MLB Seasonal Articles
June 3rd: Expected wOBA
Which players are underperforming to date and make solid buy targets in fantasy baseball? Which players are overperforming and might best fall into the sell bucket? We will use Expected wOBA as our guide to answer this question. This article will have five parts: A Definition, the wOBA leaders, the xwOBA leaders, the overperformers 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: Injuries, Hitting & Pitching
Before we dive in to hitting a pitching, a brief rundown of the injury situation in baseball is at hand. It is not your imagination either. Injury rates are up, it’s not good, and no one can really explain what the hell is going on. INJURIES The numbers are astounding. From a recent Jayson Stark 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 Solds Rankings – June 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. A couple of months back, I wrote, Saves – Can We Do Better? I detailed the wonky history of closers, the massive levels of turnover at the position, 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 6/2: The Updated Rankings
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 6/2: The Updated Rankings The Updated Rankings The fantasy baseball rankings are updated the first of every month through the regular season, so Ray Flowers thought it was the perfect time to talk about that update. He spends some time talking about the rankings and the product at Fantasy 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: Vladdy’s MVP Race and Random Statistical Rabbit Holes
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.
Ray’s Ramblings: MLB In Pictures
Pictures, thousand words, you know how it goes. In this piece, Ray Flowers tells the story of MLB production through the use of screen grabs from Twitter. If nothing else, it’s something interesting to look at. HITTING Jose Altuve had no distance on his homer, but my goodness is he hitting right now. https://twitter.com/MarlyRiveraESPN/status/1399474175954219009 Kris 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 10
SUNDAY UPDATE: As expected, plenty of SP rotation shifts and new injuries to really send us scrambling over the last 24 hours. For starters, please remove Deivi Garcia and Trevor Williams from 15-team bid consideration. Garcia got blasted on Saturday and demoted the same day. There’s a possibility he is back up with the Yankees 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: May 31, 2021
Baseball Elite Podcast, May 31, 2021 Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show … 1. Ray's Article on "Saving Fantasy Baseball" 2. Waiver Bids and Wins (SXM Host League) - Manoah ($352), A. Vaughn ($28), Schoop ($32), Kaprielian ($81), C-Mart ($39), Feyereisen ($8), Larnach ($20), L. Sims ($41) 3. MacKenzie Gore at AAA - 4 starts … 5.94 ERA,…
Baseball Elite Podcast: May 29, 2021
Elite Fantasy Network · Baseball Elite Podcast: May 29, 2021 Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show … 1. A Rocky Season Gets Rockier … Story (elbow) on the IL 2. ‘Giants’ Among Us … Who are the lead actors in SF’s great start? 3. Bellinger (and, McKinstry) finally back … how will everything fit 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.
Needed Changes In Fantasy Baseball
Fantasy baseball needs our help. It’s on life support. There are pockets of holdouts across the land where the love of fantasy baseball has never been stronger. However, there are more places where interest in the game is waning or flat out fading. What can be done to recapture some of those wayward daughters and…
Ray’s Ramblings: Friday, May 28th
We’ve got guys coming back from the injured list. We have guys being sent to the minors. We’ve got guys ascending to fantasy success. There are guys who are blazing hot and others who are incredibly cold. Basically, we got it all in here. HITTERS Cody Bellinger is looking like he will return on Saturday 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 27th, Mound Mavens
All kinds of arm talk. Guys being taken out of the rotation in Houston. Guys potentially coming back into the rotation in Cleveland. Guys getting ripped. Guys getting lots of outs. Bullpen talk. A note before we get to all those arms about injuries, and the history pace that we are currently on. INJURIES… 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 Rundown 5/27: The Daily Lineup Dilemma
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 5/27: The Daily Lineup Dilemma May 27th, 2021 – The Daily Lineup Dilemma How does your league do it? Does everyone agree with how you do it? Do you like how your league does it? RayFlowers discusses how leagues handle lineup setting. Does you league allow you daily changes? 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: Sixto, Manoah & More
Bellinger, Buxton, Harper, Bader too. Yep, some guys are hurt on offense. On the hill, we’ve got lots of changes occurring. An update on Sixto Sanchez. The call up of Manoah. Gomber, Kopech, Kikuchi and more. There’s a lot in here. HITTERS Harrison Bader came up in a lot of recent questions. I pretty much 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: May 26, 2021
Elite Fantasy Network · Baseball Elite Podcast: May 26, 2021 Baseball Elite Podcast, May 26, 2021 Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show … 1. A Rough Day at the ‘Active Roster’ Office - Harper (forearm) finally goes on the IL/K. Gibson (groin) on the IL/Z. Plesac breaks his thumb … taking off his shirt/Now … McNeil and…
From the Gut: 2021 Starting Pitcher Trios
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.
Checking in on SWIP
It’s time to check in on some pitchers. You remember SWIP, right? Even if you don’t, I can help with that. We’re looking at strikeouts and walks today, so let’s get after it. WHAT IS SWIP AND HOW DO YOU FIGURE IT OUT? Strikeouts are a positive for a pitcher. Walks are a negative for a pitcher. 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 and More Hitting
A lot of the time in these Ramblings pieces, I really focus on the pitching side of things. I do this because I think that, most of the time, we’re hunting for any edge we can gain on the hill. That said, I’m going rogue with this one. There’s one mention of a hurler, 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.
2021: The Closer Grid, Week 9
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: Looking Back at the Weekend
Youngsters Bobby Witt Jr., Keston Hiura and Jo Adell are discussed. The surges of Austin Riley and Gleyber Torres are noted. On the hill, names like Bieber, Howard and Alzolay highlight a growing list of arms you might be turning to in the fantasy game. HITTING Joe Adell update. “I know he’s making some progress, 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: May 24, 2021
Baseball Elite Podcast, May 24, 2021 Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show … 1. The Greatest Fantasy Weekend Ever? - Fernando Tatis, Jr. goes 11-for-14, 4 2B, 4 HR, 3 BB, 3 SB 2. Maybe COVID makes you stronger??! Teoscar Hernandez since coming back from COVID … .345 (30-for-87) with five homers, 22 RBI and a pair of…
Vlad’s FAAB Values: Week 9
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.
Baseball Elite Podcast: May 22, 2021
Elite Fantasy Network · Baseball Elite Podcast: May 22, 2021 May 22, 2021 Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show … 1. Does a Trade Mean There’s a Way for Wander Franco? … uh, not yet. Instead, we get Taylor Walls!! 2. Stars Returning – Strasburg (shoulder) back for WAS on Friday/deGrom’s (side) next start 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 Injured List
It only seems like a player is hurt every five minute each night, right? I know that’s not true, and it is not scientific, but it can’t be said that players aren’t going down with injury every night, because I know that to be true. That got me to thinking about injured players and 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.