MLB Seasonal Articles
How to Analyze a Pitcher – Year 7
This is the seventh year of this piece dissecting how to analyze pitchers in fantasy baseball. This article is, if you will, the secret sauce you should be using to breakdown the outlook of hurlers. Removing all the white noise, this piece will attempt to describe the framework that is needed to understand who 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 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: Rankings, Rankings, Rankings
People love rankings. Who is the best at this or that? Who screwed up the worst at this or that? Who is the best of all-time? You know what we mean. However, unlike the other websites that make you click on page, after page, after page to find out the answers, we’re just going 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.
2024 Fantasy Baseball Category Targets
At the draft, we like to know the numbers we need to be targeting to win. Whether you use a computer program or paper and pencil, knowing what milestones in each fantasy category we should be targeting is useful. This piece will help you to set that baseline. Note that these numbers are predicated on 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: On-Base Percentage Rankings
Even though its 2024, the overwhelming majority of fantasy baseball leagues still use batting average as one of the categories for hitters. If you’re ready to take the next step, to better reward players who are better on offense for their talents, then there is no time like the present to add on-base percentage 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.
2024: Dependability Grades
This article isn’t about how many base hits a guy will produce. Nor is it about how many home runs a player will hit or about how many strikeouts the pitcher will produce. The piece isn’t even going to try and predict the at-bat or innings pitched totals of the players either. So, what 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.
2024: Speed Grades
This article isn’t about how many stole bases a player had in 2023 or what they will record in 2024. This article isn’t about predicting how you should be drafting fast players in 2024. This article IS about who has the best speed in the game. We aren’t concerned with defensive position. We aren’t concerned 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: Power Grades
We’re talking about pure, unadulterated power here. This article/ranking setup isn’t about how many homeruns a player will hit in 2024. This article isn’t about predicting how you should draft players in 2024. This article IS about who has the best power stroke in the game. Chicks dig the long ball. We learned that years 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 MLB: Post-Hype Sleepers
I hate the title of this article. There are no sleepers anymore, unless we are talking about guys with an ADP in the 400’s as everyone knows who everyone is these days. I also don’t buy into “hype” guys either, but the title serves a purpose. When you read it, you knew exactly the type 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 MLB Last Years Bums: Pitchers
Which hurlers disappointed in 2023 and are, in theory at least, set to improve in 2024? We will try to avoid listing players that listed copious amount of game action with injury, since they are hit you in the face obvious calls. So here is a discussion of the misses on the hill from last 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 MLB Last Years Bums: Hitters
Which guys were expected to do good things last season but simply didn’t? Which of these hitters have a solid chance to improve their performance in 2024? Which don’t seem like great rebound candidates? Note that, for the most part, we will ignore the obvious players who missed a lot of time last season due 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 MLB Rookie Scouting Report: Pitchers
Rookie performance is nearly impossible to predict, a fact we hit up on the historical study of rookie that you can find in this guide. this offseason. The can’t miss kid could – miss – while someone we are barely talking about in the preseason could end up the bell of the ball and win 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 MLB Rookie Scouting Report: Hitters
Rookie performance is nearly impossible to predict, a fact we hit up on the historical study of rookie that you can find in this guide. this offseason. The can’t miss kid could – miss – while someone we are barely talking about in the preseason could end up the bell of the ball and win 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: The History of MLB Rookie Production
I have spent more than two decades warning people about the perils of drafting and depending upon first year players in fantasy baseball. This study, going on 11 years, unequivocally produces data to suggest that we are terrible at the rookie prospecting games. Sure there are hits, we will get to that, but the data 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.
Review: The Top-50 Rookies for 2023
Before we move forward, we always should look back. Predicting rookie success is always a dicey proposition, and that roller coaster ride is part of the every year experience in fantasy baseball. In this piece we will do just that focusing on the youngsters that were in our preseason top-50 for rookie eligible players 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.
2024 MLB Rankings Per Category: Pitchers
In our quest to provide you the most relevant tools to help you to gain an edge on your competition, we’ve created multiple personalized avenues in 2024. Let’s quickly detail what those areas are. First off, we have our rankings page where you can find Mixed, AL/NL Only Rankings and Auction Values. Second, those rankings pages include 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: MLB’s Biggest Questions Answered
Fantasy baseball in 2024 is all about rankings. We totally get that. Still, there is more to baseball than spreadsheets, so in this piece we will attempt to answer some of the burning questions you likely have heading into the coming campaign. Can Ronald Acuna repeat his historically excellent season? Acuna, it can be argued, 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.
2023 Review: What Went Right?
This is the article where Ray Flowers, the know it all, gets to say ‘I told you so.’ Don’t worry though, there’s another article where he also admits all the mistakes, he made in 2023. *Bold/Italics are the direct quotes from last year’s preseason Draft Guide. Each year I predict the Breakout Pitcher 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 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.
2023 Review: What Went Wrong?
Many folks think Ray never admits when he is wrong, but they are, in fact, wrong. Every year, Ray looks back at the just completed season to see where he was right and wrong. This is the article where he takes about his mistakes/misses from the previous season. *Bold/Italics are the direct quotes from last 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.
2023: Year in Review
At the end of the 2023 fantasy baseball season, Ray Flowers reviewed what went down in a series of articles, podcasts and videos. Here are links to all those works so you can play catch up for 2024. ARTICLES I Led Baseball But No One Noticed. Letdowns in 2023. What are TROUBLES and who led 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.
What Is Wrong With Fantasy Baseball in 2024?
In what has become an evergreen piece here at FantasyGuru, Ray Flowers shares his thoughts on where the game of fantasy baseball currently resides. Is everything OK with game of fantasy baseball? Clearly there are issues to address given the title of this piece and what appears to be the general apathy in the community. 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 MLB Dynasty League Rankings
We have all kinds of rankings at Fantasy Guru for the 2024 season, all kinds, but what if you are looking a bit further down the road than that? If you looking into the future, we have you covered there as well. Before we get to those dynasty rankings, a point of clarification. People send 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 MLB Rankings Per Category: Hitters
In our quest to provide you the most relevant tools to help you to gain an edge on your competition, we’ve created multiple personalized avenues in 2024. Let’s quickly detail what those areas are. First off, we have our rankings page where you can find Mixed, AL/NL Only Rankings and Auction Values. Second, those rankings pages include 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 PLAYER CAPSULES: Relief Pitcher
Ray Flowers reviews the top-25 performers at all the positions last year, based on the readily available ESPN Player Rater, and give some quick hitting thoughts as to their outlook in 2023. These are the short player capsules we all grew up loving. Look out for the Player Profile Series later in the preseason where we spend 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 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 PLAYER CAPSULES: Starting Pitcher
Ray Flowers reviews the top-25 performers at all the positions last year, based on the readily available ESPN Player Rater, and give some quick hitting thoughts as to their outlook in 2023. These are the short player capsules we all grew up loving. Look out for the Player Profile Series later in the preseason where we spend 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 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.