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Ray’s Ramblings: Pitchers, Hitters & Hawaii
Take a stroll through the mind of Ray Flowers… Xander Bogaerts is banging. Paul Goldschmidt and Jose Ramirez, two top-25 draft picks this season, have failed to remotely approach their expected outputs this season. Both men have had stellar Julys. Kepler and Mazara are two young AL outfielders going in opposite directions. Gary Sanchez really 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.
The Closer Chart – July 25th, 2019
The 2019 season is underway and, predictably, it’s a disaster. Some teams seem to have no plan at all. Other teams are continually searching for answers to get the last out, either because of poor performance or injury. There are very few situations with nary an issue. Each week we will try to get 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, July 25th
It’s time to figure out what to do with some starting pitchers in fantasy baseball… Is Dylan Bundy worth a look? Danny Duffy… can you take that risk? How is Mike Fiers doing this? Domingo German has been blasted for the long ball of late. Kyle Gibson has slowed of late. How concerned should 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.
From the Gut – ADP Review
This season, it may feel like we have more late-round studs coming out of the woodwork to surprise and help our teams than ever before. I can tell you from playing fantasy baseball for two decades and analyzing it for the last 10 years that what we are seeing this year is not outside 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.
BURR 2019: Week 18
Bullpen Usage & Reliever Ratings, or BURR, is an idea that Flowers and Mans have been playing around with since the 2017 season. The reason for their focus is simply that bullpens are a more important part of the modern game than ever before. You know what we mean. Whereas at one time starting pitchers threw 220 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: Mound Mavens, July 24th
Let’s look at some fantasy baseball pitching options… Chase and Shaun Anderson – are either worth an add if available? Bailey was blasted by the Astros. Oh well. Borucki returned to the majors. Will he stick? Clevinger is back to dominating with the Indians. de Leon of the Cardinals is generating a lot of interest. 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.
Hot/Cold – Week 18
Are players performing up to expectations or are they struggling to live up to the hopes placed on their shoulders? That said, do we really “know” who players are? We should by now, right? Has the guy who started out hot seen his performance cave of late? Or perhaps a slow starter, whose overall numbers 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.
Prospect Watch 2019: Week 18
Each week, we provide a quick update on each of the top-40 minor leaguers who could help out in the fantasy game in 2019… Of course, there is an element of uncertainty with all of this, as we never quite know when a team will decide to call up a youngster or if that role 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 – Mound Mavens
Brandon Woodruff has been sent to the IL. How long will the Brewers be without him? Urquidy will get some rope with the Astros. Soroka has hit a little speed bump. What does that mean? Two righties – Samardzija and Pineda – are both effectively eating innings. Same can pretty much be said about Musgrove 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 Top-50 SPs, A Look Back
In today’s piece, we will look at the top-50 starting pitchers (relievers were omitted from what follows)... About a month ago, I took a look back at the top-50 players selected on draft day. Of those 50 players, we determined that 17 of the players had failed to match draft day expectations. In today’s piece, we…
Ray’s Ramblings: Should You Drop Riley?
I’m back. Hawaii was great, fruity drinks, beautiful sunsets, and hula dancing. Not me doing it mind you, but a beautiful lady or two. Believe it or not, that in over a week, I never even put on my windbreaker. I already miss the warm breezes. Is it time to move on from Austin Riley, 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: July 22-28
In the following weekly preview, we have a game breakdown for all 30 MLB teams, pitching rankings and latest IL info to dominate Fantasy Baseball... Jeff Mans and I were sitting around the metaphorical campfire, singing “Kumbaya” and talking about baseball, the future of the fantasy business and days of old. He reflected upon his Fantasy…
Vlad’s FAAB Values – Fantasy Baseball Week 18
FAAB Values for Fantasy Baseball – We are officially getting into the stretch run with only nine more FAAB periods after this weekend of bidding. News of Luis Urias’ promotion is the talk of FAABtown Saturday, and it’s long overdue since he’s been crushing in Triple-A (19 HR, 7 SB, .315 AVG, .398 OBP 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Do You Have To Play For Money?
The world revolves around money. We need it to live. We strive daily to get more of it. We need it to show off. Some of us need it to invest any of our time. Ray Flowers takes a look at the role of money in the game of fantasy baseball. How important 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 Weekly Preview: July 15-21
In the following weekly preview, we have a game breakdown for all 30 MLB teams, pitching rankings and latest IL info to dominate Fantasy Baseball... Jeff Mans and I were sitting around the metaphorical campfire, singing “Kumbaya” and talking about baseball, the future of the fantasy business and days of old. He reflected upon his Fantasy…
Vlad’s FAAB Values – Fantasy Baseball Week 17
FAAB Values for Fantasy Baseball – We’re back from the break and are now in full category management mode in roto leagues. Look at where you need to gain and start to hack away at it however possible. Some of the studs we’ve missed for some time will slowly start to work their way back, 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: Are MLB Teams Tanking?
There’s the belief, in many circles, that owners are grubby, rich, miserly fellas like Scrooge. Some folks think owners, sitting in their ivory towers, are clinging to every last cent of their financial holdings without giving a passing thought to anything other than the bottom line. These people, those that hold owners in such low 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.
Keeper Leagues: When Are You Trying To Win?
I get questions all the time about folks being in keeper leagues. There’s a whole host of questions, baseline kinda stuff, that needs to be addressed before any rendering of a decision on a trade can be given. How big is your league? How many roster spots do you have? What is the starting lineup…
The Trade Market & Do You Trade Too Much?
Ever hear of the idea called ‘timing the stock market?’ You know, the idea that you can tell exactly when the high point of a stock will be, so you wait for that moment, patiently, and the moment it hits that phantom mark you sell all of your stock for a monster profit. The problem…
From the Gut – Catching us by Surprise
As we enjoy a couple days of rest from baseball and gather strength for the second half, thought it’d be worthwhile to review a surprisingly fun position that has long been abysmal. Catchers have been anything but a trouble spot for fantasy owners this season. There have been a multitude of viable options for two-catcher leagues 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.
The Closer Chart – July 11th, 2019
The 2019 season is underway and, predictably, it’s a disaster. Some teams seem to have no plan at all. Other teams are continually searching for answers to get the last out, either because of poor performance or injury. Very few are the situations that have nary an issue. Each week we will try to get 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: Contact, Strikeouts & Walks
This is one of those pieces that hopefully will speak to you, regardless if you’re looking for something to aid you with decisions about your pitching staff, or if you’re looking to figure out the offensive side of things as well. Here’s the list of arms that will be broken down, using the springboard of 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.
BURR 2019: Week 16
Bullpen Usage & Reliever Ratings, or BURR, is an idea that Flowers and Mans have been playing around with since the 2017 season. The reason for their focus is simply that bullpens are a more important part of the modern game than ever before. You know what we mean. Whereas at one time starting pitchers threw 220 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.
Hot/Cold: Week 16
We’re at the All-Star Break of the 2019 season. It’s an easy breakpoint to take a look at players, what they have done, and what they are likely to do, the rest of the season. I’ve already taken a look at First Half Hitters as well as First Half Pitchers. In the current I will 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.