MLB Seasonal Articles
2015 Review: Who to Target & Avoid
Let’s keep the party going. Each day I’ve been jumping in the old time machine to take a look at seasons past (by the way, I recently re-watched Hot Tub Time Machine and it was hilarious, that is if you like that kind of humor, and I do). In this piece, we are up 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.
2020 Player Profile: Danny Santana
After years of being a flat out nobody, Danny Santana became a somebody last season. He went from waiver-wire’s everywhere to becoming a near 30/20 performer for the Rangers increasing his visibility from nothing to something. What does he do for a follow up now that the lights of the fantasy baseball universe are shining 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 3/29: The Top-50 Relievers
The Top-50 Relievers Ray Flowers, rapid-fire, gives his unfiltered thoughts on the top-50 relief pitchers in baseball according to NFBC ADP data from the month of March. No notes, no planning, just Ray looking at the list of arms and firing out his opinions on each hurler. Overvalued? Undervalued? A must draft? Should you avoid? 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 ADP Market Report 9
We are in the second full week of this new era of quarantine and the possibility of no 2020 season. Though I am not denying the reality of what is going on, I’ll be dammed if I’m going to lose hope or the fire inside about us getting MLB games this year. It might be 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 3/28: The Top-50 Starting Pitchers
The Top-50 Starting Pitchers Ray Flowers, rapid-fire, gives his unfiltered thoughts on the top-50 starting pitchers in baseball according to NFBC ADP data from the month of March. No notes, no planning, just Ray looking at the list of arms and firing out his opinions on each hurler. Overvalued? Undervalued? A must draft? Should you 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.
2020 Player Profile: Aaron Civale
Last season the Indians called on Aaron Civale to make 10 starts and he was extremely effective posting a 2.34 ERA. Some folks are all-on on Civale this season as a result. Is Ray Flowers in that group, and more importantly, should you be? 24 years old Bats/Throws: Right/Right Height/Weight: 6’2”, 215 lbs. Position: Starting 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.
2020 Player Profile: Danny Jansen
Drafted inside the top-200 last season as a strong second catcher or potential low end C1, Danny Jansen was a monumental disappointment. He started out on fire this spring rekindling hope that perhaps his offensive game is in a play at a difference making level in ’20. Let’s explore the correct place for Jansen in 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.
2014: Who to Target & Avoid
Looking back at the 2014 preseason, I made some predictions on players that were being pushed up drafted boards and overvalued, as well as hitting on some guys that weren’t getting the pub that they deserved. How did the Oracle do in 2014 – was his crystal ball sharp or was it on the fritz? 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 3/26- Ray’s First Fantasy League & Mailbag
Ray’s First Fantasy League & Mailbag Ray Flowers will talk about his very first fantasy baseball league. How was it set up? Who participated? How did it spawn his love for fantasy sports? After that discussion, Ray will answer a host of your questions including: How worried should you be about Houston players? When will 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.
2013: MLB Rankings Review
In our continuing look back to the past, we will sit down to take a look at a series of picks and pans that I tossed out there for the 2013 fantasy baseball season for The Fantasy Baseball Guide. How did I do? Were the results and embarrassment or a success? Read on to find 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: Tout Wars Draft & Hold Breakdown
The 2020 season marked my fourth year as a member of the prestigious Tout Wars community. For those who don’t know about it, Tout Wars is a set of fantasy baseball experts’ leagues that have been running since 1997 and were featured in the 2010 documentary Fantasyland. It includes a mixed league draft, a mixed auction, an AL auction,…
2012: Top 50 Fantasy Prospects
Back before the 2012 season began, we ranked players based upon their expected level of performance, in the fantasy game, for the year to come. How did we do? Did we whiff? Were there some hits? It’s always fascinating, at least to the author, to look back the list of high-end youngsters each year 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.
Ray’s Rundown – 3/24: Ray’s Ramblings – Week 1 Review
Ray’s Ramblings – Week 1 Review (1) Chris Sale, Tyler Beede & Andres Munoz have TJ surgery. Rich Hill update. Shohei Ohtani update. Miles Mikolas update. (2) PITCHING EARLY Reds to use 6-man rotation? (3) Yordan Alvarez to play more in the field. (4) Isiah Kiner-Falefa to have a significant role? (5) Spencer Howard has 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.
2010: MLB Rankings Review
I’ve always had opinions on players. I’m always critical of myself as well. I’m also more than willing, despite what some folks think, to admit when I’ve made mistakes, just as I do at the start of every season when I admit What Went Wrong. I might be more than a decade late at looking 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: Best Fantasy Seasons Ever – Pitchers
With all the talk about how amazing guys like Christian Yelich and Cody Bellinger have been this season, I thought I would take a look back at efforts of yesteryear that have been stupendous fantasy offerings. I could go back to 1990, or maybe even 1980, to limit the answers to the actual era of 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 ADP Market Report 8
Despite the uncertainty of when major league baseball will resume, the Market Report column marches on! Last week, I promised a whole new world of valuations and sharp market movement with many of the players expected to start on IL to soar their way up ADP now that our best-case scenario is a 100-game season. 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: Best Fantasy Seasons Ever – Hitters
With all the talk about how amazing guys like Christian Yelich and Cody Bellinger have been this season, I thought I would take a look back at efforts of yesteryear that have been stupendous fantasy offerings. I could go back to 1990, or maybe even 1980, to limit the answers to the actual era of 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
2020 Player Profile: J.D. Davis
J.D. Davis was not a sought-after commodity last season, and the Mets didn’t play him every day all year in his first season with the club. However, he played a lot, hit a lot too, and it seems that he is squarely in their plans as we await the start of the 2020 MLB season. 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 – 3/20: Pitchers that Could Surprise
Pitchers That Could Surprise In this podcast, Ray Flowers talked about those hurlers who are being drafted late, or not at all, that might end up offering more value than the general population thinks in 2020. Just who are some of those mighty arms that could lead you to the Promised Land you might ask? 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.
2020 Player Profile: Chris Archer
The Pirates blew it when the acquired Chris Archer from the Rays in a deal that cost them both Tyler Glasnow and Austin Meadows. That’s not Archer’s fault. What is in his control is that he’s really never taken his game to the expected heights despite some impressive raw stuff. Will anything change in 2020 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: A Wrinkle in Time
This was the week. This would have been the time of the year I’d be finalizing projections and printing out my VDP cheat sheet, getting ready to go on my ‘trip of the year’ – the NFBC live drafts. Las Vegas, Nevada where I’d be catching up with dozens upon dozens of old friends with whom…
Ray’s Rundown – 3/19 The Position Battles- Pitchers
The Position Battles – Pitchers Ray Flowers breaks down a host of scenarios where there is uncertainty about how the playing time will break down. This is the edition that will look at the pitchers on the hill. D’BACKS 4/5 spots (Gallen, Kelly, Weaver, Young), DODGERS 4/5 spots (Urias/Wood/May/Gonsolin/Stripling), CARDINALS 5th spot (Flaherty/Martinez/Hudson/Wainwright/Mikolas/Kim), METS (deGrom/Syndergaard/Stroman/Porcello/Matz/Wacha), BRAVES 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.
2020 Player Profile: Kevin Gausman
For years I pushed Kevin Gausman as I was swayed by the pedigree and talent. It seemed like he was on the precipice of success after his 2016 season, but he took a step back in 2017 and has never really recovered. Still, he intrigued last season with a huge strikeout increase and now the 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 – 3/18 The Position Battles- Players
The Position Battles – Players Ray Flowers breaks down a host of scenarios where there is uncertainty about how the playing time will break down. This is the edition that will look at the players on the field. ROCKIES MI (McMahon/Hampson/Rodgers), BRAVES 3B (Camargo/Riley), WHITE SOX 2B (Garcia/Madrigal), NATIONALS INF (Cabrera/Castro/Kendrick/Kieboom), ROYALS 1B (O’Hearn/McBroom), ATHLETICS 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.