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Ray’s Ramblings: 2019 First Half Hitters
We’re beyond the mid-point of the season as Major League Baseball takes some time off for the 2019 All-Star Game (we don’t know about you, but isn’t it fantastic that 127 players, slight exaggeration, get named to the ASG and the surrounding festivities? Participation awards for all!). Obviously though, it’s an easy break point to Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
ADP Report – NFFC July Update
Continuing our ADP Reports series, this week we’ll be diving into what changes have occurred over the previous month in ADP over at the NFFC. NFFC drafts can vary in league size and buy-in, but the overarching draft setup — 20 rounds, PPR, 1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1 FLEX, 1 Kicker and 1 DST — Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Snap Counts From 2016-2018
Happy Monday Fantasy Guru fam! Today we begin drafting for the Scott Fish Bowl league, which is awesome to be part of and for such a great cause. Needless to say, I started off the week the right way chatting on a podcast this morning with my dudes Russell Clay and Tyler Buecher. We discussed Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Late Round Quarterbacks to Target in Fantasy Football
I’m a big proponent of the late round quarterback drafting method. Advocating for such a no-brainer drafting method isn’t that difficult at all. There’s plenty of sound reasons for foregoing the quarterback position in traditional start-one quarterback leagues and waiting to select your signal caller. The position is the most predictable, it’s flat in scoring, Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Ramblings: Does The All-Star Game Mean Anything?
At one point in time the All-Star Game meant something in baseball. It was a true honor to be named to the game, and in fact, we used to judge players careers by the amount of times they were named to the game. We would also look at players numbers years later and wonder what Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Vlad’s FAAB Values – Week 16
The timing of the All-Star break is perfect and good for us all – both players and fantasy managers. It gives us an opportunity to refresh and prepare to focus after a grueling three months and gives the players a chance to regroup and hit the second half healthier. We’ve been grinding for 15 weeks Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Rundown – 7/6
(1) Rankings updated. (2) Dylan Cease debuts. (3) Concerns and targets heading into second half: Tatis, Castillo, Fiers, Odorizzi, Eflin, Mondesi, Chavis, Roberto Perez, DeSclafani, Roark, Smoak, Cole, Olson, Alex Dickerson, Quintana. (4) Waiver-wire: HITTERS (Franklin Barreto, Freddy Galvis, Yuli Gurriel, Danny Jansen, A.J. Pollock) and PITCHERS (Shaun Anderson, Andrew Cashner, Nathan Eovaldi, Dinelson Lamet, Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, July 5th
Stephen Strasburg continues to avoid the walk while racking up the punchouts. Nick Pivetta should be able to do that, but he’s constantly being taken deep. Wade Miley continues to succeed, which is somewhat vexing. John Means is rolling along for the Orioles. Sonny Gray is doing most things right. German returned for the Yankees, Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Friday Fantasy Focus – Robby Anderson
Welcome back for another installment of the #FridayFantasyFocus! Last week’s segment on Marquez Valdes-Scantling provided a ton of clarity in how I’ll be approaching MVS in redraft, bestball, and dynasty leagues this summer. That’s essentially the goal of this series. To try and illuminate some of the more puzzling players at current ADP and to Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
June 14, 2019: Concerns & Targets
Each week we take a look at some numbers that you need to know about in fantasy baseball. This week we’re not looking at one specific category, changing things up a bit are we. Instead, we will be taking a look at a series of numbers that portend success, or struggles, in the second half Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Mind Of Marsal: Third-Year Receivers Who Could Breakout In 2019
Happy Friday Fantasy Guru fam! Hopefully everyone enjoyed their Fourth of July and is ready for the weekend. It’s that time of the week where we take a tour through the Mind of Marsal. Generally it takes a wide receiver several years to adapt to the NFL. This could be because it takes them time Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Filling the Void: Chicago Bears Running Backs
It seems every offseason there becomes more and more player movement in the NFL. Between free agency, trades, the draft and players getting released, there’s an immense amount of fluctuation surrounding target-shares and how teams will distribute targets. The goal of this article is to evaluate what teams looked like in 2018 and what changes Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Fantasy Football Dynasty Strategy: Advanced Tactics VII
Structural advantages were something we discussed a while ago, and it will be the main focus of this piece for the next couple of weeks. There’s a few very important concepts I use as building blocks, that once explained, will make the success probability charts easier to apply strategy-wise. Dynasty leagues have a plethora of concepts and ideas Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, July 4th
Is Aaron Nola finally back? Where you one of the lucky few who turned away from the haters this draft season and rostered David Price? Just what is going on with James Paxton given the lack of punchouts? Is Chase Anderson worth a look in mixed leagues? Trevor Bauer just can’t seem to put it Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
The Closer Chart – July 4th, 2019
The 2019 season is underway and, predictably, it’s a disaster. Some teams seem to have no plan at all. Other teams are continually searching for answers to get the last out, either because of poor performance or injury. Very few are the situations that have nary an issue. Each week we will try to get Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Volume Report
Happy Independence Day Fantasy Guru fam! I hope everyone has a safe and fun Fourth of July today. Before the fireworks and grilling (ribs, wings, hot dogs, and sausage is on the menu at my household this evening), some pigskin discussion is a must. There are many factors that lead us to come up with Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Future NFL Draft Prospects: July 2
The NFL is built upon what college football provides. Every year, there’s a focus on incoming rookies and players who are going to make an impact for their new teams, but where did those players come from? What did they look like as underclassmen in college? How productive were they? The goal of this article is Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Jeff Mans’ Fantasy Football Elite Podcasts
2019 Fantasy Football Elite Podcast Series You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
BURR 2019: Week 15
Bullpen Usage & Reliever Ratings, or BURR, is an idea that Flowers and Mans have been playing around with since the 2017 season. The reason for their focus is simply that bullpens are a more important part of the modern game than ever before. You know what we mean. Whereas at one time starting pitchers threw 220 Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Ramblings: Goldschmidt’s Struggles & Arms
Paul Goldschmidt has been a mess this season. Is there any hope? Ray then turns to the arms. Bieber is surging. Luzardo is hurt, again. Mahle, Matz, Mikolas… which of the M’s is worthy of a roster spot on your team. Richard and Sanchez with the Jays, is either worth a mixed league look. Stanek Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
League Format: Half-PPR
What’s up Fantasy Guru Fam! Hope everyone is doing well today and is ready for the latest edition of my league formats series. As I do every Wednesday, today I’ll be discussing a specific fantasy football format and how I would approach it. So far, I have covered the following formats: 14-team PPR, Standard, PPR, Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
From the Gut – Second Half Hitters to Target
Figuring out which hitters should improve and have strong second halves is not as easy as just looking to see who struggled in the first half. Oftentimes, someone who hasn’t been hitting his typical season pace has had some sort of injury affecting their performance and that’s a theme you’ll note below, minus a couple Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Hot/Cold: Week 15
We’re at the point of the season that we kinda know who players are. At least we think we do. Are they performing up to expectations or are the struggling to live up to the hopes placed on their shoulders? That said, do we really “know” who players are? Is it possible that the guy Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
On The Clock: Pick 4.05
Happy Tuesday my Fantasy Guru fam! It’s that time of the week where we find ourselves in a draft with a decision to make. Remember, each week I will walk you through a scenario you may be faced with on draft day and present multiple options, then choosing the way I would go about it. Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.