MLB Seasonal Articles
Ray’s Rundown 7/16: Nearing the All-Star Break
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 7/16: Nearing the All-Star Break Ray Flowers talks a bit about spending FAAB this weekend and who to spend it on (Meyer, Schoop/Iglesias, Detmers, Diaz, Patino, Ruiz and more). He also discusses the outlook of a series of rookies discussed here – such as Shane Baz (and what is going 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.
2022 Rookie Review – Week 15
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 five hits the last three games which is important 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: Max Meyer & Other News
The Marlins are promoting phenom Max Meyer. He headlines a long discussion about hurlers heading into the weekend. On the hitting side, there’s talk about Jimenez/Trout and their ill health. There’s also a breakdown of a guy who is a base stealer… who might be on your waiver-wire. HITTING Sounds like a best-case scenario would 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: How About That?
Is this time for Adell to shine? Can Jimenez stay healthy? Is Iglesias a .300 hitter? Robert isn’t running and Paredes isn’t homering. Is that a word? What is the deal with Winker and Schoop? That’s in here too. Jo Adell has been recalled, and he stole a base and produced two hits last night 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: History on the Bump
Ohtani and Javier making punchout history lead the way. There are updates on Montas and Severino as well as struggling arms like Blackburn and Berrios, who may not be struggling any more. Graham Ashcraft allowed seven runs to the Cubs but then permitted just five runs against the Mets and the Yankees his last 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: Bats & More Bats
There are some fellas in here who are struggling at the dish, and not just for a week. There are also some hitters who are going in the other direction… surging offensively. Then there is a guy with more homers than Luis Robert, more runs scored than Josh Bell, more RBI than Bo Bichette 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: Men Who Throw The Baseball
Tons of arms. Tons to discuss. No frill. No fluff. Let’s just get to the pitchers. Aaron Ashby…. his fastball is getting hammered. .386 wOBA and .340 AVG as he’s leaving it up in the middle of the zone too often. Tons of punchouts, but his walk rate is very poor (more than four walks 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 15
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: Hitters and Pitchers Of Note
Let’s look around the diamond. Unheralded players having success. Batters who are hurt. Batters who are just – taking up space. Hurlers with surging efforts. Hurlers to be concerned about. Hurlers dominating thanks to adding a new pitch. It’s all in this Ramblings article. HITTING Luis Arraez is still batting .348 with a .420 OBP. 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: Issues On The Hill
We’re starting to see teams worry about the workload of their hurlers with Gore/Kirby being at the forefront of this piece. We will then hit on guys like Quintana, Perez, Pivetta, Taillon and Odorizzi. Which guys should have our faith, and which should be concerning? WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT – PART I George Kirby was demoted. Why? 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: Youngsters In The News
The Diamondbacks promoted Corbin Carroll to Triple-A and we have to start considering what his promotion to the Majors will look like. On the hill, Gore/Kirby are in the workload danger zone. Drew Waters has been dealt to the Rangers and oldie, but goodie, Robinson Cano is now a Brave. DIAMONDBACKS OUTFIELD Corbin Carroll seems destined 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 14
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.
2022 Rookie Review – Week 14
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 had a terrible collision last night. A dangerous collision between 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 Pitcher Workloads
We just passed the halfway point of the season, and pitchers are dropping every 18 minutes. It’s a near war zone out there as we are all in search of quality innings on the bump. Since workload is such a big topic in 2022, it’s time to look directly at it. In what follows 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: Speed & Hitting
Everyone in the world, a slight exaggeration for effect, is suddenly interested in the man who leads baseball in steals this season. What is the outlook of Esteury Ruiz and the Padres’ outfield? After that discussion, we will talk batting leadoff, pulling the baseball and streaking batters. PADRES OUTFIELD PLAN I woke up today 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: Arm Updates All-Around
This piece, no frills, no hitting, all pitching. Of course, there is also video of a child-like tantrum, a discussion about workload, youngsters on the come up and others who are trending downward. Where to Gore, Kopech, Lodolo and Pallante fit into that matrix? The Astros pitching plan. The Astros will start José Urquidy 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Hitting Last 30 Days
Thirty days is a limited time horizon to analyze a fantasy baseball player. Since it really isn’t enough data to get a picture of a player if we look merely at the end result, we are going to go Statcast diving to see how hard guys are, or aren’t, hitting the ball the last 30 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: Back In The Groove
The pitching piece of this report is filled with lesser names that have actually offered some solid returns of late. Are they worth adding in the fantasy game? On offense we have players coming back from injury, like Eloy, and health updates on others like Harper/Witt. HITTING Nick Castellanos has had a disappointing first 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: The Approach At The Dish
The foundation of offensive success is – avoiding outs. Building off that obvious point, I thought it would be useful to take a look at the last 30 days of action to see who (A) isn’t putting the ball in play, (B) who is taking a walk and (C) who is or isn’t controlling 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.
2022: The Closer Grid, Week 14
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: The Day After
It is the day after the holiday, and we at FG certainly hope you had some fun. Time to get back to the business of wining in fantasy baseball, so let’s get right to it. HITTING A great article on the greatness of Shohei Ohtani. Hunter Renfroe (calf) is taking longer to return that hoped, 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: Celebrating The Halfway Point
Not every team is at 81 games played, most haven’t actually, but we’re taking the holiday as a sign that it’s a great time to have a discussion about pace and what the season would look like if you did the unscientific, and wholly unreliable, doubling of stats. Yep, we know that isn’t how it…
Ray’s Ramblings: Happy July 4th
Happy July 4th everyone. The winning never stops at Fantasy Guru though, so we are still hard at work to help you succeed. In what follows, there is talk about rotations, pitching woes, a couple of surging youngsters and then some talk about offense. What is going on with Taylor Ward and Christian Yelich? PITCHING 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 13
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.