MLB Seasonal Articles
Ray’s Ramblings: What Ya Need to Know
What is going on with Acuna and Rizzo? On the bump, who should you be turning to: Marquez, Kluber, Manaea, Lodolo, German or… ? HITTINGWe talked yesterday about Ronald Acuna, but here is a further report on his knee. “They explained to me that this is just going to be part of the procedure 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 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: Monday Musings
Tattoos. Forearms. On fire bats. Usable arms. There’s plenty to discuss as the NFL season carries on, and we will hit a little bit of this and that in this piece. HITTING Ronald Acuna (knee) should return tomm. Acuña expects to be back in the lineup on Tuesday. The Braves decided it would be best 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 MLB FAAB Values: Week 21
Working the waiver-wire is one of the most important skills a fantasy player needs if they want to hoist the championship trophy at years end. To that end, we will do what we can to help you to navigate the pitfalls and dangers on a weekly basis. It is impossible to craft a list for 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 8/27: Exciting Times Ahead
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 8/27: Exciting Times Ahead Ray Flowers starts off by talking about the Bettor Sports Network, the new, FREE, fantasy sports radio channel. He discusses how things will change down the stretch in baseball and moving into 2023. Talking the waiver-wire: Flaherty, Cavalli, Langeliers, Grandal, Campusano, Mancini, Pujols, Solano, Longoria, Gunnar 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 Rookie Review – Week 21
Every week we will take a look at the first-year players in fantasy baseball as well as those that might still be in the minors. Which of the rookies looks good, which is struggling and which appear to be on the cusp of getting a shot to show their skills at the big-league level? C.J. 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: You Do You
Guys are getting paid, with Julio Rodriguez the next winner of life changing money. On the hitting side we have a couple of veterans who are streaking in the second half… and then we have Taylor Ward. On the mound, the Astros have a new closer and a revamped rotation. There’s also talk about two 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: Wavering Health & Performance
More bad news? Sure, there is some of that in here, but that is life in Fantasy Baseball 2022. There are also notes on some streaking players who might be primed for a pickup for a short ride in your starting lineup. C.J. Cron had another 0-for last night to drop his batting average 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Good & Bad Arms
Who is hurt? Who is surging? Who is slumping? Where do names like Bello, Berrios, Webb, Singer and Luzardo fit into that bucket of performance? Also, just how good is Framber Valdez? Read on to find out. Shane Baz (elbow) is ready to ramp things up. #Rays Baz (elbow) said last check up went well 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: Players in the News
Are we approaching liftoff for Gunnar? Fernando Tatis is in the news again. What’s the work on Kopech? Is Yelich really that bad? Who leads baseball in homers since 2018? Hint – he’s hit four homers in five games. Who is this Meneses guy? Why aren’t we talking more about the Guardian who is batting 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: Arms, Big & Small
Justin Verlander was pulled from a no-hitter. Yu Darvish is having a child. Michael Kopech is hurt. Frankie Montas finally found his footing. Those are some of the lead stories in this piece. ERA doesn’t come close to telling the whole story, but this is still worth mentioning. In the three weeks since trade deadline, 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: The Closer Grid, Week 21
I believe all fantasy baseball leagues should move on to Solds (saves + holds). I know most don’t buy that line of thought, though for the life of me, I cannot understand the reluctance to go in that direction. For some reason everyone just loves to chase saves, even though we all know that to some extent 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: Talking Arms
This one is all about arms as we aren’t wasting any time talking about batters. It’s that time of year where, not just the “big” names, matter if they throw the ball. Guys dealing with injury, workload concerns, slipping production or perhaps improvement across the board. Let’s get after it in this piece. Before 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: Running Waters
The Royals promoted Drew Waters. Who is the youngster? Who has the 4th best batting average in baseball since 2019? Acuna getting caught on the bases while Bregman and Fraley are hitting everything. There’s also some pitching talk in here, so don’t worry if you are looking for that. ROYALS CALL UP WATERS The Royals, 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 8/22: Just Another Manic Monday
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 8/22: Just Another Manic Monday Ray Flowers, woken up early by smoke alarms, dove into the news of the day as we start another week of glorious fantasy baseball. Voit, Wisdom, E. Rosario, K. Marte, Springer, K. Calhoun, Haggerty, Dubon, Pham, Mullins, Treinen, Alcantara, May/Pepiot, L. Diaz, Muncy, Bleday, 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 MLB FAAB Values: Week 20
Working the waiver-wire is one of the most important skills a fantasy player needs if they want to hoist the championship trophy at years end. To that end, we will do what we can to help you to navigate the pitfalls and dangers on a weekly basis. It is impossible to craft a list for 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 8/20: Saturday Fun-Day
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 8/20: Saturday Fun-Day Ray Flowers hits on a range of topics starting with NFL Training Camp Day. He then discusses a series of players (Kershaw, Cooper, Bellinger, Yepez/Helsley, Morel, Bell, Hughes/Wick, Ashby, Springer, Tellez, Mitch Keller, Joe Barlow, Ozuna, Stanton, Margot, Ketel/Robert, E-Rod, Rengifo, Harper, Votto/Moustakas, Trout, Schwarber, Patino/Franco, Peterson, 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 Rookie Review – Week 20
Every week we will take a look at the first-year players in fantasy baseball. Which of the rookies looks good, which is struggling and which appear to be on the cusp of getting a shot to show their skills at the big-league level? C.J. Abrams has hit seventh each of his four games with 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: Pitchers & Expected wOBA
Earlier this week we talked about expected weighted on base percentage, or xwOBA, on the hitting side of things. In this piece, we will flip that and look at hurlers and how things are playing out for the men who chuck the baseball. WHAT IS wOBA? Weighted on Base Percentage, a rift off of on-base 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: Hitters – Recent xwOBA
What is Weighted on Base Percentage? What is expected wOBA? Why should you care? Who is performing well, or poorly, of late. Let’s explore. WHAT IS wOBA? Weighted on Base Percentage, a rift off of on-base percentage. Abbreviated as wOBA, it was created by Tom Tango. wOBA is used to measure the overall effectiveness of 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Arms, Big and Small
We’ve got guys heading to the shelf with injury while others are seemingly avoiding the dreaded IL. There’s even some mention of guys returning from the list. Among the healthy, some guys are hitting the skids while others are doing their best to become fantasy relevant down the stretch. Mike Clevenger and the Padres 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 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: Baty, Batters & Pitching
The Mets are calling up one of their top-end prospects. Bichette/Bellinger/France are all trending down, while Cobb/Gibson/Morton are trending up. METS MAKE MOVE Brett Baty is being called up by the Mets, a day after they said they wouldn’t do it because they were concerned about his defense. So why now? Eduardo Escobar is dealing 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: The Closer Grid, Week 20
I believe all fantasy baseball leagues should move on to Solds (saves + holds). I know most don’t buy that line of thought, though for the life of me, I cannot understand the reluctance to go in that direction. For some reason everyone just loves to chase saves, even though we all know that to some extent 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: Bold Moves & Health Updates
The Athletics are promoting one of the best catching prospects in the game. Wander Franco is nearing a return. Where did the pop go with Ronald Acuna? How bad are things with Carlos Carrasco? Civale and Garrett are rolling on the hill while Eduardo Rodriguez pushes for a return to action. HITTING Ronald Acuna returned 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: Streaking, Sliding & Catchers
A middle infielder in the AL is on pace go to 15/30 and not enough folks are talking about him. What is going wrong with that corner infielder who went .277-29-98 last year? Then, we will hit on a few catchers who are trending up… and down… before some pitcher and playoff talk. HITTER – 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.