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MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/29/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/29 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our premium MLB DFS pitching picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason, at least a few hours before games begin that day. It... Read More
Bad Luck Hitters by Batted Ball Metrics
Last week, we went into some detail here about how Statcast classifies batted balls and what implications those classifications have. In this post, I want to use some of that knowledge to look into luck factors and find some potential buy-low and sell-high hitters. As we are about to turn the page to May, we... Read More
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/27/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/27 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our premium MLB DFS pitching picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason, at least a few hours before games begin that day. This... Read More
MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/26/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/26/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Top Tournament Stacks for 4/26/21 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... Read More
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 5
We are rolling downhill towards May already, and we are turning our attention to the upcoming fantasy week (April 26 - May 2) and beyond. In this post, we will look at some potential long-term adds at starting pitcher. All in all, the waiver wire has not been kind to us when picking up pitchers.... Read More
Digging Deeper: Hitter Batted Ball Analysis
The word "barrel" entered the fantasy baseball lexicon in 2015 and has quickly become one of the most often-referenced statistics to describe hitter performance. You will see barrels, barrel rate, and barrels per plate appearance talked about all over websites like this fine one. This is for good reason. Prior to the onset of Statcast, we... Read More
DraftKings MLB DFS: Slate Breakdown for Friday, April 23
Welcome back to my little corner of RotoBaller where I have been graciously allowed to roam somewhat free on DFS analysis on Tuesdays and Fridays. For more details throughout the day, you can follow me on Twitter @JonPGH. Today I will focus less on my own verbose advice and just present you all with the... Read More
MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/23/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/23/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Top Tournament Stacks for 4/23/21 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 on... Read More
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/22/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/22 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our premium MLB DFS pitching picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason, at least a few hours before games begin that day.Featured Promo:... Read More
DraftKings MLB DFS: Extensive Analysis for Tuesday, April 20
Last Friday I ran through a Twitter thread giving notes about the DFS slate, and it received a pretty warm reception. The head honchos here at RotoBaller decided to do something risky and give me free reign to put my DFS analysis in article format. So here I am, and here it is! I'm not... Read More
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/20/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/20 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our premium MLB DFS pitching picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason, at least a few hours before games begin that day.Featured Promo:... Read More
MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/18/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/18/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Top Tournament Stacks for 4/18/21 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 on... Read More
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 4
It is very unbecoming to be braggadocious, but hey if you read this article last week you just may have started a no-hitter from Carlos Rodon because of it. You may also have picked up Drew Smyly (forearm) just in time for him to give up five earned runs in as many innings and then land... Read More
MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/16/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/16/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Top Tournament Stacks for 4/16/21 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 on if... Read More
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/15/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/15 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our premium MLB DFS pitching picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason, at least a few hours before games begin that day.Featured Promo:... Read More
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/13/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/13 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our premium MLB DFS pitching picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason, at least a few hours before games begin that day.Featured Promo:... Read More
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 3
We are almost two turns through the rotation for most teams, and we have seen a lot of things early on this year. Pitching has come out hotter than a lot of people have thought, and pitch counts really have not been nearly as deflated as was expected. Right now is the best time to... Read More
MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/12/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/12/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Top Tournament Stacks for 4/12/21 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 on if... Read More
MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/9/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/9/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Top Tournament Stacks for 4/9/21 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 on if... Read More
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/8/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/8 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our premium MLB DFS pitching picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason, at least a few hours before games begin that day. It's... Read More
MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/7/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/7/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Top Tournament Stacks for 4/7/21 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 on if... Read More
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/6/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/6 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our premium MLB DFS pitching picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason, at least a few hours before games begin that day. Welcome... Read More
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 2
The game is undeniably tougher in the opening weeks. Baseball is not a game where you derive much of anything from just a few games, so we really need to get into the season before we have trustworthy data. When talking about starting pitchers, it takes a long time to build up your data since... Read More
MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/2/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/2/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Top Tournament Stacks for 4/2/21 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 on if... Read More
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/1/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/1 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our premium MLB DFS pitching picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason, at least a few hours before games begin that day. Below... Read More
MLB Live Chat @ 12 PM - Last Minute Drafts and Week One Questions
Last call for super-late drafts, week one start/sit questions, and whatever else! A full season is finally upon us! RotoBaller's Jon Anderson (@JonPgh) will be hosting a live Q&A chat session on Tuesday March 29th at 12:00 pm ET. Come join in on the fun and get your fantasy baseball questions answered, or just stick around... Read More
Analyzing the Theory of Hot and Cold Streaks
You hear it all the time. "This pitcher is really locked in right now" or "this hitter is just seeing the ball so well recently." Looking for patterns and explanations is part of human nature. This manifests itself in sports by people picking up on hot and cold streaks and making quite a big deal... Read More
Jon Anderson's "My Guys" For 2021
My name is Jon Anderson and I am a nobody in the fantasy baseball industry. I have no credentials, no huge following on social media. However, I was given a log-in to this website and now I can freely put my words out there for you to read. That's more than nothing, which has given... Read More
AL Starting Pitcher Sleepers
Today I'm bringing you five American League Starting Pitcher sleepers to consider late in fantasy baseball drafts. These players are all being drafted well outside the top 200 picks in recent drafts. Check out other sleeper articles at the bottom of this page or look for my favorite discount draft targets for strikeouts and wins.Editor's... Read More
MLB Live Chat @ 12 PM - Draft Prep Q&A
It's officially draft season... do you know who to draft? RotoBaller's Jon Anderson (@JonPgh) will be hosting a live Q&A chat session on Tuesday March 23rd at 12:00 pm ET. Come join in on the fun and get your fantasy baseball questions answered, or just stick around for some MLB talk! All throughout the MLB preseason,... Read More
