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About Pierre Camus - RotoBaller
Managing editor, analyst and ranker for RotoBaller NFL and MLB. Playing fantasy sports since before the internet existed. Born and raised in Miami, currently living in San Antonio.
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Pierre Camus - RotoBaller has written 1909 articles so far, you can find them below.
Down and Out in Dallas - Fantasy Outlook for the Cowboys Without Dak Prescott
The final minutes of the Sunday Night Football contest between Dallas and Tampa Bay was a quintessential example of injury being added to insult. The Cowboys were atrocious on offense all night, scoring all of three points, bringing the boo birds out even as quarterback Dak Prescott was jogging to the locker room before the... Read More
Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups and Free Agent Adds - All Positions
The time for overreaction is nigh. The first week of the NFL season, just like every other, was filled with surprises. It's too soon to say which standout performers are legit and can provide rest-of-season fantasy value. For now, we'll look at players who might be worth consideration on the waiver wire based on very... Read More
Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups: After the Draft Free Agent Adds
Many fantasy football drafts have come and gone as the 2022 NFL season gets set to officially kick off. Smart fantasy managers know that once the draft is over, the real work begins. Leagues are often won through the waiver wire, not the draft. While there's no need to worry about byes or injuries yet,... Read More
Five Must-Have Mid-Round Picks in Fantasy Football Drafts
In the first few rounds of any fantasy football draft, ADP rules. It's rare that anybody deviates too far from the expected norms and if they do, it's to reach a round on a player that is already considered among the elite. As they say, the first pick you make won't win your league but... Read More
All-Bust Team for 2022 Fantasy Football - DK Metcalf, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Tom Brady, Diontae Johnson and more
If you've already read the 2022 All-Sleeper Team, prepare for the flip side. These players are top choices to disappoint at their current ADP. Busts aren't as fun to read about as sleepers but it's just as important to know who not to draft. It's a bit harder to define what constitutes a bust as opposed... Read More
MLB Hitter Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for BWS (Week 22)
Not long ago, Jordan Rosenblum analyzed a metric called BWS (Barrels, Walks, Strikeouts). As he stated, "A focus on just three metrics: barrels, walks, and strikeouts, cuts through the noise to get at a hitter’s true talent level." Of course, he went deeper and created his own weighted version using historical data to compare against... Read More
MLB Hitter Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for xSLG Rolling Windows (Week 21)
We're deep enough into the second half of the season that we can be a little pickier about our data sample sizes. Some hitters who came out of the All-Star break swinging a hot bat have started to cool down while others are just now picking up the pace. This week, I will look at... Read More
Zamir White (RB, LV) - 2022 Fantasy Football Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~154 Overall CURRENT ADP: ~169 ANALYSIS:Out with the old, in with the new. That's the philosophy in Vegas as new coach Josh McDaniels takes over. In the same vein as his mentor, Bill Belichick, McDaniels views running backs as disposable. That's why they declined Josh Jacobs' fifth-year option, essentially making him... Read More
Rachaad White (RB, TB) - 2022 Fantasy Football Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~115 Overall CURRENT ADP: ~128 ANALYSIS: No Gronk, gimpy Godwin, dusty Julio, and three banged-up offensive linemen. That's the state of the Bucs' offense heading into 2022. Leonard Fournette seems to have gotten himself into shape, at least some sort of shape, but he won't take 100% of the team's touches.... Read More
All-Sleeper Team for Fantasy Football - Rachaad White, Nico Collins, Kyle Philips, and more
This isn't the All-Madden team. A sleeper isn't always going to hit but when they do, it can give you a huge advantage. What I have done for the third straight season is compile a team of sleepers consisting of players being drafted in the mid-to-late rounds, or not at all. All preseason long, the... Read More
Off-The-Radar Fantasy Football Sleepers Who Could Make Noise - Tyler Johnson, Hayden Hurst, Justin Watson, and more
The term "sleeper" has been overused and abused by the fantasy community. The fact is that almost anyone can be a sleeper if you frame it the right way. It's gotten to the point that we can identify several subcategories of sleepers. First, there's the non-sleeper: a player so obvious that it barely qualifies but... Read More
Pierre Camus' Bold Predictions for 2022 Fantasy Football
Welcome back RotoBallers to a tradition like no other - the bold predictions column. Each year several of RotoBaller's fantasy football analysts give you their bold predictions for the upcoming NFL season. I've previously laid out my Bold Predictions for Best Ball Drafts and I'm doubling down on one of them here. Check out the... Read More
Pierre Camus' 2022 NFL Rookie Draft Targets for Fantasy Football (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Many rookie drafts have taken place immediately after the NFL Draft. Others prefer to wait until training camp to get a better idea of how things will shake out for the coming season based on free agent moves, injuries, and other factors. For those... Read More
Pierre Camus' 2022 NFL Rookie Draft Avoids for Fantasy Football (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Rookies are reporting to NFL training camps and the exhibition season is set to begin. Some dynasty leagues have wisely chosen to hold off until now to hold their rookie drafts. That means it is time to reflect on what went down in the... Read More
MLB Hitter Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for Plate Discipline (Week 20)
Unless you play in a points league, you may not care enough about walks and strikeouts for hitters to dig into such metrics. I'm here to tell you that plate discipline is the foundation of a skilled hitter and it leads to fantasy baseball goodness. This week, we'll take a gander at the BB/K leaders... Read More
MLB Hitter Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for Barrel% (Week 19)
We're now three weeks removed from the All-Star break so there's enough data to glean something from one of the most prominent metrics that tells of power production - barrel rate. The usual suspects are represented on the leaderboard but more than half of the top 20 second-half barrel% leaders will make you do a... Read More
MLB Hitter Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for xISO (Week 18)
You want power, or more specifically, you need power on your fantasy baseball team. If that is the case, you need to focus on a player who is capable of doing things that lead to extra-base hits, especially home runs. One of the sabermetrics that specifically focuses on pure power is ISO (Isolated Power). The... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 18
We've finally seen Brady Singer, Johnny Cueto, and Cole Irvin graduate from this list with rostered rates of just over 50%. That leaves many familiar faces and iffy options but also some pitchers who have made their way down to streaming status after being fantasy rotation pieces much of the season. Let's investigate further. This... Read More
Late-Round Fantasy Football Draft Targets for FFPC Leagues: Better in Best Ball
There are some players that you wish you had on your fantasy football rosters when they blow up because you just knew they had that kind of upside. But you are hesitant to pull the trigger on draft day because those same players might have 12 mediocre to bad games throughout the year among their... Read More
MLB Hitter Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for xwOBA (Week 17)
For this week's iteration of advanced metrics leaders, we're going to forego BaseballSavant and head straight to the best source for data - our own Jon Anderson (@JonPGH). Among many other things, he has created an MLB Tableau full of Statcast data that is available to the public. It's easy to filter and sort to... Read More
2022 Dynasty Fantasy Football Rookie Mock Draft: Picking Late (Slots 9-12)
This will be Part Three to conclude our series on dynasty rookie drafts when picking from different draft slots. In Part One, we examined strategies when drafting from an early slot while Part Two focused on the middle draft slots. We'll now finish with the teams that likely finished ahead in standings last year and... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 17
Once again, the streaming landscape may be in flux this coming week due to the trade deadline. There are still a wealth of streaming options, especially starters on non-contenders whose rotation spots should be safe for the remainder of the year. But who can you trust? This fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups column aims to... Read More
Pierre Camus' 2022 Dynasty Players To Buy (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Once rookie drafts are wrapped up, that doesn't mean preparations for the upcoming dynasty season are over. Smart GMs will be working the trade market to find good value and add key players to the roster. This often comes in the form of young... Read More
MLB Hitter Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for Expected Batting Average
With the first half of the season in the rearview mirror, when does regression start to hit some of the luckiest and unluckiest batters? Expected stats don't always mirror real-life results but at some point those on the extreme ends have to even out a little bit. Let's kick off the second half of Statcast... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 16
The second half is underway so it's time to get back into the swing of things. It's going to be a little tricky forecasting streamers who will definitely start twice the week after the All-Star break. Many things aren't set in stone, so for now we will move ahead with the information we have. This... Read More
Pierre Camus' 2022 Dynasty Players To Sell (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. As fun as it is to acquire assets in dynasty leagues, in order to get, you have to give. Often, the player you want to get rid of is the same player nobody else wants to touch. The best player to sell in dynasty... Read More
2022 Dynasty Fantasy Football Rookie Mock Draft: Picking Early (Slots 1-4)
For every type of fantasy football draft, there are a bevy of viable strategies. Of course, as Mike Tyson said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." Thankfully, in a rookie draft for dynasty leagues you don't need to worry as much about roster construction. Unless it's a Superflex league and... Read More
2022 Dynasty Fantasy Football Rookie Mock Draft: Picking in the Middle (Slots 5-8)
This mock review is a follow-up to part one, which examined strategies when drafting from an early slot in dynasty rookie drafts. In this piece, we'll focus on the middle draft slots. Rather than simply putting out a mock and rationalizing the picks one round at a time, I'll examine each team based on how... Read More
Hitter Advanced Metrics Leaders - Hard Hit% for Week 14
The last time we examined hard-hit rate leaders was back in Week 3. A lot has changed since then, needless to say. Although diving into metrics like Barrel rate and exit velocity on fly balls & line drives provides similar insight, these all must be evaluated on their own accord and put into context. As... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 14
We're a week away from the All-Star break and teams will be stretching out their rotations before Week 14 is up. This may not be the best time throw much risk into your lineup before things start to shift in the second half, but there's always a need for effective streamers so we continue with... Read More
