MLB Seasonal Articles
Should You Handcuff Closers?
The world of baseball is different nowadays than it used to be, particularly on the pitching side of the game. We often talk about those changes in terms of what it has done to the starting pitcher market, but what about relievers? Some teams still have a closer, but many clubs are willing to divvy 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 Player Profile: Jeffrey Springs
Back in 2022, Jeffrey Springs was rocking and rolling with the Rays on his way to a 2.46 ERA and 1.10 WHIP over 33 outings and 25 starts. Then he hurt his arm, had Tommy John surgery, threw less than 50-ininngs the last two years and now finds himself pitching for the Sacramento Athletics. Can 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 Player Profile: Reynaldo Lopez
After years of toiling out of the bullpen, Reynaldo Lopez moved back into the starting rotation last year, with spectacular results. What will the follow up look like in 2025 with the Braves righty? 27 years old Bats/Throws: Left/Left Height/Weight: 6’1”, 170 lbs. Position: Starting Pitcher THE NUMBERS *Stats from Baseball Reference. Baseball AmericaBaseball ProspectusMLB.com2015 49th72nd 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 Price is Too High – Pitchers
This article is about players that are too costly according to their current ADP (based on NFBC ADP since the start of February). It’s not that these guys are bad players, it is just that there is something concerning about them. Perhaps it is their health outlook? Perhaps it is playing time? Are their skills 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 Price is Too High – Outfielders
This article is about players that are too costly according to their current ADP (based on NFBC ADP since the start of February). It’s not that these guys are bad players, it is just that there is something concerning about them. Perhaps it is their health outlook? Perhaps it is playing time? Are their skills 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 Price is Too High – Infielders
This article is about players that are too costly according to their current ADP (based on NFBC ADP since the start of February). It’s not that these guys are bad players, it is just that there is something concerning about them. Perhaps it is their health outlook? Perhaps it is playing time? Are their skills 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 3/7: The Auction Podcast
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 3/7: The Auction Podcast When should you go the extra $1? Who do you nominate? How do you bid? Should you use jump bids? How do you manager your bankroll — Should you to Stars and Scrubs or use a more balanced approach? That and more in this auction 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 Perfect 2025 Draft: Late Pitching
There is no such thing as a perfect fantasy baseball draft. We all like to think that we can accomplish the goal, which is admirable, but it also a moving target that no one can lock down. It’s only in retrospect, when the season is complete, that we can piece today what would have been 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 Perfect 2025 Draft: Middle Pitching
There is no such thing as a perfect fantasy baseball draft. We all like to think that we can accomplish the goal, which is admirable, but it also a moving target that no one can lock down. It’s only in retrospect, when the season is complete, that we can piece today what would have been 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 Perfect 2025 Draft: Early Pitching
There is no such thing as a perfect fantasy baseball draft. Sorry, their ain’t. We all like to think that we can accomplish the goal though, which is admirable, but it also a moving target that no one can lock down. It’s only in retrospect, when the season is complete, that we can piece today 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: Cheap MLB Power
This will be the only time I write the words Aaron Judge or Pete Alonso in this article. This piece will focus on players that the fantasy universe undervalues or is ignoring. Maybe the players are young and risky? Perhaps there is uncertainty with playing time? Perhaps folks just don’t realize the potential that might, 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 ADP Bargains: Pitchers
We are all looking for a bargain. To that end, which fantasy baseball players will outperform their draft day cost in 2025? We will look at a series of MLB players and point out those who appear to be ignored a bit by the majority of fantasy players, if judged by their lowly ADP. 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Changes in 2025
Ray Flowers sifts through the news to find the data points you need to know. Which pitchers have added pitches? Which batters have changed their swings? Which teams have announced their batting orders? All this and more is addressed in this piece. *Clink on the player names to link to the articles discussing all 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.
2025 ADP Bargains: Outfielders
We are all looking for a bargain. To that end, which fantasy baseball players will outperform their draft day cost in 2025? We will look at a series of MLB players and point out those who appear to be ignored a bit by the majority of fantasy players, if judged by their lowly ADP. 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 ADP Bargains: Infielders
We are all looking for a bargain. To that end, which fantasy baseball players will outperform their draft day cost in 2025? We will look at a series of MLB players and point out those who appear to be ignored a bit by the majority of fantasy players, if judged by their lowly ADP. 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 Breakout Pitcher of the Year
More than a decade ago, the year was 2014, I predicted the breakout effort of Corey Kluber before anyone else was talking about him, inaugurating what has become a yearly attempt at predicting which pitcher will greatly outpace their draft day cost. A couple of times over the last decade, the selection for Breakout Pitcher 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: Strong K Rate, High Barrel Rate
Hit the ball a lot, hit it hard… and have success. The game can be pretty simple at times. Seems like combining those two factors should lead to a lot of success in fantasy baseball, no? Let’s start out by defining what we are looking at. WHAT IS A BARREL? Let’s take this right from 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: Exit Velocity
Which batters produced the best, and worst, exit velocity numbers in 2024? Since we knew you would want to know, we put together an article to help you build your fantasy baseball squad with the knowledge you need to choose the players effectively. WHAT TO EXPECT LEAGUE WIDE What happens at each angle degree increase 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: Launch Angle
Batters want to lift the ball because chicks dig the long ball (we also love this trait in fantasy baseball). It’s also how you do the most damage with a bat in your hand and it also just so happens to be how you get paid. This article will focus directly on launch angle 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 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 Free Agents
Ray Flowers keep a running tabulation of where all the MLB free agents this offseason end up. What team, how much money and a quick comment accompany this list so you are aware of where all the players, big and small, end up in 2024. *Note: Bookmark this page as the article will continually 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.
2024 Review: Barrel Rates
Hitting the baseball hard is ideal for an offensive performer. Not all hard-hit balls are the same though as they can be hit on the ground or in the air, so if we move to the next level we end up with a more directly focused type of batted ball – the barrel. WHAT IS 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.
Underdog MLB Best Ball Mid Round Hitters and Pitchers
As the 2025 MLB season approaches, several hitters and pitcher are emerging as potential value in Underdog Best Ball fantasy baseball drafts that you should take a chance with. Here’s a concise overview focusing on key statistics and insights ⏩ Check Out Underdog MLB Best Ball Rankings (2025) ⏪ Hitters Dylan Crews, Washington Nationals Underdog ADP 79 Fantasy 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: ERA Type Leaders
We are all aware of Earned Run Average and how to read it. However, there is a lot of white-noise involved with ERA where so much of what happens that is out of the pitchers control is counted. To that end, a series of ERA like measures have been evented over the years to help 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: K% & BB% Hitters
Making contact matters. Being patient matters. When you put both traits together, more often than not, you end up with a batter who can help you in the batting average and OBP percentage categories. In theory at least, these type of players also should remain more consistent from week-to-week than those that hack away 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 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.