
Week 8 Waiver Wire Watch List
Welcome to Week 8 of The Watch List. We have had a few iterations already, but here’s a friendly reminder for those who forgot. Each week, we’ll be updating this list full of players who you maybe aren’t quite ready to pick up (depending on league size, of course), but who need to be on […]

Week 8 Waiver Wire: Outfield
Welcome back to the Outfield Waiver Wire, where we look at the best outfielders available in at least 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. Consider this column your recommendations for Week 8 outfield waiver wire pickups. We're getting a bit deeper into the season now, but there are still plenty of guys who can help you floating around […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 23
Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop resource for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to improve upon your neediest categories. We're back after taking an extra day off last Thursday. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, May 23rd. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy […]

Week 8 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher Matchups
Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 8, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 22
Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop resource for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to improve upon your neediest categories. We're back after taking an extra day off last Thursday. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, May 22nd. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy […]

Hitter Streamers (Week 8): Head-to-Head Leagues
Welcome back, RotoBallers! As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for the top hitters to add and stream in Week 8 of the fantasy baseball season. We will simply evaluate weekly streamers, which means players who are 50% owned or less in Yahoo! leagues and who have seven games in the week. With that […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/20/17): MLB DFS Advice
Welcome to the weekend RotoBallers. We have a full 15 games today, per usual. DraftKings has split them up into an eight game early slate featuring Max Scherzer and the best stacking options, and a seven game main slate. Weather could have an impact for four of todays games. KC-MIN, MIL-CHC, and SFG-STL all have rain […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/20/17): MLB DFS Advice
Welcome to the weekend RotoBallers. We have a full 15 games today, per usual. FanDuel has split them up into an eight game early slate featuring Max Scherzer and the best stacking options, and a seven game main slate. Weather could have an impact for four of todays games. KC-MIN, MIL-CHC, and SFG-STL all have rain […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/19/17): MLB DFS Advice
Happy Friday, my fellow Rotoballers. Besides having an awesome slate and the weekend on deck, it's finally feeling like Summer here in the northeast. Three reasons to be excited. Let's add some DFS cash to the mix and make it even better one, shall we? There are 14 games in the Main contest slate tonight. […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/19/17): MLB DFS Advice
This Friday has a full slate of games, so it's time to build some lineups. With several different contests being offered on DraftKings, you'll have lots of different lineup options. For our purposes, the following picks have been made for contests running all day. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy […]

MLB Closers and Saves Report - Week 7
Another week gone by, and another few bullpens shaken up. It seems to be the theme of the season, at least early on: managers are not afraid to make changes in the ninth inning and leashes for closers are getting shorter and shorter. It has resulted in the fantasy-abhorred closer-by-committee thing happening a few more […]
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Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Relief Pitcher (RP)
The comedian Lewis Black has a fantastic bit about the dumbest thing he’s ever heard in his life. After relaying the thing in question, he cautions the audience, “Don’t think about that sentence for more than three minutes, or blood will shoot out your nose.” This is more or less how it felt trying to […]

Week 7 Waiver Wire: Catchers
It feels like this season's moving in slow motion, stat-wise. Things have improved a bit since Gary Sanchez returned to give his fantasy owners SOME hope. Still, looking at the numbers for backstops can feel like an exercise in tedium. There's almost no real movement, save for very tiny increments. Austin Hedges hit another homer... […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Starting Pitcher
The time for chalking things up to “just April shenanigans” has come and gone, and we here at RotoBaller felt that it was time for a rankings update with roughly 20 percent of the season in the books. Of course, now we’re closer to 25 percent but don’t worry -- we’ll always bring you the […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/18/17): MLB DFS Advice
This is a day that is broken up into two different slates. There are nearly an even amount of games early and late. This article will focus around players on both slates, and will hopefully allow you to create lineups for each of the slates. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily […]

Week 7 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers
Wow, we’re already past the middle of May. Time flies when you’re…confused. We're still bumbling through some early storylines and wondering what to make of folks like Jason Vargas, Andrew Triggs, A.J. Griffin, Ervin Santana, Mike Leake, etc. But for right now, all we can do is look at what else is available and pad […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Outfield (OF)
The comedian Lewis Black has a fantastic bit about the dumbest thing he’s ever heard in his life. After relaying the thing in question, he cautions the audience, “Don’t think about that sentence for more than three minutes, or blood will shoot out your nose.” This is more or less how it felt trying to […]

2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 7)
Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. I was happy to have to do a little re-ordering of my […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/17/17): MLB DFS Advice
Today is broken into two slates. There is a large late slate, but also a four game early slate. This article will focus on both slates, as there are more than enough options to be used regardless of which slate you're playing. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball […]
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Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 17
Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop resource for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, May 17th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) PvB […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Shortstop
The time for chalking things up to “just April shenanigans” has come and gone, and we here at RotoBaller felt that it was time for a rankings update with roughly 20 percent of the season in the books. Kyle Bishop and I felt that the world needed to know what we thought after a month-plus of […]

Week 7 Waiver Wire - Second Base (2B) and Shortstop (SS)
Welcome to week 7 of the fantasy baseball season. We’re continuing our mission to find you the best and brightest players with second base and shortstop eligibility. As is always the case, we will say hello to three new names, while this week we bid adieu to three players all by way of the Cut […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 16
Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, May 16th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) […]

Week 7 Waiver Wire Watch List
Welcome to Week 7 of The Watch List. We have had a few iterations already, but here’s a friendly reminder for those who forgot: Each week we’ll be updating this list full of players who you maybe aren’t quite ready to pick up (depending on league size, of course), but who need to be on […]

Week 7 Waiver Wire: Outfield
Welcome back to the Outfield Waiver Wire, where we look at the best outfielders available in at least 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. Consider this column your recommendations for Week 7 outfield waiver wire pickups. It’s still early, so you may want to avoid getting too carried away with making too many major changes to your roster at […]

Week 7 Waiver Wire - First Base (1B) and Third Base (3B)
Small sample sizes have now become reasonably big enough for us to make some informed decisions. It's unlikely you'll find any potential 30-HR bats still available on the waiver wire at this point, but streaming the right players each week can be extremely helpful even if you aren't in a head-to-head league. The corner infield […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Third Base (3B)
The comedian Lewis Black has a fantastic bit about the dumbest thing he’s ever heard in his life. After relaying the thing in question, he cautions the audience, “Don’t think about that sentence for more than three minutes, or blood will shoot out your nose.” This is more or less how it felt trying to […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/15/17): MLB DFS Advice
The new week kicks off with a small slate of games, as there are just a total of eight scheduled for the day. DraftKings has four different contests groups for the night, with the first one starting at 6:10 with the Rays taking on the Indians. Of course, there are some night and late night […]

Week 7 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups
Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 7, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against […]

Trevor Cahill (SP, SD) - Waiver Wire Pickups
OWNED IN: 52% Fleaflicker BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ANALYSIS: Fantasy owners have been resistant to buying into Cahill’s hot start as the right-handed starter is just 52% owned despite having very impressive numbers. Cahill has done a very good job of limiting home runs, he has allowed just .51 HR/9 to this point, […]