MLB Seasonal Articles
Ray’s Ramblings: The HOF & History
The Hall of Fame case for David Ortiz seems to be growing as the votes role in. How does his supposed involvement with PEDs impact that decision? We then look back at a time when pitchers threw 500-innings before touching on a player with multi-position eligibility who walked more than he struck out last 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: More Minor Movement
As we enter the holiday week of Christmas, there are still some baseball stories to discuss, even with the seemingly lackadaisical approach that MLB is taking toward getting a new CBA in place. Here are some of those stories. Socrates Brito is taking his game to the KBO. He’s now 29 years old and years 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 12/16: Change is Needed
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 12/16: Change is Needed MLB is still screwing around, and Ray does not like it. Team pitching and team bullpens. After a debate this week about the efficacy of team defense in football, Ray thought it would be a good time to revisit the “team” idea on the mound. What…
Ray’s Ramblings: Tis The Season
Should Andruw Jones and Tim Lincecum be in the Hall of Fame? One of the best closers in the baseball in the second half had knee surgery. Some minor free agent signings are discussed too. Jandel Gustave agreed to a deal with the Brewers on November 30th. You can be forgiven for missing that news 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Ramblings: Minor Player Movement
As we thought here at Fantasy Guru, a lot of the minor free agents seem to be willing to ply their trade in another country. There’s also a power round of Did You Know? where we drop some interesting knowledge. RECENT SIGNINGS As mentioned in this podcast, we are seeing some free agents move across 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 12/9: This and That
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 12/9: This and That It’s a hodgepodge of topics today. Ray Flowers will discuss motorcycle riding and Fernando Tatis Jr. There’s been a Yasiel Puig sighting! John Gant is going to Japan. Will others follow? Jon Singleton signs with Brewers. Why is his name significant, even if you have forgotten…
Ray’s Ramblings: The Case of Trevor Story
Trevor Story is one of the biggest free agents still on the market. Who is Trevor Story and what will be bring to the fantasy game outside of Colorado? Plus, there are a lot of cool/interesting links for you to spend some time looking through during your lunch break. THE SHORTSTOP – TREVOR STORY 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 MLB HOF Vote
Six men were named to the HOF over the weekend. We will list those men. We will also discuss some minor moves with guys like Dahl, Duplantier, Galvis, Moran and Pillar. There are also notes about the health of Lance McCullers and the Braves who might be losing Freddie Freeman? The 2022 Hall Of Fame Vote This…
Ray’s Rundown 12/2: The State Of The Game
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 12/2: The State Of The Game Last night MLB owners locked the players out. What does that mean moving forward? When will things be settled? Why does everything have to be done last minute? Why are owners handing out all these massive contracts if they don’t want to play the…
Ray’s Rundown 11/26:Contracts & MVPs
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 11/26: Contracts & MVPs Wander Franco’s contract and the state of baseball. How does his contract fit in with other mega deals of youngsters like Albies, Acuna and more? What is going on with contracts and a potential lockout? Steve Matz signs with the Cardinals. The White Sox are paying…
Ray’s Ramblings: Giants Making Moves
The Giants lost their team leader – Buster Posey – but he is still racking up awards (Trey Mancini too). However, they were able to bring back two-fifths of their starting pitching rotation Monday. There were also a bunch of minor-ish moves as teams try to get some signings done before the seemingly inevitable lockout. 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: Alcantara & Signings
It seems like Sandy Alcantara is about to become a rich man. Others have found new homes like Davidson, Quintana and Severino. Are the Cubs planning on a Rays’ like pitching staff in 2022? Are the Tigers interested in spending money this offseason? Do we have another two-way player on our hands? What about 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 Rundown 11/18: Pitching Award Winners
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 11/18: Pitching Award Winners Ray talks about the NL and AL Cy Young winners - did the voters get it right? The Giants bring back Brandon Belt on the Qualifying Offer. Everyone turning down the QO. He’s still not sure about the Syndergaard signing. Justin Verlander returns to Astros after turning…
Ray’s Ramblings: Berrios/Syndergaard Sign
Jose Berrios became a rich man returning to the Blue Jays, while Noah Syndergaard got even richer leaving the Mets.There is also news about Carlos Martinez, J.P. Crawford, Mike Brosseau, The Guardians, Jake Meyers, William Contreras, Manny Pina, Joakim Soria, Yoshi Tsutsugo and the health situation of Fernando Tatis Jr. Jose Berrios became a rich 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: Rookie of the Year 2021
Who won the AL and NL ROY awards? You can read about the winners and see the vote totals in his article. AL ROY The winner is – Randy Arozarena. He has 22 of 30 votes with Adolis Garcia (3), Luis Garcia (2), Wander Franco (2) and Emmanuel Clase getting first place vote. This was the…
Ray’s Ramblings: Tigers Sign E-Rod
The Detroit Tigers made the first big free agent signing of the offseason by bringing in lefty Eduardo Rodriguez. What does the Tigers rotation look like now? Plus, health updates on youngsters in the AL like Hays and Pearson. TIGERS SIGN E-ROD The Tigers are signing Eduardo Rodriguez after he turned down the Red Sox 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 11/11: Contracts and Issues
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 11/11: Contracts and Issues Scott Boras decries Braves World Series win. Baseball has a real problem as the Athletics/Reds are the latest examples of said issue. The only guys who are gonna get paid this offseason are shortstop? Andrew Heaney to Dodgers. Cardinals to use Hicks/Reyes as starters? Jon Gray…
Ray’s Ramblings: Qualify Offers Extended
A little less than a month ago I talked about free agents and the Qualifying Offer. The info is in, so we can make some statements of fact now. Let’s talk about what we know. Here is the article that explains what a Qualifying Offer is all about. Note that of the 96 players offered a QO…
Ray’s Ramblings: Gold Gloves & More
The Gold Glove winners were announced, so we will hit on that a bit. A former star who failed in the playoffs had surgery. The potential AL ROY basically told his team he’s never signing an extension with them. A 30-homer bat moved across seas. The Reds are trying their darndest to save every flippin’…
Ray’s Rundown 11/4: Contracts, Trades & HOF
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 11/4: Contracts, Trades & HOF Kudos to the Braves for winning the World Series. Jose Ramirez returns to Indians. Nick Castellanos becomes free agent. Trever Bauer exercises player option. Jurickson Profar remains in San Diego. Merrill Kelly stays in Arizona but not Kole Calhoun. Adalberto Mondesi to change up training…
Ray’s Ramblings: Doubles
We took a look at triples recently, the 2021 leaders, the single season bests and the all-time leaderboard for a career. Today, we will look at doubles. Here is a link to the Triples article. THE HISTORY OF DOUBLES Here is the single season leaderboard, all-time. Player (age that year)DoublesYearPABatsEarl Webb (33)671931660LGeorge Burns (33)641926657RJoe Medwick+ (24)641936677RHank Greenberg+ (23)631934667RPaul Waner+ (29)621932697LCharlie Gehringer+ (33)601936731LTodd Helton (26)592000697LChuck Klein+ (25)591930722LTris Speaker+ (35)591923695LNick Castellanos (27)582019664RCarlos Delgado (28)572000711LBilly Herman+ (25)571935735RBilly Herman+ (26)571936709RGarret Anderson (30)562002678LCraig Biggio+ (33)561999749RNomar Garciaparra (28)562002693RGeorge Kell+ (27)561950724RJoe Medwick+ (25)561937677RJose Ramirez (24)562017645BBrian Roberts (31)562009717BLance Berkman (25)552001688BMatt Carpenter (27)552013717LEd Delahanty+ (31)551899645RGee Walker (28)551936589R Haven’t seen a 60 burger since 1936. The active leader…
Ray’s Ramblings: November 1st, 2021
Ray takes a look at the World Series between the Astros and Braves and gives his two-cents about the Braves choices on the hill. There’s also talk about losing your job in an email, ruining a million-dollar car and talking about one of the best stories in baseball history which occurred in California back 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.
Ray’s Rundown 10/28: MLB, Late October
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/28: MLB, Late October Ray takes a look at the Braves/Astros World Series. Ohtani wins Historic Achievement Award. He then discusses the Sporting News 2021 Awards, and he has an issue with one of their selections. Bubba Starling retires. Miguel Rojas returns to the Marlins. Jon Gray update. Mets cannot…
Ray’s Ramblings: Triples
I woke up today and thought – what random baseball topic can I cover in this piece? Then it came to me --- triples. WHAT IS A TRIPLE? Just kidding. THE HISTORY OF TRIPLES There are a lot of really old, i.e. in a coffin, guys on the all-time single season leader board. Player (age that year)TriplesYearPABatsOwen Wilson (28)361912643LDave Orr (26)311886593RHeinie Reitz (27)311894502LPerry Werden (31)291893556RHarry Davis (23)281897475RSam Thompson+ (34)281894502LGeorge Davis+ (22)271893600BJimmy Williams (22)271899693RSam Crawford+ (34)261914674LKiki Cuyler+ (26)261925701RShoeless Joe Jackson (24)261912653LJohn Reilly (31)261890576RGeorge Treadway (27)261894569LRoger Connor+ (36)251894534BSam Crawford+ (23)251903602LLarry Doyle (24)251911623LBuck Freeman (27)251899634LTom Long (25)251915556R The active single season…