MLB Seasonal Articles
Ray’s Rundown: Youngsters Abound
Which youngsters on the arm should you be looking towards out of names like Long, Muller, Alzolay, Kranick and Irvin? Which disappointing players on offense are worth a look at present from names like Berti, Choi, Hiura, Urias and Mercedes? HITTING Jon Berti had two more hits Sunday with a steal. It took him 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.
Baseball Elite Podcast: June 28, 2021
Baseball Elite Podcast, June 28, 2021 Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show … 1. One Month from now - MLB Trading Deadline - Big Bats on the Move? - T. Story/Schoop/A. Frazier/Donaldson/Gallo/Haniger/K. Marte/S. Marte/N. Cruz 2. Other Bats on the Move? - Aguilar/K. Seager/Ed. Escobar/D. Peralta 3. SPs on the move? - Scherzer/K. Gibson/J. Gray/Pineda 4. RPs on the move?…
Vlad’s FAAB Values: Week 14
SUNDAY UPDATE: The biggest shake-up is with relievers. As seems to be the case every week, weekend save opportunities affect bid amounts and orders for late Sunday night. The biggest FAAB effect was Amir Garrett‘s save for the Reds on Saturday and will likely be the preferred bidding option between him and teammate Brad Brach. 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 6/26: Special Guest Rob Povia
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 6/26: Special Guest Rob Povia Rob Povia joins Ray Flowers for this edition of the podcast. Who is Rob? How did he get to where he is now? What is his background? How does he do such a great job with the Weekly Planner? It is the biggest, most in-depth…
Ray’s Ramblings: Pitching & Elite Sports Data
There’s talk in here about Gore, Kaprielian and Manning. There are is also some stuff about veterans like Marquez, Taillon and Caleb Smith. There is also some seriously exciting news about Elite Sports Data and how it might be the final piece to helping you win your fantasy baseball league. PITCHING History happened 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.
Batted Ball Info: Year to Year Changes
We’re gonna blast through a whole bunch of leaderboards in this article. We will take a look at 2020 performance and compare it to 2021. Which players are performing better than last season in the batted ball categories? Are there others who are struggling to match last seasons efforts? Let’s dive in. HITTERS WHO HAVE 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: Moving Up and Down
Which NL catching duo is rocking? Which rookie outfielder in Minnesota is performing better? What to do with Hiura? Will Rizzo or Votto rebound? Bauer and spin rates. Chapman, Diaz and Melancon in the bullpen and, of course, more. HITTING Tucker Barnhart and Tyler Stephenson have been one heck of a catching duo for 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.
From the Gut: Charlie and the Ready Player One Factory
In this week’s From the Gut, Vlad takes time to reflect on family and what they instilled in him. 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 The Last 30 Days
We are at that point of the season where the overall numbers may or may not speak to the performance of the player. Is an incredibly hot start masking horrible work of late? Has a player suddenly surged, but with such a slow start the numbers still don’t really pop? You know we can have 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, Pitching & Spin Rates
Per usual, there are a whole series of players who are at both ends of the production spectrum. Who is on their game and producing? Who isn’t? It’s early, but what are we seeing when we look at spin rates on pitches since the MLB crackdown began? HITTING Over his last 153 games, since 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.
June 2021: The Outfield
As we move around the diamond checking in on each position, we’re up to the outfield or the land of plenty. There is power, speed, average, run production and more. Randy Arozarena has a .259-10-37-46-11 effort going for him, and that’s impressive work overall. Don’t feel great about his batting average of course, and 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: June 22nd Hurlers
deGrom is fine. Or is he? What about Civale? Are Corbin and Castillo rounding into form? What’s wrong with Eflin? Luzardo? These and many other pertinent pitching issues are discussed. PITCHING Dylan Bundy was pulled early in his last outing, but he allowed two runs, one earned, over four innings against the Tigers. He still 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: Rays’ Franco Promoted
The wait is over. The top prospect in baseball, Wander Franco, has been called up by the Rays. What is his outlook this season? Behind that huge story we will look at a few bats and a whole lotta arms. WANDO FRANCO PROMOTED Wander Franco has been called up by the Rays. He is barely 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.
2021: The Closer Grid, Week 13
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 this direction (I even went as far as suggesting it might be wise to use Team Bullpens last season). Regardless, we want/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.
Baseball Elite Podcast: June 21, 2021
Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show … 1. Time to Cash in on the Stash … Wander Franco called up 2. Monday Returns … Fingers crossed for Tatis and deGrom 3. How useful is Dinelson Lamet? 4. MLB News/Notes - A. Mondesi (side) leaves early/C. Seager (hand) to start rehab late in the week/TOR thinking of having Springer…
Vlad’s FAAB Values: Week 13
SUNDAY UPDATE: First things first, scrap Joey Lucchesi from your bid groups – he hit the IL over the weekend. In 15-teamers, you can add Brett Anderson way down your SP conditional groups for his @ ARI start. There’s an outside chance he grabs a weekend start as well but right now Eric Lauer is 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 6/19: Around the Horn Saturday
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 6/19: Around the Horn Saturday Updates on the health of deGrom, Glasnow, Boyd, Dunn, Sale, Scherzer, Gallen. Corey Seager closing in on return. Shohei Ohtani in the home run derby. Some waiver-wire potential additions: PITHCING (Manning, Fedde, Lucchesi, Ross, Quantrill) and HITTING (G.Polanco, McCutchen, Bobby Bradley, Miguel Andujar, JP 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.
June 2021: Middle Infield Update
There is a lot going on up the middle of the diamond. We have players excelling. We have players struggling to live up to expectations. There are injuries too, but in this piece we are going to focus on player performance for guys that play second base or shortstop. Yesterday I wrote about Corner Infielders. 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: It’s Friday
It is spring time. The sun is out (hopefully). The weekend is approaching (thank goodness). Baseball continues to roll on. Let’s look around the diamond and point out some noteworthy accomplishments, injuries and performances. HITTING C.J. Cron hit a grand slam last night as he needs to get going in the counting categories. That’s six 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.
June 2021: Corner Infield Update
It’s time to take a look at some corner infielders. We’ve got guys who are hurt. We’ve got guys who are underperforming. We’ve got players who are performing better than expected. There’s a little bit o’ everything in this when with the only qualifier being – you gotta play first or third base. Jose Abreu 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.
Rays Ramblings: Were You Aware?
Altuve, Biggio, Hiura and Tapia are doing things. What kinda things? On the bump, Gallen is back, Really? Is Castillo “back”? Oh deGrom. How did McCullers look in his return? What are the concerns with Mize? Montgomery, Oviedo and Walker… what is going on there? HITTING Jose Altuve had two home runs last night, 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: Around the Horn, June 16th
We can’t look at the last 24 hours and ignore injuries, can we? Some guys seem to be getting better, while others just can’t get over the hump. There’s also some info in here about good and bad performances as we can’t just spend all of our time talking ill health. HITTING J.P. Crawford isn’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.
2021 Player Profile: Sanchez, Manning
This entry will be highlighted by the news surround the Marlins’ Jesus Sanchez and the Tigers’ Matt Manning. By the way, you can also listen to this podcast to hear more thoughts about the two youngsters. Jesus Sanchez Promoted By Marlins Jesus Sanchez is now a Marlin. Last season he went 1-for-25 with 11 strikeouts 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.
From the Gut: Targeting Leadoff Hitters
A look at walk rate & strikeout rate leaders to spot outliers, trades targets or FAAB pickups. 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.