Nick Shlain's Articles

In baseball, an “opener” has a simple job – help the team get off to a good start by limiting the opponent’s production in the first inning or two. He essentially paves the way for the rest of the bullpen and offense to do their thing. This fantasy baseball article is similar.    Since it’s […]

It’s a 10-game Sunday afternoon slate, so let’s get to it. This will be the GPP breakdown article for the afternoon slate. The idea is to give you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you my clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces […]

After a big 12-game afternoon MLB DFS slate Saturday, we’re back for the late slate. This will be the GPP breakdown article for the late slate. The idea is to give you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you my clear pitcher and stack rankings along […]

This will be the main-slate WBC GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information to build some strong lineups on Draftkings.  […]

This will be the main slate WBC GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information to build some strong lineups on […]

This will be the main slate WBC GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups.    By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information to build some strong lineups […]

This will be the main slate WBC GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information to build some strong lineups on […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.    Quarterback Jets QB Mike White has been cleared to play in Week 17 after missing the last two weeks with a rib injury. He’ll be under center when New […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.    Quarterback Cardinals QB Colt McCoy left Sunday’s game against the Broncos with a concussion. Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury said Monday that Trace McSorley will start with David Blough backing him […]

Major League Baseball’s Joint Competition Committee, comprising club representatives, players and an umpire, approved a pitch timer, shift restrictions and bigger bases for the 2023 season. These changes, announced in a press release in September, were tested extensively at the minor league level over the past several years. The game will be different next year […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.    Quarterback Ravens QB Tyler Huntley suffered a concussion Sunday against the Steelers. While head coach John Harbaugh sounded optimistic about Huntley’s availability this week, he acknowledged this is an […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.   Friday Update Ravens QB Lamar Jackson didn’t practice again Friday. Tyler Huntley looks set to start in Jackson’s place this Sunday. Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence will practice Friday, giving […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.    Friday Update Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields is no longer on the injury report, setting him up for a matchup with a Packers defense coming off having allowed 157 […]

Every Tuesday of the NFL season, the injury report goes through the players around the NFL who will benefit the most from other injuries around the league as it relates to their DFS salaries on the Sunday main slate.    Ty Johnson, RB, New York Jets ($5,000 DK, $5,700 FD) Zonovan Knight actually out-touched Ty […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through the injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.    Friday Update Arizona QB Kyler Murray will play against the Chargers this week. Murray is returning from a hamstring injury.  Bears QB Justin Fields is a game-time decision […]

Every Tuesday of the NFL season, the injury report goes through the players around the NFL who will benefit the most from other injuries around the league as it relates to their DFS salaries on the Sunday main slate.    Samaje Perine, RB, Cincinnati Bengals ($5,600 DK, $6,600 FD) Bengals starting running back Joe Mixon […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through the injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.    Friday Update Chiefs WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling is off the injury report for Week 11. Valdes-Scantling and the newly acquired Kadarius Toney figure to do the heavy lifting for […]

Every Tuesday of the NFL season, the injury report goes through the players around the NFL who will benefit the most from other injuries around the league as it relates to their DFS salaries on the Sunday main slate.    Tee Higgins, WR, Cincinnati Bengals ($7,100 DK, $7,600 FD)Tyler Boyd, WR, Cincinnati Bengals ($6,500 DK, […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through the injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.    Friday Update Bills quarterback Josh Allen was spotted on the practice field briefly Friday. Case Keenum will start for Buffalo if Allen is inactive this week.  Rams quarterback Matthew […]

Every Tuesday of the NFL season, the injury report goes through the players around the NFL who will benefit the most from other injuries around the league as it relates to their DFS salaries on the Sunday main slate.    Deon Jackson, RB, Indianapolis Colts ($5,400 DK, $5,500 FD) Jonathan Taylor has been bothered by […]

This will be the main slate MLB GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information to build some strong lineups on […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through the injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.    Friday Update Colts running back Jonathan Taylor missed practice Friday and is unlikely to play Sunday, with Deon Jackson set to start.  Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard has […]

This will be the main-slate MLB GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information needed to build some strong lineups on […]

The 2022 NFL trade deadline was enough to make your head spin, as a record 10 trades went down on Tuesday. We’ll go through the fantasy football impact of these trades for season-long formats.    Of note, in the majority of these trades, the primary player traded was an offensive player.  Sign up for an […]

Every Tuesday of the NFL season, the injury report goes through the players around the NFL who will benefit the most from other injuries around the league as it relates to their DFS salaries on the Sunday main slate.    D’Onta Foreman, RB, Carolina Panthers ($6,000 DK, $7,300 FD) With Chuba Hubbard out in Week […]

This will be the main-slate MLB GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information needed to build some strong lineups on […]

Every Tuesday of the NFL season, the injury report goes through the players around the NFL who will benefit the most from other injuries around the league as it relates to their DFS salaries on the Sunday main slate.    D’Onta Foreman, RB, Carolina Panthers ($5,300 DK, $6,400 FD) D’Onta Foreman and Chuba Hubbard ran for […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through the injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.   Friday Update Arizona Cardinals running back James Conner is out, and Darrel Williams will be a game-time decision. It appears another week of Eno Benjamin SZN could be upon […]

This will be the main-slate MLB GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information needed to build some strong lineups on […]

Every Monday during the NFL season, the Injury Report goes through the injuries around the NFL position-by-position as they relate to your season-long fantasy football teams.    Friday Update Colts running backs Jonathan Taylor and Nyheim Hines are on track to play in Week 7. This takes last week’s RB1 Deon Jackson out of play.  Ravens […]

Every Tuesday of the NFL season, the injury report goes through the players around the NFL who will benefit the most from other injuries around the league as it relates to their DFS salaries on the Sunday main slate.    Deon Jackson, RB, Indianapolis Colts ($5,900 DK, $6,400 FD) Colts starting running back Jonathan Taylor […]

This will be the main-slate MLB GPP DFS breakdown article, giving you a clear and concise way to approach the slate in your tournament lineups. By giving you our clear pitcher and stack rankings, along with our key pieces and slate edge, you should have the quick-hitting information needed to build some strong lineups on […]