MLB Seasonal Articles
Did You Miss 2020?
I didn’t miss a day last year. It was rough. There were dark days, I’m not going to lie, but I kept pushing forward. There weren’t games to write about, so I pushed myself into new areas with stories such as Favorite Stadiums, My Life in Baseball, who were the top-50 prospects in 2012, Best 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: March 15, 2021
Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show. 1. 2021 Fantasy Baseball ‘Oscar’ Nominations …The Drafted - Best ‘Outta Nowhere’ Performer to go back to being a ‘Nowhere’ Performer - Grisham, S. Perez, D. Bundy, Dom. Smith - Best Job of ‘Acting’ Like an Ace Even Though Nobody Thinks That You’re One - Lynn, Maeda, Hendricks, Greinke - Best Front Office…
2021 Player Profile: Victor Robles
Victor Robles is still just 23 years old, and he’s about three years removed from being considered by most to be a better prospect than Juan Soto. That comp seems laughable now, but it was a legit question a few years back. That question has been resolved and now we are trying to figure 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.
MLB: Righty-Lefty Breakdowns
We talk about team matchups all the time. We talk about stadiums and what they might do to the hitter or the pitcher. We talk about batter vs. hitter all the time (well, at least some people do since others discount it as worthy of discussing). How many folks talk about lefty versus righty stuff? 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 ADP Market Report # 4
Here is the fourth of edition of the ADP Market Report as we are just three weeks away from MLB Opening Day. Expect to see a weekly summary of recent average draft position (ADP) – risers and fallers – per data gathered by NFBC paid drafts. In each report, I’ll review the previous week’s most 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: March 13, 2021
Elite Fantasy Network · Baseball Elite Podcast: March 13, 2021 Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show. 1. The Disappearing Stolen Base. 2. Going after speed … early – A. Mondesi, Story, Merrifield, Turner, Betts, Tatis, Grisham, Jo. Ramirez. 3. Going after speed … late – Villar, Margot, D. Moore, Quinn, Berti, A. Gimenez, R. 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.
H2H: Players to Target & Avoid
The head-to-head game of fantasy baseball is growing in popularity. People like the weekly “juice,” the thrill of competing for seven days versus having to wait six months for a champion to be crowned. In H2H Baseball, How to Win, I offered some tips to follow this season when putting together a winning team. 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.
2021 Player Profile: Yusei Kikuchi
He came to North America with much excitement. Alas, his rookie season ended with a 5.46 ERA and 1.52 WHIP causing interest in him to nearly vanish. Last year, Yusei Kikuchi had a 5.17 ERA and 1.30 WHIP, two more poor numbers. The question is, why are some folks still talking about him as we 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.
H2H Baseball – How to Win
Head-to-Head Baseball, henceforth H2H, is a style of fantasy sports that has seen its popularity explode. Traditionally we think of H2H and think fantasy football, but the influx of fantasy baseball leagues turning to the H2H model has become profound. We will examine why this is and give some tips to have success if 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.
Ray’s Rundown 3/11: The Top-50 Shortstop
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 3/11: The Top-50 Shortstop March 11, 2021 – The Top-50 Shortstop As we near the end of the positional reviews, Ray Flowers wraps up the infield position by talking about the top-50 shortstops according to ADP. The position is loaded with power, speed, average, youth, veterans, there’s a little bit 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: Keston Hiura
In his career he’s flashed power, has stolen some bags, and generally been an extremely productive offensive performer. Coming into the 2021 season, Keston Hiura will also be adding a new position to his portfolio expanding his flexibility in the fantasy game. Adding everything together, who will Hiura be as a performer in 2021? 24 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.
NFBC’s Three Wise Men
One of my greatest joys in life besides the obvious (my family) is being able to eat, breathe and sleep fantasy baseball. Our winter months are filled with Twitter banter, informative podcasts, player research, slow drafts, and most of all, anticipation. Waiting for our favorite pastime to fill our hearts and minds for six whole 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: John Means
John Means is an intriguing arm heading into the 2021 season. There might be as many negatives as positives with his outlook, but that doesn’t mean that the pluses don’t outweigh the concerns if we are looking at the entire package the lefty brings to the bump. 28 years oldBats/Throws: Left/LeftHeight/Weight: 6’3”, 230 lbs.Position: Starting 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: March 10, 2021
Elite Fantasy Network · Baseball Elite Podcast: March 10, 2021 Baseball Elite Podcast, March 10, 2021 Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show. 1. Ray discusses his ‘BreakoutPitcher for ‘21’ 2. Other SPs that came up short of the title. 3. ToutWars 15-team Mixed Draft from last night. 4. Stash? – Sale (18.6), Severino (20.11), 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: Zach Plesac
Twelve months ago, Zach Plesac was a young hurler who was being looked at as a guy to round out a mixed league pitching staff. Now, after 55.1 innings, he’s being looked at as a strong option on the bump. Should those eight starts of drastically changed how we view the righty? Let’s find 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.
Ray’s Rundown 3/9: The Top-50 Third Basemen
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 3/9: The Top-50 Third Basemen It’s time to get back to breaking down the top-50 players at each position. Ray Flowers will take a look at the ADP information and run through the top-50 third sackers in this podcast. No notes, just a stream of consciousness conversation 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.
2021 Player Profile: Yoan Moncada
Heading into the 2020 season, Yoan Moncada was a rising star. Twelve months later, we are left to wonder, is that still the case with the former elite-level prospect? 25 years old Bats/Throws: Both, Right Height/Weight: 6’2”, 205 lbs. Position: Third Base THE NUMBERS *Stats from Baseball Reference. Baseball AmericaBaseball ProspectusMLB.com20163rd 7th 7th 2017 2nd 5th 2nd NFBC 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, March 8, 2021
Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show . 1. Trevor Bauer may only need one eye open to pitch, but fantasy players should make sure both eyes are open and that they get a FULL understanding of these players for 2021 … ‘One-Eyed’ Fantasy Hitters for ’21. 2. ‘One-Eyed’ Fantasy Pitchers for ’21. 3. LABR NL and AL…
2021 Breakout Pitcher of the Year
Every year I try. Most years, I’ve been pretty successful at predicting some rather undervalued pitching asset to add to your fantasy squad. Further, a couple of times the selection for Breakout Pitcher of the Year has, actually, broken out in a big way leading to tons of fantasy success. So, I’m strapping on 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.
Baseball Elite Podcast, March 6, 2021
Elite Fantasy Network · Baseball Elite Podcast, March 6, 2021 Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show… 1. LABR Auction preview and advice for building a fantasy team via auction. 2. Hype derailed? … HOU rotation loses Framber Valdez – replaced by Jake Odorizzi, Kelenic (knee) comes up limping, N. Pearson (groin) missing spring action, 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 ADP Market Report # 3
Here is the third of several ADP Market Reports over the next few weeks leading up to MLB Opening Day. Expect to see a weekly summary of recent average draft position (ADP) – risers and fallers – per data gathered by NFBC paid drafts. In each report, I’ll review the previous week’s most prominent 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.
2021 Category Rankings – Pitchers
We all love rankings. It’s ok to admit that we are addicted to them. Recently, we ranked all the offensive players by category. Yep, we gave you rankings for each of the five main fantasy categories (AVG-HR-RBI-Runs-SB). Today, we turn our attention to pitchers. We’ve got all kinds of rankings at Fantasy Guru. We 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.
2021 Category Rankings – Hitters
We’ve got all kinds of rankings at Fantasy Guru. We have our mixed league rankings and AL/NL only rankings here. You can find our points league rankings here. If you are playing the long game we have dynasty rankings here. We also have the Draft Book if that is your cup ‘o tea here. That’s 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 Episode 2 – March 3, 2021
1. Prospects Kept Waiting - AAA likely to start in May … Alternate training sites return. 2. So, who is worth stashing? Wander Franco, Jarred Kelenic, Alex Kirilloff, MacKenzie Gore, Andrew Vaughan. 3. Spring Talk - Bogaerts dealing with a balky shoulder, K. Calhoun to have knee surgery, Ohtani to debut on Friday, J. Hicks hitting…