2022 SMASH – Hitters
Yesterday I broke down our dynamic SMASH tool. Today I will focus on some of the early season results for the
Ray's MLB Ramblings
Ray’s Ramblings: Some Up, Some Down
The Braves have lots of Acuna rules. Adell is in the minors. What is going on at first base for the Red Sox?
Ray’s Ramblings: Pitching, May 2nd
We will start out discussing the curious case of the Red Sox rotation before moving into what other teams are
Ray’s Ramblings: The Start of May
We will spend some time in this piece talking barrels, guys dealing with injury, guys coming back from injury
Ray’s Ramblings: Young and Old
Is it time to unleash sheer panic with guys like Cruz and Merrifield? Is it time to change up our usage of
Ray’s Ramblings: A Little This & That
Today, we’ve got returns of guys like Acuna, and the loss of guys like Mondesi. We have guys who are struggling
Ray’s Ramblings: Hitters on April 27th
We’ve got some veterans struggling on both sides of the ball right now. Should there be any concern with folks
Ray’s Ramblings: Pitching Review, April 27th
The baseball itself continues to be an issue. Berrios/Ray are working on living up to expectations. Buehler
Ray’s Ramblings: Pitching Changes & Updates
What is going on with big league rosters and the new changes for May? How close is deGrom to a return? What
Ray’s Ramblings: Humidors & Taylor Ward
What is going on with the lack of early offense this season? Looks like the humidor is to blame for a good deal
Ray’s Ramblings: Hitting on April 25th
As we start the final week of April, there are so many storylines. Guys playing over their heads and underwater
Ray’s Ramblings: Monday, April 25th Hurlers
Let’s talk youngsters who are surging on the hill. Some are starting, some are working out of the bullpen. Of
Ray’s Ramblings: Friday, April 22nd
Bieber and Romano have been effective, but are there concerns? What about with DeSclafani, Greinke and Plesac?
Ray’s Ramblings: Looking at League Averages
We’re two weeks in, but we can still pull back and look at early season performance with a broad angle lens. To
Ray’s Ramblings: April 21st, The Bats
Batting order changes. Guys failing to hit the baseball. Guys who, on the surface look great, but maybe aren’t?
Ray’s Ramblings: Hurlers, April 21st
Ray Flowers talks about rotation changes and pitcher velocity as everyone is seemingly throwing harder. Ray then
Ray’s Ramblings: The Bats, April 20th
There are plenty of wonky numbers in the early going, including far too high, and far too low, BABIP numbers. A
Ray’s Ramblings: Hurlers, April 20th
There is always baseball to talk about. One of the beauties of the game is six months of unending storylines. In
Ray’s Ramblings: April 19th, Leaguewide Arms
Ray will take a look at how the league is performing early on this season. Then, he will look at rotation
Ray’s Ramblings: April 19th, Hitting Talk
There is always so much to talk about. Looking at the corner, names like Belt, Bohm, Lowe are touched on. In the
