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DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/24/22): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (5/23/22): Today's Top NBA DFS Lineups
We're set for a critical Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday, meaning we have a one-game showdown slate tonight. The way the fantasy production is typically distributed among the Celtics and Heat makes putting together a lineup a pretty straightforward process, always an advantage from a DFS perspective. There are some injury... Read More
Nick Mariano's Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. It is officially late May, Premium RotoBallers, and we are now roughly 25% of the way through the fantasy season. Stay abreast of your team's needs and don't let a problem grow to an unrecoverable position. It's okay to "lose" a trade in a... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/23/22): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups
Happy Monday, Rotoballers! DraftKings and FanDuel start the week with the same 10-game schedule. It all begins at 7:05 pm Eastern, so check those lineups before the contests lock, and the action starts in Washington and New York. However, you'll have to stay up a bit later than usual to get a lot of your... Read More
William Contreras (C, ATL): Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 15+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: William Contreras, 24-year-old brother to Cubs star Willson Contreras, is off to an excellent start for the Braves in 2022, and has yet to have a bad sample of play at the major league level. He hit eight dingers with a .701... Read More
Points League Hitters: Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 7
We'll be doing this roundup of points leagues every week here at RotoBaller, with waiver wire targets and streaming pitchers being evaluated in terms of the different scoring systems of ESPN, Yahoo!, CBS, and Fantrax. Player values can vary wildly from platform to platform, so we'll make sure to highlight where players are the best... Read More
Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Fantasy Baseball - Week 7
Major League Baseball has to be the only sport where the ball not only gets altered constantly, but also with zero transparency. We saw offense start to pick up last week, but, then again, that also coincided with a run of not as great pitching talent, so it is hard to say with conviction that... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (5/22/22): Today's Top NBA DFS Lineups
The series shifts to Dallas with the Mavericks needing a win to avoid the dreaded 0-3 hole. After getting their doors blown off in Game 1, Luka Doncic did everything he could do to will the Mavericks to a Game 2 win, but they ultimately fell nine points short in their upset bid. The implied... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/22/22): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups
Another solid Sunday of baseball lies ahead and here I find myself writing our signature Free MLB DFS picks piece for the third straight day! I don't usually write this piece but I've been pinch-hitting for a different team member each day and I've been actually really enjoying it as a nice change of pace... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (5/21/22): Today's Top NBA DFS Lineups
The Eastern Conference Finals shifts to Boston, Massachusetts after the Celtics were able to wrestle home-court advantage back with a convincing Game 2 win in Miami. The series is tied 1-1 and it truly feels like this is going to be one of those grind-it-out series that goes the full distance, which is a big... Read More
Identifying Last Year’s Hitting Outliers for Fantasy Baseball - Was It Just A Fluke?
I consider one of my greatest skills as a fantasy manager to be my ability to make the “unsexy pick.” When youngsters with tantalizing upside are gradually floating up the draft board, I typically stray away from the temptation and grab myself a more trusty, high-floor veteran to help keep my team afloat. As a... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/21/22): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups
The weekend is here and brings with it a whole bunch of baseball games! Saturdays often give us a day baseball AND evening baseball and we have a perfect split of six games on both the early slate (1:05 EST) and main slate on DraftKings. FanDuel never wants to make things easy for us, but... Read More
Week 7 MLB Injury News and Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates - Bryce Harper, Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Tyler O'Neill, Willy Adames
The month of May is almost over. At this point, most fantasy players have a good idea of how their fantasy is doing in their respective leagues. If you are near the top, you try to stay there. If you are at the bottom, you hope your guys can turn it around or look to... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (5/20/22): Today's Top NBA DFS Lineups
Happy Friday RotoBallers! Welcome to a playoff showdown edition of the Friday night top plays. These articles focus on the overall best plays, which are typically more suited for cash games. However, with rotations getting shortened and the slate being so small, there probably isn't going to be a ton of leverage to be found,... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/20/22): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups
It's a Friday in May with the weather warming up, school winding down and we have twelve baseball games on tap - what else could you possibly want? Am I right? Oh, you want to win some money playing DFS, too? It's never as easy as it seems, but let's give it a shot, shall... Read More
Fantasy Baseball Trade Targets - Buy/Sell For Week 6
Making the right trades can be crucial to championship success in fantasy baseball, almost as much as the draft, if not more. While most trades can have a significant impact on your fantasy team, it’s the deals where you acquire undervalued players and then see their production improve that can really tip the scales in... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (5/19/22): Today's Top NBA DFS Lineups
We're set for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday, meaning we have a one-game showdown slate tonight. The way the fantasy production is typically distributed among the Celtics and Heat makes putting together a lineup a pretty straightforward process, always an advantage from a DFS perspective. This article will provide you with... Read More
Preseason Hitter Sleepers Who Haven't Woken Up for Fantasy Baseball
The highs of sleeper hunting during draft season can quickly be brought low when our favorite later picks fizzle and sputter out of the gate instead of blowing the roof off from the word go. But should we be patient, grasshoppers? Or is it time to be proactive, revoking their sleeper status and confiscating official... Read More
Early Plate Discipline Standouts for 2022
In 2019, I introduced a new (yet simple) index statistic for pitchers – mPDI, which was inspired by a famous quote by Hall of Fame pitcher, Greg Maddux: “The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they’re taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.” Maddux’s simplistic... Read More
Dead Ball Victims - Power Hitter and Home Run Decliners for Fantasy Baseball
Things are different this season. The offense is down across the board and we are seeing hitters have a lot of trouble hitting for power. These aren't unprecedented times, but we got so used to the juiced-ball homer-happy era that it feels very strange to be back to the days of the early 2010s. Some... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/19/22): MLB DFS Lineups
Happy Thursday, RotoBallers! This is John Brubaker once again dropping some of my favorite plays for tonight's slate. We have just a three-game slate this evening, the night slate on DraftKings and the main slate on Fanduel. We'll have to get a bit creative due to it being a smaller slate, and on slates smaller... Read More
Updated MLB Prospects Rankings - Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects (Week 6)
Welcome back RotoBallers to our weekly fantasy baseball prospect rankings. This was a week where we saw bigger names get sent down than got called up such as C.J. Abrams and Jarred Kelenic. For Week 6 some significant changes were also made to the rankings. Teams are being more aggressive with calling up prospects than... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (5/18/22): Today's Top NBA DFS Lineups
Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! The Conference Finals are here, and we have a one-game showdown slate tonight. The Mavericks will head to The Bay to take on the Golden State Warriors. This is an interesting series from a fantasy perspective because it seems that every "top" player in the series is a guard. With that said,... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/18/22): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups
Welcome back to another edition of the FREE DraftKings and FanDuel MLB DFS picks. As customary, we have an all-day ledger on tap Wednesday, and although DraftKings does not have a full-day slate, FanDuel does. Consequently, today's article will feature picks on both sites for games throughout the day, as even on DK, the suggestions... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (5/17/22): Today's Top NBA DFS Lineups
Happy Tuesday, RotoBallers! As we enter the Conference Finals, there are only one-game contests available for the remainder of the NBA DFS season. On DraftKings, they're called Showdowns, and on FanDuel, they go by Single Game contests. There are some scoring differences as well. DFS Scoring (Showdown/Single Game) Player Type DraftKings FanDuel Captain/MVP 1 player,... Read More
Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 6
The minor league season rages on. Now that fantasy baseball teams have been drafted and the season is underway, it's imperative to monitor the top prospects who have turned heads thus far. At this point in the season, excellent prospect performances shouldn't be taken too seriously. Sure, there's no denying that short sample sizes can correspond to... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/17/22): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups
It's Tuesday, which means we have maximum baseball action ready to happen. All-in-all today we have 18 games as three doubleheaders are going down. Two of these double-headers actually have their game two on the night slate, which is confusing quite a few things. You will have to keep an ear to the ground to... Read More
Hitter Advanced Metrics Studs and Duds - xwOBA Leaders for Week 6
We're far enough into the season that we can dive into expected stats with some sense of reliability. Let's begin with everyone's favorite - xwOBA! Its given name is expected weighted on-base average and what it represents is the quality of each at-bat by a hitter. Statcast uses a combination of exit velocity, launch angle,... Read More
Mining the Minors for Hot Prospect Pitchers - Max Meyer, Grayson Rodriguez, Ryan Pepiot and more
If you've played even one year of fantasy baseball, you know that predicting minor league call-ups can be a frustrating endeavor. We have to weigh not only the talent of the player and the potential lineup opening in his major league organization, but also the relative competitiveness of that organization and any financial or service... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/16/22): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups
Happy Monday, Rotoballers! DraftKings and FanDuel offer the same 11-game slate to kick off the week. It's an extensive schedule for a Monday, but that just gives us more arms, bats, and values to sort through. The first pitch for the contests will be thrown out at 7:05 pm Eastern as the Yankees visit the... Read More
