MLB Seasonal Articles
Ray’s Ramblings: Bass, Pitching, Hitting
Gonsolin, Gomber and Gilbert are rolling. The Brewers got some bad news Monday in regards to their staff. Kopech is dominating, but is there a “but”? Walker and Ober pourint it on. Offensively, Goldy/Judge are killing it while Vladdy stinks it up. What are the plans for Royce Lewis and Jarred Kelenic? Finally, we gotta 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: May 23rd, Pitching
We’re all getting excited about Grayson Rodriguez. Should we pump the breaks on the best pitching prospect in baseball? Who is going to be closing games for the Yankees in the short run? What are the outlooks of Sandoval, Singer and Skubal, three younger arms who are rolling right now? Cardinals… Per Cardinals PR, here’s 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: May 23rd, Hitters
This one is filled with injuries, poor performances and even some success stories. Names like Cronenworth, Rodgers, Espinal, Kiermaier, Moncada and more are highlighted. Willy Adames (ankle) is seemingly likely to return from the IL this week. Stearns also said Willy Adames’ hopes he could be reinstated from the IL Thursday in STL might 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.
Ray’s Rundown 5/23: Ray’s Rundown – Keep or Cut?
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 5/23: Ray’s Rundown – Keep or Cut? Quick rundown of FAAB. Debating who to cut? Dylan Bundy, Garrett Hampson, Matt Bush, Jaren Duran, Aaron Hicks, Kyle Bradish, Ross Stripling, Brad Keller. Gore/Ashby workload concerns? Yankees new closer – Clay Holmes? Thin or thick pizza crust? update… Aroldis Chapman had 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 7
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 7
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 appeared in eight games on the farm going 3-9-9-3 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: May 20, Around the League
Trevor Story is finally producing. Will Harrison Bader continue producing? What is going on with Wander Franco? Is Thairo Estrada a thing? There’s also pitching talk with names like Greinke and Rasmussen profiled. HITTERS Harrison Bader and Julio Rodriguez have 11 steals, and everyone is talking about them. I hardly ever hear anyone talking about 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: Batters & BB/K
Taking a walk and putting the ball in play, two tried and true ways to be a successful offensive player. There’s more to the game that just those two pieces, but they are still a pretty good place to look when trying to assess the potential outlook of a player. Why? Let’s dive in with 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: Focus on Starting Pitching
The Orioles Rustchman and Rodriguez are getting close. McCutchen is ready to return. Eflin did return. Updates on Kershaw and Luzardo’s health. Pivetta, Hicks, Overton and Keegan updates. HITTING Yandy Diaz had three hits yesterday and he is rocking a .412 OBP. Still, he’s relatively useless in fantasy with three homers, nine RBI and 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: The Home Run & Ratios
The baseball is different. The weather has been an issue. Everyone is using humidors. Offense is down, we know that, so let’s see how things look in term of fly balls and home runs in the early going. LEAGUE NUMBERS Let’s look at a series of numbers since 2015. SeasonFB%SLGISOLAHR/FB201533.80%0.4050.15010.911.40%201634.60%0.4170.16211.612.80%201735.50%0.4260.17111.813.70%201835.40%0.4090.16112.412.70%201935.70%0.4350.18312.715.30%202035.70%0.4180.17312.714.80%202136.50%0.4110.16712.613.60%202236.80%0.3770.14312.610.60% The fly ball rate has 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 Demotion Leads The Way
The Twins demoted Lewis. The Royals will have to lean more heavily on Melendez. Who is this White guy who is tearing up the steals category? Do the Pirates and Padres have new rotation plans? A lot more in here too. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO KNEW? Royce Lewis has been demoted 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: Barrel Rates, May 17th
Barrels matter, and we are deep enough into the 2022 season that we can start to glean some serious information about how players are going offensively by looking at the measure, so let’s do that to see if we can try and determine where players are really sitting, no matter what their fantasy production looks 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 7
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: Changes at the Dish & Rubber
Injury news with Adames, Buxton, Correa, DeSclafani and deGrom. Is Buxton doomed to fail this season? Cueto and Kopech – and it means? Kikuchi has… finally found himself? What is the issue with Woodruff? Have the Braves made a decision with Strider? HITTING Willy Adames (ankle) is still being called day to day, but an 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.
SWIP LEADERS – 2022 Update
I write about SWIP every year before the season begins. Why it is useful, why you should pay attention to what it tells you. Six weeks in, let’s check in to see how fellas have performed to date. WHAT IS SWIP? Strikeouts are a positive for a pitcher. Walks are a negative for a pitcher. We need 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: Recent Performances
How do some sluggers look the last two weeks? Unsuprisingly, some good, some bad. Where do names like Bellinger, Franco, Buxton and Adell fit in? On the hill, updates on Luzardo, Gore and Megill highlight the report. HITTING Jo Adell has played eight games in the minors. Have you seen how he has done? He 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 5/16: Free Agency & Health
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 5/14: Free Agency & Health FAAB Bidding – who were the big cost fellas? Thomas, Kirby, Meyer, Heim, Voit, Walker, Aguilar, Castro, Dozier, Espinal, Iglesias, Brujan. Ronald Acuna and Byron Buxton’s and health. Two start pitchers this week or any week. Schedule quirks in Week 7. Finally, a Jacob 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 6
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 5/14: The Top 25 & Top 50
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 5/14: The Top 25 & Top 50 Ray Flowers will review his two latest best-of lists. First off, he will touch on the top-25 starting pitchers in ADP before shifting over to talk about the top-50 players according to preseason drafting. Here are links to those two articles. Top-25 Starting PitchersTop-50 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 6
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 demoted after really struggling. Has hit three homers with 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: The Top-50 Players
Today, we will take a look at the top-50 players based on ADP. Have they hit or missed expectations in just over the first moth of game action in 2022? For a review of the top-25 starting pitchers see this report. What follows is a review of the top-50 players based on ADP from 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 Pitchers: Sell Me Off
To wrap up our buy/sell review of hitters and pitchers, we are up to the final piece which is pitchers to be concerned with or to consider dealing away. These arms are guys that, in the least, you should be listening if someone comes a calling, if not outright considering moving on from in 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: Health and Recent Performances
Acuna is dealing with something physical. Grossman and Adolis are dealing with something that is being thrown at them. The Mets and Red Sox are trying to figure out their daily lineup. This catcher, Huff, he worth a look? An update on the Mariners outfield. What about the pitching rotations of the Phils, Cards 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.
2022 Pitchers: Buy Me
Here are the names of some hurlers who you might be interested in picking up on the cheap from another owner, or in the least, guys you should consider holding on to if you are in the mood to turnover your roster as we approach the middle of May. Ian Anderson, BravesHe has a pedigree 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.