MLB Seasonal Articles
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, May 13th
Bassitt has been impressive for the A’s. Freeland, hasn’t for the Rockies. What are the concerns with German of the Yankees? Are there any? Two veteran lefties – Gio Gonzalez and J.A. Happ – are getting outs. Miley is getting tons of outs too, but how? Minor and Odorizzi are having extremely effective starts 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
2019 Player Profile: Jordan Lyles
Jordan Lyles was a non-entity in the fantasy game some eight weeks ago. Now, after seven starts, his numbers leap off the page to the point that he must be factored into the mix in the fantasy game. Is his blazing start a flash in the pan? Does the right have actual staying power, or 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.
MLB Weekly Preview: May 13-19
Jeff Mans and I were sitting around the metaphorical campfire, singing “Kumbaya” and talking about baseball, the future of the fantasy business and days of old. He reflected upon his Fantasy Alarm days and then, Eureka! Like a flash of lightning, the thought sprung from his mind… the MLB Weekly Preview. For those of you…
Vlad’s FAAB Values – Week 8
Welcome to my weekly Free Agent Acquisition Bidding/Budget (FAAB) column where my goal is to have you confidently prepared to acquire the hitters and pitchers off free agency or waivers to make your team better. Like most everything else in life, you get out what you put in. Those quickly slapping one- and two-dollar bids 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.
Ray’s Rundown – 05/11
Ray Flowers discusses the following. Vlad Guerrero’s struggles vs. expectations. The same with Eloy Jimenez. What to make of Adalberto Mondesi’s amazing start? Dee Gordon avoids IL. Mike Zunino to IL – how to handle filling that catcher spot? Waiver-wire HITTERS (Dickerson, Dietrich, Healy, La Stella, Pence, Profar, Sano) and PITCHERS (Alcantara, Cubs bullpen, Fiers, 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.
Week 7: Doing the Splits
There’s a lotta data to go over when it comes to the fantasy baseball season. Some of the data is important. Some of it is interesting. Some of it is, well, less than needed in many instances. That said, we’re going to, from time to time, hit on some split info that might be interesting 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.
2019 Player Profile: Lucas Giolito
A former first round draft pick, Lucas Giolito was at one point the top right-handed pitching prospect in all of baseball. Early in his professional career, Giolito tore his UCL and had Tommy John surgery in 2012. Since that point, his stuff has never quite returned to pre-surgery levels, and he has shown a maddening 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, May 10th
Let’s look at the arms. Canning has been sharp for the Angels. Darvish – what can be said about his wretched pitching to this point? Flaherty is on the cusp of becoming the pitcher he was drafted to be. Foltynewicz has been troubling when on the hill this year. Gibson, no one talks about, but 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.
Week 7: Vlad, Alonso, Mondesi & More
Vlad Guerrero has struggled to this point. Is there anything to be overly worried about? Peter Alonso was great. Now the game of adjustments has started and it’s caused him to slow of late. The Mariners need infield help and that means J.P. Crawford and/or Shed Long might be of value in the fantasy game. 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.
2019 Player Profile: Luke Weaver
Thirteen months ago, the fantasy community was giddy with excitement about Luke Weaver, then of the Cardinals. I wasn’t in that boat, and hopefully you listened to that advice instead of the industry wide opinion as Weaver just wasn’t any good last season. Traded to the Diamondbacks in the massive Paul Goldschmidt deal this offseason, 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.
The Closer Chart – May 9th, 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, May 8th
Ray Flowers takes a gander at the men who make their living tossing the ball at the men at the dish. Buehler has been healthy, but only so-so to this point. Chacin is trending. Is there anything to see? Cole had dealt with some homer issues of late. Gausman has started, finally, to really throw 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.
BURR 2019: Week 7
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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
From the Gut – K%, BB% and HH% Leaders
This week, let’s take a look at some starting pitcher metrics to see if we can identify whether some of these rates are sustainable or just mirages. I’ll run through K%, BB% and HH% top 10. Strikeout Percentage Gerritt Cole (HOU) – 37.2% Blake Snell (TBR) – 35.2% Caleb Smith (MIA) – 34.8% James 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, May 7th
These are the names that are discussed in this piece: Clay Buchholz, Zach Eflin, Domingo German, J.A. Happ, Kenta Maeda, Frankie Montas, Jake Odorizzi, Rick Porcello, Erik Swanson, Julio Teheran, Justin Verlander and Spencer Turnbull. Which guys are going in the right direction? Which of the hurlers are showing signs of potential danger around 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Prospect Watch 2019: Week 7
Each week we will try to give a quick update on each of the top-40 minor leaguers that could help out in the fantasy game in 2019. Of course, there is an element of uncertainty with all of this as we never quite know when a team will decide to call up a youngster or 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.
Week 7: Expected Stats & More
It’s time to look at some numbers. Ray Flowers will look at both sides of the baseball, hitters and pitchers, and dig up some interesting data that fellas are tossing out there at the moment. On the hitting side, Ray breaks down barrel rates, exit velocity and 95-mph batted balls. There’s also a section talking 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Ramirez, Senzel, Bryant
With this slow start, are the days of Jose Ramirez being a fantasy force gone? Speaking of his struggles, what about those of Kris Bryant? Is the Cubs former superstar also in a rut that he can’t extricate himself from? What are the Reds doing with phenom Nick Senzel? Shohei Ohtani is on the precipice 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.
Hot/Cold: Week 7
The last two weeks there has been a lot of change in the performance of a whole host of hitters. Some guys who started off hot, have since slowed. Conversely, some who started slowly have started to pick things up. You know Ray, he’s way more negative than positive, so the majority of the piece 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 Weekly Preview: May 6-12
Jeff Mans and I were sitting around the metaphorical campfire, singing “Kumbaya” and talking about baseball, the future of the fantasy business and days of old. He reflected upon his Fantasy Alarm days and then, Eureka! Like a flash of lightning, the thought sprung from his mind… the MLB Weekly Preview. For those of you…
Ray’s Rundown – 05/04
WANT TO GET OUR SEASON LONG PRODUCT, EVERYTHING WE DO FOR SEASONAL BASEBALL, FOR JUST $19.99? LISTEN TO LEARN HOW. (1) Talking more about accidentally dropping a player – Tout Table. (2) Being honest with fantasy advice – giving you the straight scoop. (3) Assessing where your fantasy squad is after a month. (4) Reviewing 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 7
SUNDAY UPDATE: Closers * Shawn Kelley (RH/TEX) – He’s going to garner the highest bids given he’s the shiny new toy and since LeClerc has been temporarily displaced from the ninth-inning role. He’s a 35-year-old vet playing a bit over his head right now (1.29 ERA, 3.89 xFIP) and *could* certainly hold the job all year, 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.
Injury/Playing Time Report – Week 6
Every time you look up, it seems likely someone is being removed from a game with some sort of physical malady. As Jeff Mans pointed out in this tweet, the DL was used nearly 700 times last season, and we sure seem on our way to another obnoxiously huge number in 2019. Ray reviews some 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, May 3rd
Is Corey Kluber done for the year? Bumgarner has been better than many think. What the hell are the Rays doing in the 9th inning? Do they even know? DeSclafani has had a really nice start to his season. Not so much Fiers. Duffy is back on the hill, but does that matter? Lester just 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.