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Juan Carlos Blanco has served as a freelance writer for a wide variety of online publications and websites, with an intensive focus on fantasy sports. Juan Carlos has provided analysis and comprehensive coverage of the MLB, NBA, NFL, CFL, AAF and XFL while also reporting on news and developments in the daily fantasy sports and sports betting industries.
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Juan Carlos Blanco - RotoBaller has written 195 articles so far, you can find them below.
DraftKings and FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (1/3/22): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We're set for a robust Monday night slate that thankfully doesn't have an inordinate amount of top-end players set to miss due to COVID-19 protocols, giving us a strong player pool to work with. With less absences than usual compared to recent weeks, we have a better opportunity to achieve true balance salary-wise while selecting... Read More
NFL DFS Value Plays: Week 17 Bargain Bin for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 17 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mispriced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature... Read More
DraftKings and FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/27/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
The NBA continues to work through the tail end of a heavily COVID-impacted final month of the calendar year, with Monday night's seven-game slate featuring quite a few big names still sidelined due to health and safety protocols. The top end of the player pool remains particularly afflicted, with names like Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic... Read More
DraftKings and FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/20/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
Although we're still reeling from a COVID-impacted last few days in the NBA, we're set for a solid six-game slate on Monday night even with the postponement of the Magic-Raptors tilt. There are still some other individual COVID absences that do reduce the player pool slightly Monday, but we still have plenty of appealing options... Read More
NFL DFS Value Plays: Week 15 Bargain Bin for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 15 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mispriced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/13/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We're poised for a strong nine-game slate Monday night that features a majority of what should be highly competitive contests. In fact, there is only one double-digit spread on the ledger at FanDuel Sportsbook as of mid-morning, with every other line checking in at 5.5 points or less. Health and safety protocols are resulting in... Read More
NFL DFS Value Plays: Week 14 Bargain Bin for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 14 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mispriced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/6/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We have a 10-game slate on tap Monday night, one that could see a slew of big names out of action due to either conventional injuries or COVID-19 protocols. The fact there are 20 teams in action does afford us a player pool that can withstand a few absences, however, and we should be in... Read More
NFL DFS Value Plays: Week 13 Bargain Bin for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 13 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mispriced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/2/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We have a typically compact five-game slate on tap Thursday night, one that will be missing a trio of star guards in Ja Morant, Damian Lillard and Devin Booker due to injury. Neverthless, there are still plenty of top-shelf options to stock rosters with, as well as a number of very appealing mid-salary and value... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (11/29/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We're set for a nine-game slate Monday night, and there seems to be a decent enough balance of competitive and potentially lopsided affairs, along with a good mix of lower-scoring affairs and offensive showcases. There's a relatively light injury report as well, so even if the biggest names on it (Nikola Jokic, Jimmy Butler) were... Read More
NFL DFS Value Plays: Week 12 Bargain Bin for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 12 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mispriced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (11/22/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We have a 10-game Monday night slate on tap, which gives us an abundance of players all across the salary cap to work with, even when factoring in the few notable absences/potential absences that will be in play. The night appears to be a fairly even mix of potential lopsided contests and competitive affairs, the... Read More
NFL DFS Value Plays: Week 11 Bargain Bin for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 11 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mispriced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (11/18/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We have a six-game Thursday night slate on tap, a solid mid-sized ledger that offers us a robust enough player pool without it reaching the point of overwhelming. Five of the six matchups feature teams very close record-wise, and even the one game between two losing squads, a Spurs-Timberwolves clash, should be competitive. Injuries shouldn't... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (11/15/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We have a typically expansive Monday night slate on tap, with 11 games on the ledger. There aren't an inordinately large number of injuries, but there will still be some big names missing, with those absences naturally opening up opportunity for other players. As is often the case with this many games on the docket,... Read More
NFL DFS Value Plays: Week 10 Bargain Bin for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 10 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mispriced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (11/11/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We have a compact three-game slate on tap Thursday night, one that forces us to be even more prudent and efficient than usual with our lineup construction. Additionally, because of some confirmed and likely absences to big-name players, we have an even smaller pool of candidates to choose from. Luckily, there are still some top-shelf... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (11/8/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We're set for a typically robust eight-game slate Monday night, one that features plenty of big-name, high-salary options and three games with projected totals of greater than 220 points as of Monday morning. Oddsmakers are also projecting a mostly competitive night, with only one contest having a point spread larger than six points. That's good... Read More
NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Week 9 Value Plays for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 9 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mis-priced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature of the... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (11/4/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
Thursdays usually mean a pared-down slate, and this week is no different. We have a modest five games on the docket, making it even more prudent than usual that we invest our salary-cap dollars wisely. A couple of the absolute best defensive teams in the league in the Jazz and Heat are in action as... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (11/1/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We're set for a nine-game Monday slate to kick things off this week, giving us plenty of options across the salary scale to differentiate our lineups with in tournaments. As usual, I'll strive to offer three options at each point on the salary scale, plus at least one additional consideration, for a night where there... Read More
NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Week 8 Value Plays for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 8 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mis-priced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature of the beast... Read More
FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (10/29/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
We have a FanDuel single-game slate for Game 3 of the Astros-Braves World Series clash Friday night, meaning that normal roster positions are replaced by one MVP slot (accrues points at 2x rate), one STAR slot (accrues points at 1.5x rate) and three Utility spots (accrue points at normal rate). There are no pitchers in... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (10/28/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
It's Thursday, meaning we're set for a more modestly-sized slate in the NBA that typically follows the big Wednesday mid-week extravaganza. This time around, we're dealing with six games, what some might consider an ideal number of games for DFS purposes. The player pool certainly is large enough to have appealing options at each position... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (10/25/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We're set for a solid nine-game Monday night slate to kick off the first full week of the new NBA season. There have already been several surprises on both an individual and team level, making for an intriguing start to the new campaign overall. As is often the case with a larger slate like Monday's,... Read More
NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Week 7 Value Plays for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 7 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mis-priced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature of the beast with value... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (10/21/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
The NBA's third "Opening Night" unfolds Thursday with the Heat, Mavericks, Hawks and Clippers all taking the floor for the first time, while the Bucks and Warriors look to build on their season-opening wins from Tuesday. As would be expected this early in the season, we have a relatively healthy player pool to work with... Read More
NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Week 6 Value Plays for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo
Welcome to the Week 6 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mis-priced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature of the beast with value... Read More
FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (10/15/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
We have a FanDuel single-game slate for Game 1 of the Red Sox-Astros ALCS clash Friday night, meaning that normal roster positions are replaced by one MVP slot (accrues points at 2x rate), one STAR slot (accrues points at 1.5x rate) and three Utility spots (accrue points at normal rate). There are no pitchers in... Read More
