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Collette Calls: You Dropped Who??

This article is part of our Collette Calls series. Take a journey in time with me back to April 27. I needed to make some moves with my RotoWire Online Championship Beat Jason Collette team, which has been doing quite well this season (currently 2nd place!) despite some challenges on my roster. One of those

Fantasy Baseball Injury Report: Hunter Greene Avoids Worst-Case Scenario

This article is part of our Fantasy Baseball Injury Report series. Hunter Greene The Reds ace landed on the injured list with a mild groin strain. The injury is reportedly a Grade 1 strain, meaning the overall integrity of the injured muscle(s) remains intact. That's a major win for a muscle group that is essential

Fantasy Baseball: Top AL Waiver Pickups of the Week

This article is part of our AL FAAB Factor series. This is our weekly look at American League free agents. We have two goals for this article: 1. Identify likely free agents and discuss their strengths and weaknesses.2. Estimate how much of your $100 starting free-agent budget you should bid on them. We've incorporated grids

Weekly Hitter Rankings: Top Fantasy Baseball Batters to Target

This article is part of our Weekly Hitter Rankings series. As mentioned in this week's pitching rankings, BABIP is climbing. Here's why: Month Hard GB Outfield LD Fly Ball Mar/Apr 0.246 0.686 0.116 May 0.262 0.682 0.113 More hard grounders are finding holes. While teams may be getting a better read on positioning (now referred

Top MLB FanDuel Picks: Pitching & Hitting Strategies

This article is part of our FanDuel MLB series. 12 games await our lineup lock at 7:05 p.m. EDT Friday on FanDuel's main slate. It's a curious slate with regards to pitching, as only Houston's Hunter Brown ($11,000) is priced in five-figures, while only four more arms are priced in the $9,000 tier. That would

Sorare MLB: Upgrades, Holds and Downgrades

This article is part of our Sorare MLB series. We're deep enough into the MLB season that a hot stretch of play is not a season-long hot streak. That's worth considering at this point in the year, especially when it comes to your Sorare MLB lineups. A player could have gotten off to a slow

MLB DFS Pitcher & Team Stacks Guide for Wednesday, May 7

This article is part of our DFS MLB series. Top DFS Pitching and Team Stacking Strategies for DraftKings In this article, I'm going to take a deeper dive into pitching and team stacking options. Let's take a look at our optimizer's rankings of the pitchers for the DraftKings main slate, sorted by projected fantasy points.

Lineup Lowdown: National League

This article is part of our Lineup Lowdown series. The goal with Lineup Lowdown is simple: we're looking for trends which could help identify players that might be undervalued or overvalued. Who is playing more/less? Who is moving up/down? We'll be doing a deep dive into one league each week as we navigate the lineup

MLB Injury Roundup: Key Players’ Health Updates

This article is part of our Fantasy Baseball Injury Report series. Injury analysis can be tough, as I am reliant on players suffering some sort of an ailment in order to provide content. As a result, the type and quantity of injuries often dictates how much (or little) I have to write. The last week

MLB Barometer: April’s Biggest Winners and Losers

This article is part of our MLB Barometer series. A few times a year, I like to switch away from the usual subjective look at my top risers and fallers and turn things over to the RotoWire Earned Auction Value Calculator. For as much as I want to avoid focusing on generally unpredictive results stats