MLB DFS Top Value Plays for Wednesday August 7th, 2019 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for August 7th, 2019. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. These are daily outlier value plays or lesser thought of guys. They normally lay outside of the main pool of players that […]

Fernando Tatis Jr. Not Slowing Down

San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. homered, walked, drove in two runs and scored twice in five plate appearances Tuesday against the Seattle Mariners. Tatis popped a two-run shot in the fifth inning then later walked and scored to complete his stat-filled day. The 20-year-old rookie continues to show no signs of slowing, slashing […]

MLB DFS Top Tournament Stacks and Avoids for August 7th, 2019 (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, a few hours before games begin that day.   Top Avoids of the Day for 8/7/19  Jason Vargas vs Arizona […]

Hot Prospects To Watch - Sheldon Neuse, Abraham Toro And More Padres

Last week we were discussing how some of the big trades at the deadline not only drastically affected the major league landscape as contending teams plan for a postseason run, but also how it changed the outlook of certain minor league prospects. One three-team swap even included Cincinnati's top prospect (outfielder Taylor Trammell) shifting to […]

Dinelson Lamet Loses No-Hitter In Seventh

San Diego Padres starter Dinelson Lamet picked up his first win Tuesday against the Seattle Mariners. Lamet carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning before surrendering back-to-back hits. He struck out 12 batters on the evening while walking four. The seven frames were his most since returning from Tommy John surgery in early July and […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the Wednesday, August 7th 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 […]

MLB DFS Top Value Plays for Tuesday August 6th, 2019 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for August 6th, 2019. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. These are daily outlier value plays or lesser thought of guys. They normally lay outside of the main pool of players that […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/6/19): MLB DFS Lineups

We’re taking a different approach to this schedule, as we’re going all value plays. This should help you to get more studs into your build and I truly believe that all of these players should be about $500 more!  In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 8/6/19. […]

Garrett Richards Exits Rehab Start Early

San Diego Padres starter Garrett Richards (elbow, shoulder) exited his High-A rehab start on Monday with shoulder tightness. Richards, recovering from Tommy John surgery, had struck out five in 2 2/3 scoreless innings before being yanked prematurely. It was his fourth rehab appearance. The hope is the setback is precautionary, but it is cause for […]

2B and SS Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19

Well, the trade deadline came and went, and as many of us sat glaze-eyed for hours endlessly refreshing the internet search results to view incoming deals, we found ourselves sourly disappointed until nearly the final hour. Even with blockbuster deals that saw the swapping of Zack Greinke, Yasiel Puig/Trevor Bauer, Shane Greene, Nicholas Castellanos, and […]

Identifying Burnout for Starting Pitchers (Before It's Too Late!)

We live in the era of data. There are numbers everywhere, and more than in any other place (in the context of sports), in baseball. Statistics have been a fundamental part of the batted-ball rounds for decades now. And as couldn't be otherwise, more and more franchises are at the cutting edge, putting analysis to […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the Monday, August 5th 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 […]

Kirby Yates Blows A Save

San Diego Padres closer Kirby Yates blew a save and took the loss Sunday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yates came in to get the last out in the eighth but immediately got into trouble in the ninth by letting two of three men reach before Dodgers second baseman Max Muncy cleared the runners with […]

Eric Hosmer Pops A Grand Slam

San Diego Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer went 1-for-5 with a grand slam and five RBI in Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hosmer went deep with the bases juiced in the third inning and later added a sac fly. The 29-year-old is having a solid season, slashing .283/.333/.445 with 16 homers and 131 […]

The Cut List (Week 19) - Time to Let Go?

The trade deadline has come and gone. Arguably only one widely-rostered player, Luke Jackson, became unusable thanks to a trade at the deadline. So not much has changed around here. It's now really getting to that point in the fantasy season where cuts are going to be highly based on statistical needs, which are much […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 18

The trade deadline has come and gone, and while there weren't as many big name starting pitchers on the move this year outside of Zack Greinke, not one but two of the pitchers from last week's column found new homes. So apologies to those of you who grabbed Tanner Roark and Mike Leake for Week […]

Cal Quantrill (SP, SDP) - Week 19 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 15% of leagues ANALYSIS: San Diego rookie Cal Quantrill has been on fire recently, allowing only one run over his past three starts, going 2-0 with a 0.53 ERA with a favorable matchup at home against the Rockies on the schedule. Quantrill started his big league career off […]

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 to August, where we round that bend towards the home stretch of the fantasy baseball season. You should have a clear idea of team needs, strengths and weaknesses, at this point and looking to address them appropriately. There are likely owners in your […]

Buy or Sell: Undervalued and Overvalued Players for Week 19

Today's piece covers a set of players who either should not be available on waivers or will return back there soon. Most of the earlier editions of this recurring buy or sell article have included several universally owned players whose values have been manipulated enough by early-season performances. Unfortunately, as we get deeper into the year, the […]

MLB DFS Top Value Plays for Saturday August 3rd, 2019 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for August 3rd, 2019. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. These are daily outlier value plays or lesser thought of guys. They normally lay outside of the main pool of players that […]

H2H Category Streamers - Week 19 Waiver Wire

There are plenty of strategies that fantasy managers explore in hopes of getting an advantage over their opponent. Heavy lineup, heavy starting pitchers, no catcher, all (or mostly) reliever staff, no reliever staff, etc. Even if you play a balanced lineup, injuries can cause holes. A few weeks without a key player won’t kill a […]

Wil Myers Riding Six-Game Hitting Streak

San Diego Padres outfielder Wil Myers went 3-for-5 on Friday with a run and RBI against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Once relegated to the bench, Myers was given a fresh lifeline with the trade of Franmil Reyes and is riding a six-game hitting streak. The 28-year-old is enduring a brutal season, slashing .229/.323/.410 with 13 […]

Josh Naylor Receives Vote Of Confidence

San Diego Padres outfielder Josh Naylor should get an extended audition in the big leagues with the departure of Franmil Reyes. Naylor, recalled from Triple-A on Thursday, will likely share left field duties with Wil Myers as a left-handed platoon bat. The 22-year-old Naylor has registered a .640 OPS with three homers in 116 plate […]

Joey Lucchesi Victimized By Bullpen Meltdown

San Diego Padres starter Joey Lucchesi suffered his sixth loss Thursday against Los Angeles Dodgers, allowing four earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. The end result looks poor but Lucchesi was cruising before unraveling in the sixth inning, with the bullpen ultimately sealing his fate. The lefty yielded four hits and three walks overall with […]

Hunter Renfroe Launches Homer Number 30

San Diego Padres outfielder Hunter Renfroe cranked his 30th home run Thursday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Renfroe continued his dominance of left-handed pitching by taking starter Clayton Kershaw deep for a solo shot, his only hit in five plate appearances. With the trade of Franmil Reyes, Renfroe is back full-time in his native right […]

MLB DFS Top Value Plays for Friday August 2nd, 2019 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for August 2nd, 2019. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. These are daily outlier value plays or lesser thought of guys. They normally lay outside of the main pool of players that […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 18 Waiver Wire (Trade Deadline Edition)

Okay, so...we need to talk about that trade deadline, folks. Nothing happened, then very little happened, then a couple of things happened, then the deadline came. It was 4:00 Eastern, and nothing close to what we expected had happened. But then...the late reports came in, and oohhh my dudes: things happened. While the biggest deal […]

Marcus Stroman Heads to Mets - Fantasy Implications

In the first of the significant moves involving pitching at the deadline, Toronto ace Marcus Stroman is headed to the New York Mets. In return, the Jays receive two pitching prospects in Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods-Richardson. While not the New York team that most expected, Stroman enters a team that thinks they are in […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/1/19): MLB DFS Lineups

Another split slate greets us this Thursday, with four games on the afternoon part of the slate before six games in the evening. There are some cracking matches today, with an especially good pitching duel to round out the day in Los Angeles. The Dodgers and Astros are the biggest favorites on the later slate, […]

Champ or Chump: Bo Bichette and Yasiel Puig

The Trade Deadline has come and gone, leaving chaos in its wake. The Mets continue to prove why player agents should not be general managers, as Marcus Stroman's 2.96 ERA looks primed for regression (4.06 xFIP) and he never gets strikeouts (19.3 K% this season). While the Blue Jays appear to be on the rise […]