MLB DFS Prop Picks for 5/25 - Monkey Knife Fight

Tuesday offers a full slate of Major League Baseball games and Monkey Knife Fight has contests for all of them, meaning lots of chances to play and win! There are some star pitchers on the bump Tuesday, including Jacob deGrom making his return to the Mets. Corey Kluber, Max Scherzer, Aaron Civale, Rich Hill, Jose […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 5/25/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 5/25/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 13-game slate on tap tonight, so there's plenty of potential value bats to choose from to help you fit in an […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 5/25/21 (Premium Content)

Hey RotoBallers! I felt like Week 8 was my time to get back on track. The number 8 is my go-to/lucky number after all. Well, it didn't quite turn out that way. Wednesday was a great day, but everything that surrounded it, including a bloody Sunday, brought us crashing back down to earth. I'm changing […]

Tommy Pham Goes Deep Monday Night

San Diego Padres outfielder Tommy Pham went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run Monday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Pham's second long ball of the year came in the ninth inning as the Friars mounted a failed late-game comeback. The round-tripper was just the veteran's fifth extra-base hit this season and after wallowing with a sub-.600 […]

Blake Snell's Clunker Halts Streaking Padres

San Diego Padres starter Blake Snell served up five earned runs in 3 ⅔ innings in a loss Monday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Snell fanned seven in his short outing but was again plagued by extended counts, yielding three walks and five knocks including two long balls. The left-hander continues his disappointing campaign, meandering to […]

Dinelson Lamet Benefits As Padres Move To Six-Man Rotation

San Diego Padres manager Jayce Tingler said that the team is going to a six-man starting rotation, beginning on Monday against the Milwaukee Brewers. The left-handed Blake Snell made the start on Monday, with Joe Musgrove, Chris Paddack, Ryan Weathers, Dinelson Lamet and Yu Darvish following him this week. Lamet got a late start to […]

Trent Grisham Lands On Injured List

San Diego Padres outfielder Trent Grisham (heel) is expected to land on the injured list before Monday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Friars center fielder missed the final two contests over the weekend with a heel bruise and it's lingered long enough to merit an IL stint. Utilityman Jurickson Profar will start in center […]

Lineup Takeaways - Week 8 Lineup Trends

Week eight 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 […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Monday 5/24

Welcome to the 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. Each day RotoBaller will provide you with some of the best streaming options to consider […]

The Best Pitches of 2021 By The Numbers

There is so much to look at when evaluating pitchers in 2021. The amount of data we have is incredible. At the time of this writing, there had been 186,220 pitches thrown this season. I wanted to examine the individual pitch types and see which pitchers have been most effective with each. I am mostly focusing […]

The Cut List: Week 9 - Time to Let Go?

Welcome back to the Cut List. This is our weekly article looking at players who fantasy managers should consider cutting from their teams and struggling players who need a closer peek. We'll look at players who are worthy of a drop, players who are worth monitoring for replacing, and someone on the hot seat who is […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/24/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Monday, RotoBallers! There are eight games on the MLB schedule today, but one is a day game, and the other starts a little too early to catch the featured slate. Therefore, we've got six games and 12 lineups to peruse as we fill our DFS rosters for the first time this week. It kicks off […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/24/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have eight games today, but the Jays and Rays end the wraparound weekend series in Dunedin for the matinee, so that game is off of the FanDuel main slate. So are those jerks in Miami that thumbed their nose at MLB and start a half hour earlier than everyone else on the East coast. […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/24/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/24 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 […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 5/24/21 (Premium Content)

Hey RotoBallers! I felt like Week 8 was my time to get back on track. The number 8 is my go-to/lucky number after all. Well, it didn't quite turn out that way. Wednesday was a great day, but everything that surrounded it, including a bloody Sunday, brought us crashing back down to earth. I'm changing […]

Yu Darvish Wins With An Assist From Slam Diego

San Diego Padres starter Yu Darvish earned his fifth victory Sunday against the Seattle Mariners, tossing seven innings of one-run baseball. The right-hander navigated around seven hits to yield one earned run, managing a tight contest until the Friars blew it open with seven runs combined in the sixth and seventh inning. Darvish fanned five […]

Fernando Tatis Jr. Blasts Off Over Weekend Series

San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. finished 3-for-3 with two home runs, three runs scored and six RBI Sunday against the Seattle Mariners. El Niño continued his torrid run in his first at-bat, launching a no-doubter off starter Justin Dunn. He singled in a run in the sixth frame before crushing a grand slam […]

Trent Grisham Not In Lineup Sunday

San Diego Padres outfielder Trent Grisham (heel) is not in the lineup for the second straight day on Sunday. Grisham exited Friday's game with a heel bruise, and was held out of the lineup Saturday. He's been having a great season at the plate so far, slashing .301/.383/.515 with six home runs, seven steals, 14 […]

Manny Machado Remains Out Of Lineup Sunday

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado (shoulder) remains out of the lineup for the third straight game as he continues to deal with shoulder tightness. Manager Jayce Tingler said on Saturday that Machado could play if needed, but the team is trying to ensure his health for the long-haul by not rushing him back. […]

Wil Myers Activated From IL Sunday

San Diego Padres outfielder Wil Myers (COVID-19) was activated from the injured list on Sunday afternoon, according to AJ Cassavell of MLB.com. Myers will start in right field and bat sixth against Justin Dunn and the Mariners in his first game back since testing positive for COVID-19. Over 35 games this year, Myers is slashing […]

Catchers to Stream - Week 9 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. […]

Manny Machado Dealing With Shoulder Tightness

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado (shoulder) is dealing with shoulder tightness, which has kept him out of the lineup for two straight games, according to Shaun O'Neill of MLB.com. Manager Jayce Tingler said that Machado could play if needed, but the team is opting to take a more long-term view on Machado to […]

Tommy Pham Leading Off On Saturday

San Diego Padres outfielder Tommy Pham is leading off for just the fourth time this year on Saturday as the team faces Justus Sheffield and the Seattle Mariners. The team is a bit shorthanded for the game with Trent Grisham (heel) and Manny Machado (shoulder) sidelined due to injuries and Wil Myers still yet to […]

Manny Machado Out Of Lineup For Second Straight Game

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado is out of the lineup on Saturday for the second game in the row. For now it appears it's just another day off for Machado, who has struggled in May with a .200/.300/.433 triple-slash line. Ha-Seong Kim will get the start at third against the Mariners and will […]

Trent Grisham Out Of Lineup After Early Exit Friday

San Diego Padres outfielder Trent Grisham (heel) is out of the lineup on Saturday after exiting Friday's game with a heel bruise. Grisham was replaced in the fifth inning of Friday night's matchup after going 2-for-2 with a home run, a walk and two runs scored in the game. He should be considered day-to-day for […]

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 […]

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 […]

MLB Betting Picks for Saturday 5/22 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

For the second week running, we lost our over/under bet by a meaningless run in a blowout game being scored in the ninth inning. We did nail two of our three prop bets so overall, finished the day with a minimal loss (-0.05 units). But still not a profit so we'll aim to do better […]

Chris Paddack Allows One Run Over Six Innings Against Mariners

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Chris Paddack had his best and longest outing of the 2021 season against the Seattle Mariners on Friday. He pitched six innings and allowed three hits, two walks and one earned run while striking out six. It was his first quality start of the year and the first time he'd […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 5/22/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 5/22/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.      Top Tournament Stacks for 5/22/21 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 […]