MLB Seasonal Articles
From the Gut – Early Hitting Trends
Every week of April can feature words of advice about not panicking, but as I mentioned in last week’s column, it’s in our nature as fantasy baseball managers. The number of injuries through the first two weeks appear to be staggering. Those feeling on top of the world after Mike Clevinger’s first two starts were 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 3
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.
Ray’s Ramblings: FAAB Run Week 2
I’m gonna take a moment to go through the FAAB bidding in five experts leagues. There were some aggressive bids on players that I think were overspends, and plenty a player added on the cheap that could turn out to be a bargain. Did the spending in your leagues mirror what the pros did this 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: Hitters – Stop The Panic
I keep getting the same question, over and over. I keep answering the question the same way, over and over, but it still comes. In fact, I answer the same question at this time of year, every year, and yet it still comes, over and over. What question is that? Do I drop Player 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Hot/Cold: Pitchers – Stop the Panic
Now is the time of year for panic. Did you make a bad draft pick? Is that ascending star someone you missed on? Should you make one or two moves, or perhaps overturn a good deal of your roster? I keep preaching patience, in the face of the overwhelming desire for folks to change seemingly 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 3
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 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 – 04/06
Ray Flowers talks about patience, bullpens, waiver wire hitters and fast starting pitchers in 2019? (1) Patience. (2) Lindor/Ramirez CLE danger zone. (3) Review of Spencer Turnbull, Max Fried, E-Rod, Darvish, Boyd, Sale, Zimmermann, Shoemaker, Junis. (4) Bullpen updates. (5) Waiver-Wire: Swanson, Ketel Marte, Christian Walker, Alex Gordon, Wong, Nick Markakis, Vogelbach and 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.
Injury/Playing Time Report – Week 2
It’s early, we’re just in the second week of the Major League season, but we’re already inundated by injuries. 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 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: Turnbull, Teheran, Fried
It’s time to look at some arms, and the bat of Dansby Swanson. On the hill, Spencer Turnbull, Tyler Mahle, Jordan Lyles and Max Fried starred. At the opposite end of the success train, Eduardo Rodriguez and Yu Darvish are fighting it. Matt Harvey always is. Right in the middle, as always, is Julio Teheran. 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 Catcher Review – April 5th
Just as we’re taking an in-depth look at bullpen with our BURR metric, we will breakdown the catcher’s position at Fantasy Guru. Normally we just worry about the offensive side of the game, but as we move to the next level of analysis we’re looking more and more at the importance defensive side of 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Boyd, Sale, Walker
Matt Boyd has made history in his first two starts of 2019 with massive strikeout totals. Where have those punchouts come from? Can he sustain the pace? Is it worth paying a premium to add the lefty to your fantasy squad? Last week, Mr. Flowers wrote about Chris Sale and all the concerns with his 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 Closer Chart – April 4, 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.
From the Gut – Don’t Panic
We eat, sleep and breathe. We are human. We’ve also spent months preparing for our drafts and couldn’t wait for the regular season to start. That is why as fantasy players, our inherent reaction to a slow start to our fantasy teams is to panic. I’m here to tell you not to do that. It’s 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 2
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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Turner Hurt, Brewers Staff
Trea Turner suffered a broken finger which will shelve him for a good amount of time. Who could you turn to in order to try and stop the tears you’re likely dealing with after losing your first round pick? Ray Flowers has some ideas as to who might be available to help you up 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 Ramblings: Andujar, Padres, Urias
The Yankees suffered another injury, this one a potentially significant blow to Miguel Andujar. The Padres have a plan at catcher an in the outfield – we think. Maybe. Dexter Fowler injuries his foot. Some hurlers or note are also broken down, names like Archer, Castillo, Duplantier, Kelly, Karns, Norris, Nova and Julio Urias. Speaking 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 2
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.
Ray’s Ramblings: DL and FAAB
Stanton heads to the DL with a biceps issue. What should we make of Clint Frazier who has been called up? Wendle heads to the DL for the Rays. Who steps up in Florida? Correa is back and playing for the Astros. Ray also breaks down the FAAB results of five of his leagues. What 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 – 04/01
Ray Flowers talks (1) – Chris Sale, (2) – Sample Sizes in Skills Not Results, (3) – Muncy out FR against lefty. Others losing PT including Hunter Renfroe, Rockies McMahon/Hampson, Tyler White, Curtis Granderson, Brandon Lowe (4) – Add/Drops: Beckham, Kike Hernandez, Joc Pederson, Austin Barnes, Jung Ho Kang / Brad Keller, Taylor Rogers, Eric 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.
Hot/Cold 2019: Week 2
It’s early, so let’s talk about sample sizes this week in the Hot & Cold article. Ray will discuss how much time is needed before you should be leaping to conclusions. Ray will discuss Bruce/Dozier and their “slow” starts. Then Ray will talk about a few men that had solid starts to the season and 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.
Vlad’s FAAB Values – Week 2
CLOSERS – Don’t be one of those guys who overspend on someone who just nabbed one save (Ian Kennedy, Taylor Rogers, Mike Wright) unless you truly believe they are going to be the guy all year. That won’t be the case with any of them. It’ll be a committee in KC and MIN for sure. 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.
2019 Player Profiles: Preseason Review
As we get going with the full-on start of the regular season, it’s time to ramp up our increasing attention on individual players and what the expectations should be for their performance in the coming campaign. In order to put all the data in one spot, so you don’t have to search through all 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: Please Do Not Panic
It’s early, but that doesn’t mean folks are unconcerned with their teams. On Opening Day, the questions were hot and heavy, especially revolving around three names – Tim Beckham, Taylor Rogers and Chris Sale. What does The Oracle think? He will obviously share his ideas. Ray will also touch on some early lineup changes involving 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.
Opening Day Thoughts: Eloy & Tatis
It’s the real Opening Day for Major League Baseball in 2019, and it’s about damn time. Gone are the days of endlessly debating which player to take in the second round and our incessant need to constantly analyze ADP data. We can finally start to move into the realm of the real as the 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.