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Ray’s Ramblings: Surging and Struggling
Another day, another series of reports on arms/bats that are surging and struggling to meet expectations. Where do names like J.P. Crawford, Brandon Belt and Josh Donaldson fall on that list? OK, you probably know with Donaldson, but what about Berti, McCutchen or Walker? What are the Rays doing in the bullpen? What is 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.
MLB 2020: Roughly Half Way
We are not exactly at the halfway point of the 2020 season, but the Twins, Athletics, Mariners, Rays, Dodgers, Padres, Giants and D’backs have played 30 game. Plus, the season is supposed to be 66 days long, and the season started on July 23rd, so there’s that too. With that, and because I thought 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 Rundown 8/25: News & Notes
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 8/25: News & Notes Ray Flowers takes a look at game action on August 24th in this review. What is going on with Nate Pearson? Trevor Story is surging. Kyle Tucker is performer. Justin Upton is hideous. Paul Goldschmidt is starring. Brad Miller from the depths. Javier Baez issues. Nico Hoerner struggling.…
Ray’s Ramblings: Ian Anderson To Debut
Yes, Ian Anderson will debut today for the Braves. No, that isn’t the only thing I have to talk about in this piece, don’t you worry. There’s talk about struggling guys like Altuve, Carlson, Gallo and Kieboom. What the hell is wrong with Mondesi? How hot is Sano? Who is closing in Colorado? It’s turn 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.
I Can’t Throw Strikes
I often talk about the pitching trifecta of grounders, strikeouts and a lack of walks. In this piece we will discuss the hurlers that are having a difficult time throwing strikes. We will look at more than just the walk, but also a few of the measures that lead up to the issuing of 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: August 24th, The Arms
The Mets are playing a gazillion games. Pitchers are getting hurt everywhere. The biggest name going down the last couple days is Strasburg. Anderson/Dobnak/Freeland are getting it done, and no one thought that was gonna happen. Gallen and May are rolling too. McKenzie was great in his first outing, but how long can it last? 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 Weekly Preview: August 24 – 30
In the following MLB weekly preview, we have a full game breakdown, pitching rankings and latest IL info to dominate Fantasy Baseball.
Ray’s Rundown 8/22: Waiver, Trades, Injuries
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 8/22: Waiver, Trades, Injuries Red Sox/Phillies make a deal. The Yankees got good news on Judge, but bad news on Paxton and Torres. Braves updates on Acuna/Albies. Salvy Perez can’t see. Pomeranz to the shelf. Ray breaks down the waiver-wire talking HITTERS (Bart, Mountcastle, Pache, Grichuk, Happ, Slater, K.Calhoun, McCutchen,…
Vlad Sedler’s FAAB Values: Week 6
The goal is to prepare us to acquire hitters & pitchers off FA or waivers to put our fantasy teams in contention! 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.
2020 Player Profile: Ryan Mountcastle
We have been waiting a long while to see the power bat of Ryan Mountcastle in the big leagues. His time, has finally, arrived. What should we be expecting from the power hitting right-handed this season? WHO IS MOUNTCASTLE? *From Baseball Reference. Coming into the season here are Mountcastle’s rankings: Baseball America 90th, Baseball Prospectus 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: August 21st, Mound Mavens
Ray Flowers takes a look at pitchers who are surging, yes there are actually some that are, as well as those that are struggling (no, they aren’t all on your team). What would a report on pitching be without discussing injury with names like Chirinos and Paxton at the top of that unfortunate list. Trevor 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.
2020 Player Profile: Sixto Sanchez
If we are profiling young arms who could become all-stars in the near future, the name Sixto Sanchez is at the top of the list. The righty has been babied a bit to date as the team plays the long game with the righty, but it sounds like the future has finally arrived 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.
2020: Batted Ball Data, August Review
It’s still very early. Sure, you are tired hearing that statement. I gotta be honest. I’m tired of writing it, but it is true – when we talk about analyzing a hitter. No team in baseball has even played 30 games yet, the Cardinals have played 13 for goodness sakes, but we are inching toward 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 8/20: Injuries, Bullpens & Performances
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 8/20: Injuries, Bullpens & Performances So much to talk about today. Alvarez done for year. Injuries to Bregman, Dahl, W. Calhoun, Garver, Chirinos. Lindor/Baez struggling. Happ & Grossman surging. EE and D. Smith going at the corner Vogelbach DFA. deGrom returns. Matz to bullpen, Lugo to rotation. Alzolay/Mize/Dunning updates. Valdez/Civale…
2020 Player Profile: Joey Bart
One of the elite catching prospects in baseball, Joey Bart is being promoted to the big league club. He’s an immediate add in 2-catcher mixed leagues, given the dearth of offensive talent at the position, but what does that really mean for his outlook the rest of the way? WHO IS BART? Here is what 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: MLB Recent Promotions
Vlad Sedler circles around MLB and lets us know about some recent promotions as well as important pitching news! 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.
2020: SIERA August Review
In this article we will be taking a look at Skill Interactive ERA, also called SIERA. What is it? How do you decipher it? Why does it matter? It’s all in here as we try to get a better handle on how pitchers are performing in this truncated season. WHAT IS IT? The formula hurts 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: Some Struggle, Some Surge
Every day guys are getting hurt. Today a like Nate Pearson makes the list. The Braves called up Christian Pache, and that’s potentially exciting. Brandon Lowe is in quite the groove. There’s also a bunch of stuff in here that could lead to questions about the validity of rostering guys like Sano and Chavis. Gonsolin, 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.
2020: BABIP August Review
We are past the third of the season marker in this wild and whacky 2020 campaign, so we thought it would be a good time to take a look at the BABIP leaderboards. This plan is somewhat fraught with danger, we will explain why that is below, but we will use BABIP as a jumping 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 8/18: Injuries Are Everywhere
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 8/18: Injuries Are Everywhere Who isn’t hurt at this point? Yordan Alvarez, Bo Bichette, Acuna/Albies, LeMahieu, Yates, Pham, Mejia. Seriously? What about deGrom, Madrigal and Peterson? Some real baseball talk. What do you do with Boyd/Canning/Toussaint? Some guys who are performing: Zach Davies, Cano, Peralta. Salvador Perez blurred vision and…
Ray’s Ramblings: A Disappointing Monday
Alvarez, Bichette, LeMahieu, Perez, Pham, Reyes, Segura, Kikuchi… who isn’t hurt? There is some positive stuff in here too, the Tigers are calling up Casey Mize, as Ray tries not to completely ruin your fantasy baseball week. HITTING Yordan Alvarez had knee issues in spring. He didn’t play for months cause of Covid, and then 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 Weekly Preview: August 17 – 23
In the following MLB weekly preview, we have a full game breakdown, pitching rankings and latest IL info to dominate Fantasy Baseball.
Vlad Sedler’s FAAB Values: Week 5
The goal is to prepare us to acquire hitters & pitchers off FA or waivers to put our fantasy teams in contention! 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 8/15:Waivers, Injuries & Struggles
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray's Rundown 8/15:Waivers, Injuries & Struggles Bravo to the Indians for the demotions of Clevinger & Plesac. What is the fallout with the Cardinals schedule? Hunting on the waiver-wire. Ray Flowers takes a look at a myriad of HITTERS (Y. Alvarez, Bohm, Carlson, Aguilar, C. Frazier/Mike Tauchman, T. Frazier, Luis Garcia, Grossman,…