major league-leading fifth save Sunday against the Texas Rangers. The 36-year-old breezed through the Rangers 8-9-1 batters in order, collecting a strikeout to cement his fifth perfect inning in six appearances. Along with the scoreless resume, Melancon holds a pristine 0.17 WHIP with five punchouts and zero... Read More
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... 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
2B and SS Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3
We're 10 days into the season, but it's never too early to start tinkering around the edges. Hopefully you grabbed Ryan McMahon in time for his three-homer game last week. He's now rostered in over three-quarters of Yahoo leagues, and after going deep again on Saturday that number is likely to rise. Not every player... 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