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Vlad’s FAAB Values – Week 9
SUNDAY UPDATE: I do believe it’s clear as day that Riley is going to be the big prize. You’ll see some $350+ bids on him with NFBC folks in both 12’s and 15’s spending over $200 for him. Moved up to fifth in the lineup today, which is great for his prospects. Power tough to 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Are Expected Stats Ruining Fantasy Baseball?
A few days ago, I asked the question What is Wrong With Fantasy Baseball? The response from many was that nothing is wrong (if you think that, you’re wrong). In this piece I’ll take a stab at something that I hope there will be more unanimity with – that expected stats are ruining fantasy baseball. 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
2019 Player Profile: Brendan Rodgers
Brendan Rodgers is one of the best young prospects in the game. Toss in that he will get to play half his games at Coors Field, and you can understand the excitement that accompanies him. Reports are suggesting that the vaunted prospect will be called up Friday, and that means we have to break him 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 – May 16th, 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, May 17th
What is wrong with Aaron Nola? Ray Flowers does some digging. Bieber has been good, minus the homer issues. Duffy – is he ever worth it? Foltynewicz just can’t seem to find what he had last season. Hendricks has snapped back, from some early season struggles, and has looked dominant the last month. Kikuchi has 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.
2019 Player Profile: Austin Riley
Austin Riley was a first-round draft pick out of high school in 2015 by the Braves. Pretty much all he has done since being drafted is hit. There is massive power in his bat, though there is also a lot of swing and miss to his game. Still, with an open spot on the roster, 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
BURR 2019: Week 8
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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
From the Gut – Rating the Rookies
This weekend will likely be the biggest single FAAB day of the year because of a handful of prospects who have been promoted. We’ll be able to hash things out a bit better in Saturday’s FAAB Values piece with a few days of data, but for now, let’s take a look at the prospects 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Prospect Watch 2019: Week 8
Each week we will try to give a quick update on each of the top-40 minor leaguers that 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 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Hot/Cold: Week 8
The last two weeks there has been a lot of change in the performance of a whole host of hitters. Some guys who started off hot, have since slowed. Conversely, some who started slowly have started to pick things up. You know Ray, he’s way more negative than positive, so the majority of the piece 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
2019 Player Profile: Keston Hiura
Keston Hiura has one of the best hit tools amongst all minor leaguers. He has been called up by the Brewers to give that hit tool a working at the big-league level. What does the can’t miss kid have to offer? What role will he fill for the Brew Crew? How should he fit into 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.
2019 Player Profile: Oscar Mercado
The Indians are calling up outfield prospect Oscar Mercado. His bat isn’t great, but with his ability to steals bases he immediately becomes a player that we need to discuss picking up in the majority of fantasy leagues. Will the bat play though? 24 years old Bats/Throws: Right/ Right Height/Weight: 6’2”, 195 lbs Position: Outfield 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
What Is Wrong With Fantasy Baseball?
Fantasy Baseball is at a crossroads. Each year, interest in the game seems to wane. Take it from one of the few people who has been in this industry for nearly two decades working full-time, we have a problem with fantasy baseball. Last season, for the first time in 15-year, MLB attendance dropped below 70 million.…
2019 Player Profile: Jordan Lyles
Jordan Lyles was a non-entity in the fantasy game some eight weeks ago. Now, after seven starts, his numbers leap off the page to the point that he must be factored into the mix in the fantasy game. Is his blazing start a flash in the pan? Does the right have actual staying power, or 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, May 13th
Bassitt has been impressive for the A’s. Freeland, hasn’t for the Rockies. What are the concerns with German of the Yankees? Are there any? Two veteran lefties – Gio Gonzalez and J.A. Happ – are getting outs. Miley is getting tons of outs too, but how? Minor and Odorizzi are having extremely effective starts to 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
MLB Weekly Preview: May 13-19
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 Alarm days and then, Eureka! Like a flash of lightning, the thought sprung from his mind… the MLB Weekly Preview. For those of you…
Vlad’s FAAB Values – Week 8
Welcome to my weekly Free Agent Acquisition Bidding/Budget (FAAB) column where my goal is to have you confidently prepared to acquire the hitters and pitchers off free agency or waivers to make your team better. Like most everything else in life, you get out what you put in. Those quickly slapping one- and two-dollar bids 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Rundown – 05/11
Ray Flowers discusses the following. Vlad Guerrero’s struggles vs. expectations. The same with Eloy Jimenez. What to make of Adalberto Mondesi’s amazing start? Dee Gordon avoids IL. Mike Zunino to IL – how to handle filling that catcher spot? Waiver-wire HITTERS (Dickerson, Dietrich, Healy, La Stella, Pence, Profar, Sano) and PITCHERS (Alcantara, Cubs bullpen, Fiers, 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, May 10th
Let’s look at the arms. Canning has been sharp for the Angels. Darvish – what can be said about his wretched pitching to this point? Flaherty is on the cusp of becoming the pitcher he was drafted to be. Foltynewicz has been troubling when on the hill this year. Gibson, no one talks about, but 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Week 7: Vlad, Alonso, Mondesi & More
Vlad Guerrero has struggled to this point. Is there anything to be overly worried about? Peter Alonso was great. Now the game of adjustments has started and it’s caused him to slow of late. The Mariners need infield help and that means J.P. Crawford and/or Shed Long might be of value in the fantasy game. 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.
Week 7: Doing the Splits
There’s a lotta data to go over when it comes to the fantasy baseball season. Some of the data is important. Some of it is interesting. Some of it is, well, less than needed in many instances. That said, we’re going to, from time to time, hit on some split info that might be interesting 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
2019 Player Profile: Lucas Giolito
A former first round draft pick, Lucas Giolito was at one point the top right-handed pitching prospect in all of baseball. Early in his professional career, Giolito tore his UCL and had Tommy John surgery in 2012. Since that point, his stuff has never quite returned to pre-surgery levels, and he has shown a maddening 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
2019 Player Profile: Luke Weaver
Thirteen months ago, the fantasy community was giddy with excitement about Luke Weaver, then of the Cardinals. I wasn’t in that boat, and hopefully you listened to that advice instead of the industry wide opinion as Weaver just wasn’t any good last season. Traded to the Diamondbacks in the massive Paul Goldschmidt deal this offseason, 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
The Closer Chart – May 9th, 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 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.