MLB Seasonal Articles
Ray’s Rundown 6/16: Do You Support Cheating?
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 6/16: Do You Support Cheating? Tyler Glasnow believes he was injured – because he stopped cheating. Ray goes off on pitchers cheating, fans supporting them and dispels multiple false theories such as the pitchers weren’t warned and HBP will certainly go up cause of this. Injuries continue to pile up 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: Mid-June Rookie Report
Each month we will check in on the elite prospects in Major League Baseball, the ones that can make an impact in the fantasy game in 2021. Which youngsters should be on your watch list? Which guys are close to making an impact? Who is surging? Who is struggling? We got a bit of it 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: Injuries & Other Stuff
Tyler Glasnow has an arm issue. Matthew Boyd has an arm issue. Michael Pineda has an arm issue. That’s all I’m gonna say about that though, as pitcher injuries seem to happen daily. Instead, I’m going to look at a couple of hot hitters, a couple of returning hitters and a bunch of pitchers. Oh, 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 14, 2021
Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show … 1. MLB Ready to Go After Pitchers … What’s a Fantasy Player to do? 2. The Other Leaderboards - Pitchers - BABIP, Exit Velo, Hard Hit%, Barrels per PA%, CSW% 3. Player Profile - Aaron Nola 4. The Other Leaderboards - Hitters - Exit Velo, LD%, Hard Hit%, Barrels per PA%, HR/FB% 5. MLB News/Notes -…
2021: The Closer Grid, Week 12
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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Spin Rates
Everyone is talking about it, so we might as well too. Spin rates are dropping across the land. Let’s dive in to some of the data, what the league is attempting to do and what we might be looking at in the fantasy game as a result of all the changes. THE LAST 10 DAYS 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.
Vlad’s FAAB Values: Week 12
Welcome to my weekly free agent bidding column. The goal each week is to confidently prepare you to acquire hitters and pitchers off free agency or waivers to put your fantasy teams in contention for league titles and national competition prizes. FAAB stands for Free Agent Acquisition Budget (or Bidding) and it is an integral 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 6/12: Add or Drop?
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 6/12: Drop or Hold? Do we hold or drop names like Victor Robles, Yermin Mercedes and Kyle Seager? Looking at the waiver-wire, let’s do a dive into some of the names that might available for addition this weekend. On the pitching side you might look at Caleb Smith, Justin 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: Looking at DRA
Here is an updated look at Deserved Run Average, or DRA. What is it? Who is performing well? Who isn’t? Let’s explore. WHAT IS DRA? From Baseball Prospectus… Deserved Run Average (DRA) uses a collection of mixed models to tease out the most likely contributions of pitchers to the run-scoring that occurs around them. Unlike other component metrics, 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, June 11th
Biggio and Buxton are nearing a return. Crawford and Segura are ripping it up. Madrigal is done. Segura is running. Rodgers is hitting. Gomber is rolling. McClanahan is not. Is Manoah? There’s a lot more in here too before we get to the decrease in spin rate the last week in MLB. HITTING Did you 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 Catcher Position
It’s brutally difficult to play the catchers position, and it is nearly as difficult to find a catcher you can count on. Even if your league only uses one catcher, it often times ain’t easy to find something worthwhile at the position. It started out well for the position, but things have gone 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: Up & Down Recently
Offensively, we’ve got guys surging and slumping. Ray Flowers will point out some of those names. He will also look a bit at the last two weeks offensively as well, before delving into a review of the pitcher’s mound. HITTINGBrandon Lowe is 6-for-51 against everyone. He hit .182 in April, .196 in May and .179 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 6/9: Cheating, Production, Age
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 6/9: Cheating, Production, Age Gerrit Cole basically admitted he cheats. What is the role of the sticky stuff moving forward? Will offense come back if it is eliminated? Who is Patrick Wisdom? How is Dinelson Lamet doing? How is Carlos Rodon doing it? Justin Upton continues to mash. Carlos Correa baby! 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: So Much Pitching
Aaron Nola is struggling. We will dig into it as he leads the talk today about hurlers. There’s talk of cheating. There are hurlers you should be holding tight to and those that you might start to float out there to see what you could get back in return. There’s some offense too, including guys 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 Stolen Base
Who is stealing bases in 2021? Is anyone? We will take a look at the steal through the first 10 weeks of the fantasy baseball season. 21st CENTURY HISTORY Let’s take a look at the 21st century. We will list steals and steal percentage for the Majors SeasonGSBCSSB%200062083292413230.69200161371310314070.69200268340275012820.68200368519257311320.69200468880258911000.70200568432256510690.71200669333276711100.71200770143291810020.74200869564279910350.73200969035297011330.72201068923295911290.72201168729327912610.72201269521322911360.74201369267269310070.73201469565276410350.73201570535250510640.70201670449253710010.7220177074525279340.7320187159024749580.7220197168422808320.732020267218852920.752021257658172600.76 As you will no doubt note, 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: Struggles, Rookies & Others
The cases of Kelenic, Lynch and Kowar point out, yet again, the folly of counting on rookies to lead you to a championship. When might we see Wander Franco? What is going on with Dozier and Machado? Stassi, really? On the hill, Alzolay, Fulmer, Marquez and Weathers are discussed. HITTING Hunter Dozier had three hits 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: NFBC Cutline Bids
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.
2021: The Closer Grid, Week 11
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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Kowar & The Outfield
Every week now, it’s that time of year, we get The Next Great Thing called up to the Majors. This week, that man is Jackson Kowar of the Royals. What should we be expecting from the young hurler? After breaking down his outlook we will take a look at five men in the outfield: Blackmon, 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 7, 2021
Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show … 1. Best-by-Position (AL) - C - Sal. Perez, 1B - Vlad, Jr., 2B - Semien, 3B - Devers, SS - Bichette, OF - Ad. Garcia, JD Martinez, Meadows, UTIL - Ohtani, SP - Cole, Lynn, Rodon, RP - Chapman, Hendriks 2. Best-by-Position (NL) - C - Posey, 1B -…
Vlad’s FAAB Values: Week 11
Sunday Update: As is always the case this 2021 season, there are a handful of new injuries, a ton of updates and new players for us to consider FAAB’ing. Here is some relevant 12-team stuff: Evan Longoria is out 4-6 weeks with a sprained left shoulder. A shame since he was a big target 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 6/5: Changes Coming & Cheating
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 6/5: Changes Coming & Cheating Changes Coming & Cheating Theo Epstein is currently a consultant to MLB, and he has a LOT of ideas about how to improve the product. Ray Flowers goes over a bunch of ideas that might, just maybe, be enacted to help improve the stagnation 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: Lies, Cheaters & More
It’s Friday, but that means little as baseball marches on. That marching forward includes players cheating, managers deceiving, and even some on the field performance stuff. I CAN’T STAND LYING At 2:25 PM we got this report on Madison Bumgarner. Torey Lovullo said Madison Bumgarner’s MRI revealed left shoulder inflammation. He won’t throw for 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.
June 2021: Fielding Independent Pitching
There are a lot of measures out there which speak to how a pitcher is performer that record that performance better than ERA. One of those measures is Fielding Independent Pitching or FIP. In what follows we will check in on FIP and xFIP. *To be included below, a pitcher has to have thrown 40-innings. 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.