MLB Seasonal Articles
2023: The Biggest MLB Questions Answered
You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers. At least we think we do. Ray Flowers answers some of the biggest, most pressing questions that pertain to the game of fantasy baseball in 2023. IS THERE ANY QUESTION WHO SHOULD BE THE #1 PICK IN FANTASY THIS YEAR? There.Is.None. Actually there is more than one option, depending 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.
2022 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.
2022 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 2022. *Bold/Italics are the direct quotes from last year’s preseason Draft Guide. Will Sandy Alcantara be an SP1 this year? 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 – Gaming Monthly Top picks, tools, futures insights, and 24/7 access to the betting Discord. $59.99 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: 2022 Milestones
Which players were able to hit those milestone markers in 2022 and which guys fell just short of reaching a number that is pretty to the eyes? One: The number of outs away from qualifying for the ERA title by Lucas Giolito. He will not appear on leaderboards as a result. By the way, 44 guys…
Ray’s Rundown 10/8: Reviewing Hitters ADP
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/8: The Final Week The regular fantasy baseball season has been completed. With that, it’s time to do a quick check in to see how we did. You will find a series of writeups breaking down a hit or a miss by division, and there will also be two podcasts along…
Ray’s Rundown 10/15: The 2022 ADP for Pitchers
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/15: The 2022 ADP for Pitchers October 15th, 2022 – The 2022 ADP for Pitchers Last week we touched on the top hitters, so obviously this week we will talk about the pitching side of things. Ray Flowers will open up the top-50 ADP list and give his unfiltered, unrehearsed thoughts on…
2023 PLAYER CAPSULES: RELIEF PITCHER
Ray Flowers will take a look at 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 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 PLAYER CAPSULES: STARTING PITCHER
Ray Flowers will take a look at 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 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 PLAYER CAPSULES: OUTFIELD
Ray Flowers will take a look at 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 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 PLAYER CAPSULES: SHORTSTOP
Ray Flowers will take a look at 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 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 PLAYER CAPSULES: THIRD BASE
Ray Flowers will take a look at 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 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 PLAYER CAPSULES: SECOND BASE
Ray Flowers will take a look at 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 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 PLAYER CAPSULES: FIRST BASE
Ray Flowers will take a look at 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 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 PLAYER CAPSULES: CATCHERS
Ray Flowers will take a look at 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 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: A Three-Way
This one is off the cuff and just whatever comes to my mind as I write this piece on the state of baseball at the close of the 2022 calendar including a series of thoughts on the three-way deal with OAK/ATL/MIL. THE TRADE It’s time for a 3-way. OK, how about a baseball one. 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.
2022 Review: MLB Park Factors
Years ago, we knew a place was a good place to hit or not. It might have been our anecdotal take from games we saw. Maybe it had to do with the distance of the fence from home plate. It might have been because that is just what everyone in the media said. Now, 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: 2022 Review – Homers & Pitchers
In a previous article we talked about the home run and the batter, the natural way to look at the homer question. But what about the men who allow the homer? Which men were blasted by the big fly and which men kept the ball in the yard with high levels of success in 2022? HOMERS…
Ray’s Ramblings: 2022 Review – Homers
As we continue our look around the diamond with some light hearted analysis, it is time to delve in to the homer. This piece will look at the homer for batters while a following piece will look at the big fly and the pitcher. HOMER LEADERS NameTeamGPASLGISOHRAaron JudgeNYY1576960.6860.37562Kyle SchwarberPHI1556690.5040.28646Pete AlonsoNYM1606850.5180.24640Mike TroutLAA1194990.6300.34740Austin RileyATL1596930.5280.25538Yordan AlvarezHOU1355610.6130.30637Christian WalkerARI1606670.4770.23536Paul GoldschmidtSTL1516510.5780.26035Mookie BettsLAD1426390.5330.26435Rowdy TellezMIL1535990.4610.24235Matt…
Ray’s Ramblings: 2022 Review – Getting On Base
Ultimately, the name of the game in baseball is to win games. You do that by accomplishing a lot of things through the course of nine innings, but if we boil everything down to the basics, what are we left with? The single more important thing in baseball is… the out. Once you are out…
Ray’s Ramblings: Negatives – Loses & Blown Saves
We often celebrate the success of player in the game of fantasy baseball, but we also need, or at least some of us want, to celebrate the toilet bowl efforts as well. This will be a quick look at who picked up the loss or the blown save with the most frequency in 2022. THE LOSS Here…
Ray’s Ramblings: Troubles & Movies
This one might be a day late and a dollar short, but if you are still looking for a few good scares with Halloween gone, I’ve got some flicks for you to watch. There’s also baseball talk in here as we review Troubles for 2022. WHERE DID THE IDEA COME FROM? Years ago, I glanced at my…
Ray’s Ramblings: 2022 World Series Preview
It’s time for a quick preview of the upcoming 2022 World Series against the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies. Some quick hitting data points to get your whistle ready to blow as we head into November baseball. https://twitter.com/slangsonsports/status/1586086412012687363 The Astros won 106 games this season while the Phillies won 87. That is the second largest games won…
Review: 2022 Bullpen Talk
Who did what when it came to the saves column in 2022? Let’s review the men who excelled, or at least posted, double digit saves totals this season. 40 SAVES NameTeamWLSVGIPK/9BB/9HR/9LOB%ERAxERAFIPxFIPEmmanuel ClaseCLE34427772.29.541.240.3772.30%1.361.971.982.18Kenley JansenATL5241656411.953.091.1376.10%3.382.343.213.46 There were two men with 40 saves: Emmanuel Clase 42 and Kenley Jansen 41. That was Clase’s first season of 25 saves and the fourth…
Review: Top-40 Rookies in 2022
Way back in Januay we tried to predict the unpredictable - the top-40 rookies for the coming season in fantasy baseball. Here is a review of that list wtih comment. Remember, playing the rookie game is something we all love to do each year, but the returns are far from certain. RANKPLAYERTEAMPOSCOMMENTS1Bobby Witt Jr.KCSS/OFWas a…