MLB Seasonal Articles
Ray’s Ramblings: May 11th Check-In
Detmers made history. Pepiot is ready to start. Baz is getting closer. What is up with Orioles’ pitching? Brujan up, Abrams down. Should you be looking at Franchy? What is the Cardinals plan in the infield? Wander Franco, is he alright? THIS AND THAT… PITCHING Shane Baz (elbow) threw batting practice the other day, 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: The Top-25 Pitchers
It is way early, we all know that, but why not take a look at the early returns? To that end, per Jeff Mans suggestion, we are going to look back at the top-25 starting pitchers to see how they are currently performing. THE TOP-25 STARTING PITCHERS We are going to use the NFBC ADP 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 Hitters: Sell Me Off
It is early, but folks wanna know who to hold on to, and who to let go. What follows is a list of offensive players that you should consider selling. Just cause a guy is listed here does not mean he is going to fail and you are a moron for holding. I’m merely suggesting 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 Hitters: Buy Me
Let’s talk some underperforming offensive players who you are likely to be able to add in a trade at a lower price point than you should be able to. These are fellas that simply aren’t being valued properly which creates an environment to add their services potentially on the cheap (or at a low point 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: Pitching and a Few Hitters
The Orioles outfield is, all of a sudden, hitting. On the bump there’s a lot of mid-level, to low-level, talent coming off a good start or two. What is the outlook of those streaming types like Dunning, Gibson, Odorizzi? Oh, and let’s check in on Bobby Witt Jr. PITCHERS Nestor Cortes dominated yesterday. Nestor Cortes 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 6
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: Outfielders and 6-Man
A couple of outfielders have been sent to the minors. Another outfielder continues to miss games while one that is back off the IL is ripping it up. On the bump, we have a host of teams moving to the 6-man rotation with the games starting to pile up, and as you might have guessed, 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 Player Profile: George Kirby
George Kirby and Alek Thomas were called up by the Mariners and the D’backs over the weekend. Their promotions bring with them the hope of fantasy stardom, starting in 2022. Who is Kirby and what is his outlook for the current campaign? Is there a potential star in the making with this Mariner? *Check out 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 Player Profile: Alek Thomas
George Kirby and Alek Thomas were called up by the Mariners and the D’backs over the weekend. Their promotions bring with them the hope of fantasy stardom, starting in 2022. Who is Thomas and what is his outlook for the current campaign? *Check out this podcast for more discussion on the duo. Alek Thomas, OF, 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 5/9: Youngsters Everywhere
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 5/9: Youngsters Everywhere Ray talks the recent calls up – Duran, Lewis, Miranda, Yepez, Stott, Thomas and Kirby. What to do with Byron Buxton? The last two weeks. Who has been hot and cold on offense the last two weeks as we have some sample size fun? Padres inching 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 5
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 leagues 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 5/7: Risk vs. Reward
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 5/7: Risk vs. Reward The rookie outlook of Royce Lewis and Jarren Duran. Taking a look at roster construction.. It is still early… really – the case of Whit Merrifield. Hiura sent to minors. Could Kelenic be next? Health updates on Josh Rojas, LaMonte Wade Jr., Teoscar, Jack Flaherty, 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 5
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 is batting .170 with one steal. That’s just not going 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: Friday Fellas
Naylor and Machado are ripping. Rodgers and Yaz getting close to? Updates on guys like Cortes, Gonsolin, Quantrill, Gomber, Morton and Kluber. A couple of those names you want nothing to do with by the way. HITTING Jesus Aguilar is batting .280 with a .374 OBP. The batted ball data looks very similar to 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 Player Profile: Royce Lewis
The Twins have one of the more well thought of prospects in baseball in Royce Lewis. He’s a hard worker, supremely talented and nary a bad word is ever said about the kid. The only draw back has been an inability to stay on the field, well that, and a lack of production 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.
2022 SMASH – Pitchers
Earlier this week I broke down our dynamic SMASH tool. Today I will focus on some of the early season results for the pitching side of the game a month into the season. LINK: SMASH – THE UTLIMATE FANTASY TOOL SMASH – HITTERS Here we go. I – WHAT IS SMASH? Every day I field 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: Cinco De Mayo, 2022
It only seems like guys get hurt and return from injury every day on the hill. Wait, that is what happens, isn’t it? There are also similar storylines on the offensive side of things, so we will touch on those players too. HITTING Connor Joe had a .848 OPS last season, so the fact that 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: Early Lack of Offense
We know it isn’t happening on offense, so Ray Flowers wanted to touch on the data a little bit as we are just about ready to hit the one month mark in terms of games played in 2022. WHERE IS THE OFFENSE? From a Buster Olney article. MLB teams averaged 4.0 runs per game 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.
2022 SMASH – Hitters
Yesterday I broke down our dynamic SMASH tool. Today I will focus on some of the early season results for the offensive side of the game a month into the season. LINK: SMASH – THE UTLIMATE FANTASY TOOL Let’s dive in. I – WHAT IS SMASH? Every day I field questions about giving a thumbs up thumbs down on…
Ray’s Ramblings: Some Up, Some Down
The Braves have lots of Acuna rules. Adell is in the minors. What is going on at first base for the Red Sox? What are the Mariners and Royals doing in the outfield? Greinke, B. Keller and Syndergaard succeeding without punchouts. More in here too about punchouts and roster movement. HITTERS Ronald Acuna will not 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 5
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.
2022 – May Solds Update
I’m all about making changes if they move the fantasy game forward. I think an easy way to do that is with reworking how we evaluate relievers. I’ve written repeatedly about Solds, and went in to the idea in depth in Should We Remove Saves from Fantasy Baseball? So, what is this piece about? Located below are 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: Pitching, May 2nd
We will start out discussing the curious case of the Red Sox rotation before moving into what other teams are doing with their starters. We will touch on some interesting hurlers such as Eflin, Josiah G., McKenzie and what is going on with the Tigers. WHAT IS GOING ON IN BOSTON? The Red Sox don’t 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 5/2: Roster Movement
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 5/2: Roster Movement Rankings are updated (solds rankings coming). FAAB results. Rosters shrinking from 28 to 26 spots today. Padres optioned C Luis Campusano to Triple-A El Paso. – MJ Melendez called up by Royals. Josh Lowe demoted. Jose Miranda promoted by Twins. Guardians designated 1B Bobby Bradley for assignment. Mets designated 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.