MLB Seasonal Articles
Ray’s Ramblings: Walks in 2020
Punchouts are a huge piece of the puzzle with arms. The ability to miss bats has never been more significant than it is at this point in time. Seems like everywhere you look there are strikeouts. Who performed the best in the K/9 category? Who didn’t show up? Let’s review the 2020 season. *Further work on…
Ray’s Rundown 10/26: World Series Talk & The Strikeout
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/26: Qualifying Offers & More The Dodgers are one win away from winning the 2020 World Series. Ray Flowers talks the homer, the steal of home, Mr. Arozarena and the legacy of Clayton Kershaw. Then he looks back at the increasing strikeout totals in MLB and which pitchers were at…
Ray’s Ramblings: Strikeouts in 2020
Punchouts are a huge piece of the puzzle with arms. The ability to miss bats has never been more significant than it is at this point in time. Seems like everywhere you look there are strikeouts. Who performed the best in the K/9 category? Who didn’t show up? Let’s review the 2020 season. *Further work on…
Ray’s Rundown 10/24: Qualifying Offers & More
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/24: Qualifying Offers & More What is a qualifying offer? Who is gonna get one? Ray talks about the players who are involved in the one-year scenario. He also touches on the projection systems that everyone seems to be talking about on social media. He also mentions his recent work…
Ray’s Ramblings: October 23, This and That
We’re approaching Halloween, though of course it will not be the same this year. Something that is the same as always is the oddities of postseason pitching. I’ll touch on that in here, as well as a hitting on a bunch of players that simply aren’t hitting. There’s also some reporting on some free agents,…
2020 Review: Troubles
Back in the preseason I wrote about Troubles and why you should care about it in the fantasy game. I know no one uses the category, but I still like it as a way to look at those players who tend to slip through the cracks in the 5x5 games (much less so in points…
Ray’s Rundown 10/19: 2020 Playoff Review
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/19: 2020 Playoff Review The World Series matchup is set. How did we get to the Rays and Dodgers? Ray talks about the MVP’s – Arozarena and Seager. Did you notice all the pitchers being pulled early (i.e. Charlie Morton)? What about all the home runs? How historic was the…
2020 Review: Getting on Base
The most important thing for a pitcher is to get an out. The most important thing for a batter is to avoid making an out. Sounds completely stupid to break it down in such simplistic form, but that doesn’t make it any less accurate. To that end, let’s explore the players that were best at…
Ray’s Rundown 10/17: Looking Back at Relievers in 2020
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/17: Looking Back at Relievers in 2020 Finishing up our review of the top-50 players at each position, Ray Flowers takes a look at the men who close out games. How did these guys perform in 2020? Predictably, it was yet another rocky ride for the men in the bullpen.
2020 Top-50 Review: Relief Pitchers
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…
Ray’s Rundown 10/12: Starting Pitching in 2020
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/12: Starting Pitching in 2020 Ray Flowers looks at the average draft position data at the starting pitcher position in 2020. There were successes and fails, but there were a crazy amount of misses in the top-10 at the starting pitcher position in the just completed campaign.
2020 Top-50 Review: Starting Pitchers
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…
Ray’s Rundown 10/10: Looking Back at 3B, SS, OF
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/10: Looking Back at 3B, SS, OF Ray Flowers breaks down the top-50 players, by ADP, for the 2020 season. In this podcast he takes a look at the third base, shortstop and outfield positions. How did "we" do with our predictions for the position?
2020 Top-50 Review: Outfield
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…
Ray’s Ramblings: 2021 Qualifying Offers
It sounds like the 2021 Qualifying Offer will be a 1-year, $18.9 million deal. Mr. Flowers gives some notes on the players that are eligible for the offer this offseason. Ray also touches on some relevant playoff info. Well, at least it is interesting stuff. THE QUALIFYING OFFER Sounds like the QO will be worth $18.9 million…
2020 Top-50 Review: Shortstop
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…
Ray’s Rundown 10/5: Starting Pitching & 2021 Drafting
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/5: Starting Pitching & 2021 Drafting Ray offers some updates on the playoffs and particularly the pitching rotations. Does any team have three starting pitchers they trust? Has the game devolved into merely game after game of bullpen battles? Is that good for the sport? Ray compares the 2020 season…
2020 Top-50 Review: Third Base
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…
Ray’s Rundown 10/3: Looking Back at C, 1B, 2B
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 10/3: Looking Back at C, 1B, 2B Ray reviews the top-50 players at catcher, first base and second base according to ADP n 2020. How did the performance of players at each of the three positions turn out when compared to the preseason cost of said players?
2020 Top-50 Review: Second Base
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…
Ray’s Ramblings: Power, Speed, Playoffs
Grisham and Ramirez had nice power/speed efforts this season. Just how good was Salvador Perez? Giles and Kimbrel updates in the bullpen. A look at commercials, Halloween, Babe Ruth and the playoffs. POWER AND SPEED Trent Grisham had 10 homers and 10 steals in just 59 games in a hell of a fantasy effort. Back in 2017…
2020 Top-50 Review: First Base
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…
Ray’s Rundown 9/28:Wrapping Up 2020
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 9/28: Wrapping Up 2020 Ray Flowers takes a look back at the abbreviated, wild ride that was the 2020 fantasy baseball season. On the offensive side he discusses Altuve, Trea Turner, M. Ozuna, JD Martinez, K. Marte, Myers, Tapia, Lewis, Bohm/Hayes, Arraez, Mondesi and his terrible overall offense and Ohtani…
2020 Top-50 Review: Catcher
The 2020 fantasy baseball season, a wild ride if there ever was one, is over. It is early in the review process, the embers are still warm on the season, but we’re still going to start our review of the campaign by doing the following: we will take a look at the top player at…