MLB Rankings/ADP Articles
2025 MLB Players to Avoid
We are doing a series of articles looking at players we are targeting or avoiding in fantasy baseball for the 2025 season. The calls to go after or turn away from might be based on the players age, the perception of the player, the draft day cost, the underlying skills… you get the point. Here 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.
2024 Review ABA: It Is Time To Replace WHIP
WHIP was innovative when it was created at the dawn of the game of fantasy baseball. It’s the old standby that is used in nearly every roto league in the land? As much as it is part of the fabric of the fantasy game, it no longer should be. What is this heresy that I 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.
2024 Review: SWIP – Strikeouts & Walks
In virtually every fantasy baseball league ever played the last couple of decades, virtually since the start of the roto game actually, teams have used WHIP (walks + hits divided by innings pitched). It’s a solid way to look at pitching performance. Another way to look at how pitchers performed is to pay direct attention 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.
2025: Building The Perfect Pitcher
There is no such thing as a perfect pitcher. Total misnomer to think that such a person exists. However, that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to attempt to find that player though. So, in what follows, you will see series of categories, lined up next to one another. Which hurler strike men out and don’t 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.
2025: Building The Perfect Hitter
There is no such thing as a perfect player, pitcher or hitter. Total misnomer to think that such a person exists. However, that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to attempt to find that player though. So, in what follows, you will see series of categories, lined up next to one another. Which guys make contact 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.
2024 Review: What is CSW?
Sometimes there are simply ideas that are easy to implement that get to the core of the question. Sometimes, the idea is simple but the implementation is dastardly difficult. In the case of Called Strike Plus Whiff Rate (CSW), the idea is simple as is the way we arrive at the number. This piece explores 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.
2024 Review: Matrix Of Leadership – Pitchers
Optimus Prime is the leader of the Autobots, of Transformers fame. Optimus is the leader because of bravery, his selfless attitude and his leadership qualities. He also in possession of the Matrix of Leadership. The Matrix is the conduit of the creator-god of the Autobots, and it has the power of life and offers an 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.
2024 Review: Matrix Of Leadership – Hitters
Optimus Prime is the leader of the Autobots, of Transformers fame. Optimus is the leader because of bravery, his selfless attitude and his leadership qualities. He also in possession of the Matrix of Leadership. The Matrix is the conduit of the creator-god of the Autobots, and it has the power of life and offers an 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.
MLB Best Ball: A Guide for 2025
Fantasy sports are evolving rapidly, and Best Ball leagues have emerged as a growing trend in the industry. With the surge of daily fantasy sports and sports betting, players are increasingly drawn to formats that turn their love of the game into a more streamlined, low-maintenance experience. The purpose of these Best Ball articles is to educate, inform, 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.
2024 Review: I Added-Lost Velocity
Velocity matters, whether it is off the bat or out of the pitcher’s hand. It’s not the answer to success or failure, you can be a good hitter or hurler without elite velocity numbers, but you would have to be a buffoon to say that velocity doesn’t matter. To that end, we’re talk about fastball 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.
2025: Pitching: Ideal Age & Performance
A few years ago I dug in to birth certificates and what age may or may not tell us about player performance. I will review some of that data here, and then see if we can create a pool of hurlers that would be good targets in 2025. Before we get to the current data, 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.
2024 Review: Pitcher’s Workloads
We all know the workload is down for starting pitchers, but how much are the overall workloads down across the landscape of baseball? We will begin by reviewing overall workloads the last few years. Then, we will look at the batters faced per outing for hurlers to get a sense of where things stand, before 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 Baseball Projection Models in 2025
If you are over 45 years of age, I’m past the half century mark myself now, tell me if the following story sounds familiar to you. You’re 15 years old. You knew what the internet was. Kinda. You may or may not have heard of Wikipedia. The calendar flipped to February. You rode your bike, 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.
2025: MLB Speed Grades
This article isn’t about how many stolen bases a player had in 2024 or how many they will swipe in ’25. This article also isn’t about predicting how you should be drafting fast players in 2025. This article is about who has the best speed in the game. We aren’t concerned with defensive position. We 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.
2025: MLB Power Grades
We’re talking about pure, unadulterated power here. This article/ranking setup isn’t about how many homeruns a player will hit in 2024. This article isn’t about predicting how you should draft players in 2024. This article IS about who has the best power stroke in the game. Chicks dig the long ball. We learned that years 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.
2025: MLB Top-10 Lists
People love rankings and top-10 lists. Who is the best at this or that? Who screwed up the worst at this or that? Who is the best of all-time? You know what we mean. However, unlike the other websites that make you click on page, after page, after page to find out the answers, we’re 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.
2025: MLB Dependability Grades
This article isn’t about how many base hits a guy will produce, nor is it about how many home runs a player will hit or about how many strikeouts a pitcher will produce. The piece isn’t going to try and predict the at-bat or innings pitched totals of the players either. So, what the heck 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.
2025: On-Base Percentage Rankings
Even though the calendar has flipped to 2025, the overwhelming majority of fantasy baseball leagues still use batting average as one of the main categories for hitters (at least in points leagues we have positive points for walks – and some even add a point for a HBP as well). If you’re ready to take 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.
2025 MLB Rankings Per Category: Pitchers
In our quest to provide you the most relevant tools to help you to gain an edge on your competition, we’ve created multiple personalized rankings sets in 2025. Let’s quickly detail what those areas are. First off, we have our rankings page where you can find Mixed, AL/NL Only Rankings and Auction Values. Second, those rankings pages 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.
2025 MLB Rankings Per Category: Hitters
In our quest to provide you the most relevant tools to help you to gain an edge on your competition, we’ve created multiple personalized rankings sets in 2025. Let’s quickly detail what those areas are. First off, we have our rankings page where you can find Mixed, AL/NL Only Rankings and Auction Values. Second, those rankings pages 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.
2025 MLB Dynasty League Rankings
We have all kinds of rankings at Fantasy Guru for the 2025 MLB season, but what if you are looking a bit further down the road than just 2025, well, we’ve got you covered there too. In what follows, we will list the top-200 hitters and top-200 pitchers, but before we get to those dynasty 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.
How to Analyze a Pitcher – Year 8
This is the 8th year of this piece dissecting how to analyze pitchers in fantasy baseball. This article is, if you will, the secret sauce you should be using to breakdown the outlook of hurlers. Removing all the white noise, this piece will attempt to describe the framework that is needed to understand who a 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.
How to Analyze a Hitter – Year 8
This is the 8th year of writing this how-to piece. Basically, I’m going to spend 5,000 plus words trying to lay out the blueprint to follow if you are interested in getting to the core of who a player is and what that might mean for their production in the coming season. Why am I 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 All-Time Best Baseball Video Games & Players
I’ve been trying to keep people engaged the last couple of weeks. Don’t know if I’m having success or not, but I’m trying. Over the weekend I tweeted out (@TheRayFlowers) a bunch of screenshots of my playing Atari 2600 and Nintendo sports games, and they got tons of interaction (here is the list of what…