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Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with FAAB for mid and high stakes leagues and national contests such as NFFC, FFPC, FFWC and RT Sports.   The basis for our weekly bid review will be the $350-entry NFFC RotoWire Online Championship (OC). It’s the perfect framework for […]

SUNDAY UPDATE Starting Pitchers Luis Severino (RHP/NYY) returns this week after his 60-day IL stint this week but he won’t line up for two starts. Nestor Cortes Jr. will draw Tuesday’s start and Severino is slated for Wednesday (vs. Pittsburgh). He hasn’t topped 55 pitches in any rehab outing so we should be careful about […]

Welcome to the Week 2 FanDuel Breakdown. We have an overall low-scoring Sunday projected with the best games of Week 2 taking place in primetime standalone spots. The lone contest on the main slate with a projected total over 50 is Arizona Cardinals vs. Las Vegas Raiders (51.5). The other game likely to garner heavy […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with FAAB for mid and high stakes leagues and national contests such as NFFC, FFPC, FFWC and RT Sports.   The basis for our weekly bid review will be the $350-entry NFFC RotoWire Online Championship (OC). It’s the perfect framework for […]

SUNDAY UPDATE   PITCHERS Jon Gray (RHP/TEX) returns to the Rangers’ rotation for a start on Monday. He was out since early August with an oblique injury. Gray skipped a rehab assignment so his pitch count for Monday’s start is unknown. Nevertheless, a solid matchup against the Marlins (in Miami) and then another on the […]

Welcome to the Week 1 FanDuel Breakdown. The first week of the NFL season provides a great opportunity for well-researched DFS players to make a profit. We typically see plenty of fresh fish in our DFS cash games and tournaments – folks playing DFS for the first time and simply building lineups with players from […]

Welcome to FAAB Whisperer. This weekly column will serve as a guide to assist with FAAB for mid- and high-stakes leagues and national contests such as NFFC, FFPC, FFWC and RT Sports. The basis for our weekly bid review will be the $350-entry NFFC RotoWire Online Championship (OC). It’s the perfect framework for our purposes […]

Welcome to my weekly free agent bidding strategy column – Trust the Gut. This piece will focus on weekly FAAB strategies and targets to confidently prepare you in your quest to acquire players to help your fantasy teams contend for league titles. I focus primarily on NFBC leagues, but the strategies and players recommended will […]

I’m feeling very much locked in as we get ready for the start of the 2022 NFL season in about a week’s time. With over 50 best ball drafts and 20 mid-/high-stakes drafts under my belt and a strong feel for the player pool, I thought it would be a great time to share some […]

I’m feeling very much locked in as we get ready for the start of the 2022 NFL season in about a week’s time. With over 50 best ball drafts and 20 mid-/high-stakes drafts under my belt and a strong feel for the player pool, I thought it would be a great time to share some […]

NFL training camps are underway, and best ball draft season is in full swing. Right now, there’s no more exciting place to scratch that draft itch than on Underdog Fantasy. Underdog’s best ball tournaments are incredible. Their draft app is extremely fun and easy to use as online drafts rooms are filling up every minute.  […]

SUNDAY UPDATE Baseball’s top prospect Corbin Carroll is expected to be promoted on Monday. He won’t be available in NFBC free agent pools (unless drafted then dropped) until next Sunday. If you have less than $50 in FAAB, you won’t have a shot at him in most leagues. If you have $100+ left, it may […]

The ADP range of Rounds 4 and 5 (37-60 overall) is typically a bevy of fantasy goodness when it comes to wide receivers. It’s the area I like to call The Golden Zone. It’s essentially the range where one was be able to draft last season’s overall WR1 (Cooper Kupp) and the previous season’s overall […]

SUNDAY UPDATE Relief Pitchers Luis García, San Diego Padres Josh Hader is getting ‘break’ from the closer’s job. Something must be wrong with him health-wise. Arguably baseball’s best relief pitcher has a 16.62 ERA since the All-Star break? Yeah, something wrong. Saves may be committee-based between Luis García, Nick Martinez, Robert Suarez and lefty Adrian […]

Tight ends are the baseball closers of fantasy football. We don’t really want to draft them, but we have no choice. It’s more of an apples-to-oranges comparison though. Saves are a necessary roto category in baseball while tight ends must be drafted to fill a roster spot.   How one decides to prioritize and plan […]

SUNDAY UPDATE Starting Pitchers DL Hall (LHP, Baltimore Orioles) The former first overall draft pick of the Orioles in 2017 made his MLB debut on Saturday and it didn’t go well. He managed 3.2 innings, allowed five runs with three walks and six punchouts. He was demoted after the game. Don’t think his demotion was […]

Many of us often forget what a small bubble fantasy football Twitter is. There are certainly even folks reading this who aren’t active there and don’t have the time to scroll and keep up with all the takes. According to a FSGA study in 2021, over 40 million individuals in the United States play fantasy […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any hitter […]

SUNDAY UPDATE A few starting pitchers to add to the 15-team mix: Huascar Ynoa, Atlanta Braves There is going to be some action on Ynoa but I’m hardly bullish. It will still take an injury to one of their five starters for Ynoa to slide into the rotation. Ian Anderson (who has been awfully inconsistent) […]

One of the most popular mid-stakes national fantasy football contests out there is NFFC’s RotoWire Online Championship (OC). It’s a 12-team redraft that utilizes PPR scoring and a couple other unique features: third-round reversal and KDS.    Third-round reversal simply changes the direction of the snake draft after the second round (person picking 1.01/2.12 gets […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any hitter […]

  SUNDAY UPDATE Most of our updates are on the hitting side today. Here are the notable hitters worth considering in 15-team formats who did not make the original column: Jarred Kelenic (OF/SEA)  Lewin Díaz (1B/MIA) Paul DeJong (SS/STL) Josh Smith (SS/3B, TEX) Jarred Kelenic had been playing well in Triple-A Tacoma, though not exactly […]

There’s a reason that gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

SUNDAY UPDATE Hitters Cardinals — Remove Juan Yepez from bid groups unless you’d like to stash him for at least a week. He won’t be back when first eligible. Perhaps later in the week or early next week. Make sure you have replacements for both Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado for the first half of […]

We resume the 2022 MLB season with about 45 percent to go – plenty of time to make moves in your league standings and do some damage. There will certainly be plenty of first-half studs who continue their success and others who slow down or get outright injured. At the same time, we should expect […]

We resume the 2022 MLB season with about 45 percent to go – plenty of time to make moves in your league standings and do some damage. There will certainly be plenty of first-half studs who continue their success and others who slow down or get outright injured. At the same time, we should also […]

SUNDAY UPDATE Starting Pitchers Chris Sale (LHP, BOS) fractured his pinkie and is essentially one-and-done. Timeline for return could be anywhere from two-to-three months. Sad for those who held him for so long, but he’s an easy drop. Probably saved some of you FAAB money (those who were looking to bid where he was available).  […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any hitter […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any hitter […]

SUNDAY UPDATE A reminder that CLE, KC, CHW, DET all play eight games this week, five in the first half of the week. A good period to rack up some plus at-bats (or so we hope) with hitters we may be able to add in FAAB: Steven Kwan, Franmil Reyes, Owen Miller, Nolan Jones, Edward […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any hitter […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any hitter […]