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Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 11/14: Looking at the MLB Awards Ray Flowers takes a look at the Rookie of the Year, Cy Young and MVP races. Who won? Did they deserve to win? What did you think? Yep, Ray will go over the polls he ran were you voiced your thoughts on the awards.
Who won the CY Young Awards this season and what did the vote totals look like? Ditto on the Rookie of the Year awards. Mr. Flowers also breaks down the Qualifying offer by reporting on the two men who accepted and the four who turned it down to become free agents. CY YOUNG WINNERS Trevor Bauer won…
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 11/9: The DH, a Signing & Personal Notes Will there be a universal DH in baseball moving forward? Robbie Ray signs a 1-year deal with the Blue Jays. There are now at least nine positive Covid people with the Dodgers organization. Former Astros’ GM Jeff Luhnow is now suing the…
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 11/7: Does Anyone Care Anymore? Does baseball care anymore? Ray Flowers is coming in hot on a myriad of topics. MLB gives Justin Turner a free pass. Cora/Hinch pay no real penalty – are managers again. Francisco Lindor to be dealt? Trey Mancini back to swinging a bat. Shohei Ohtani…
Get ready for the cavalcade of love for Vlad Guerrero after he lost weight. The Mets signed a couple of former speedsters in Mallex and Peraza. The Twins might drop Rosario? He is appreciably different as a producer than Ozuna? What are some of the highlights from the Gold Gloves in 2020? GUERRERO GETTING IN SHAPE Vlad…
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 11/2: Contracts, Free Agency & More Talking about the qualifying offers that were extended this season. The recipients were LeMahieu, Springer, Bauer, Realmuto, Stroman and Gausman. The last two were surprising. There were also a plethora of other contract scenarios that played themselves out over the week with names like…
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/31: Looking At Free Agency Ray Flowers takes a look at the free agent market. Not only does he profile some of the bigger names that are available at each position, but he also discusses the overall landscape that could involve many players being mighty upset when they see the…
The Dodgers are the World Champions. Ray Flowers takes a look at some final notes on the Dodgers, and Rays, as we put a bow on the 2020 season. There’s also a couple of notes in here about free agency – with Hand and Wong being examples of the changing economic times for baseball in…
Punchouts are a huge piece of the puzzle with arms. The ability to miss bats has never been more significant than it is at this point in time. Seems like everywhere you look there are strikeouts. Who performed the best in the K/9 category? Who didn’t show up? Let’s review the 2020 season. *Further work on…
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/26: Qualifying Offers & More The Dodgers are one win away from winning the 2020 World Series. Ray Flowers talks the homer, the steal of home, Mr. Arozarena and the legacy of Clayton Kershaw. Then he looks back at the increasing strikeout totals in MLB and which pitchers were at…
Punchouts are a huge piece of the puzzle with arms. The ability to miss bats has never been more significant than it is at this point in time. Seems like everywhere you look there are strikeouts. Who performed the best in the K/9 category? Who didn’t show up? Let’s review the 2020 season. *Further work on…
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/24: Qualifying Offers & More What is a qualifying offer? Who is gonna get one? Ray talks about the players who are involved in the one-year scenario. He also touches on the projection systems that everyone seems to be talking about on social media. He also mentions his recent work…
We’re approaching Halloween, though of course it will not be the same this year. Something that is the same as always is the oddities of postseason pitching. I’ll touch on that in here, as well as a hitting on a bunch of players that simply aren’t hitting. There’s also some reporting on some free agents,…
Back in the preseason I wrote about Troubles and why you should care about it in the fantasy game. I know no one uses the category, but I still like it as a way to look at those players who tend to slip through the cracks in the 5x5 games (much less so in points…
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/19: 2020 Playoff Review The World Series matchup is set. How did we get to the Rays and Dodgers? Ray talks about the MVP’s – Arozarena and Seager. Did you notice all the pitchers being pulled early (i.e. Charlie Morton)? What about all the home runs? How historic was the…
The most important thing for a pitcher is to get an out. The most important thing for a batter is to avoid making an out. Sounds completely stupid to break it down in such simplistic form, but that doesn’t make it any less accurate. To that end, let’s explore the players that were best at…
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/17: Looking Back at Relievers in 2020 Finishing up our review of the top-50 players at each position, Ray Flowers takes a look at the men who close out games. How did these guys perform in 2020? Predictably, it was yet another rocky ride for the men in the bullpen.
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/12: Starting Pitching in 2020 Ray Flowers looks at the average draft position data at the starting pitcher position in 2020. There were successes and fails, but there were a crazy amount of misses in the top-10 at the starting pitcher position in the just completed campaign.
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/10: Looking Back at 3B, SS, OF Ray Flowers breaks down the top-50 players, by ADP, for the 2020 season. In this podcast he takes a look at the third base, shortstop and outfield positions. How did "we" do with our predictions for the position?
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…
It sounds like the 2021 Qualifying Offer will be a 1-year, $18.9 million deal. Mr. Flowers gives some notes on the players that are eligible for the offer this offseason. Ray also touches on some relevant playoff info. Well, at least it is interesting stuff. THE QUALIFYING OFFER Sounds like the QO will be worth $18.9 million…
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…