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The 2024 Season in Review
What follows will be a review of the top-50 pitchers on draft day based on NFBC ADP in the month of March of 2024 (there were 687 drafts in the ADP sample). *Player Rankings are from the Razzball Player Rater. A review of the top-50 batters in 2024. RankFinishPlayerComment1286 Ronald Acuna Jr.The universal #1 only played 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.
What Is Wrong With Fantasy Baseball in 2025?
In what has become an evergreen piece here at FantasyGuru, Ray Flowers shares his thoughts on where the game of fantasy baseball currently resides in the fantasy sports space. Is everything OK with game of fantasy baseball? Clearly there are issues to address given the title of this piece and what appears to be 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.
2025: Why Overall Rankings Are Useless
I hear the following question every preseason and have for years. It goes something like this. Where is the overall rankings list, Ray? I’ve looked on the home page, the rankings section, under the rock in the yard and even under my dog who is sleeping in his bed in the corner of my office, 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.
2025 MLB Positional Qualifications
Each year players lose, and pick up, new positions defensively. With the plethora of injuries in the game of baseball, having those guys you can slide around a lineup is pretty damn valuable. This piece will talk about which players qualify at which spots, which guys qualify at more than one spot, and what your 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.
2025 MLB Pitching Qualifications
I don’t play in leagues that use a specific designation for pitchers each week in fantasy baseball. In my leagues the are just generic pitching slots. However, I know some of you are in leagues that use “starting pitchers” and relief pitcher. This little article will not focus on the individual sites and how they 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.
2025 MLB SABERMETRIC PRIMER
SABERMETRICS DEFINED Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence focusing specifically on statistical information. The term itself is derived from the acronym SABR (Society for American Baseball Research), which comes from the group of baseball historians who were the originators of most of these “fancy math” equations (the term was coined by the 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.
My Life in Baseball
I’ve been involved with the sport of baseball since the day I was born and my grandfather brought me an SF Giants cap to the hospital. I progressed from baseball cards, to playing the game, to umping, to coaching, to writing about and now talking as well. I’m going to include a brief rundown 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.
Best Fantasy Baseball Seasons Ever: Pitchers
Paul Skenes, Chris Sale, Tarik Skubal – all were amazing in 2024. Taking nothing away from any of the three, there efforts were nowhere near some of the best pitching seasons of all-time in the fantasy game. I could go back to 1990, or maybe even 1980, to limit the answers to the actual era…
Best Fantasy Baseball Seasons Ever: Hitters
With all the talk about how amazing guys like Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge were in 2024, I thought I would take a look back at efforts of yesteryear that have been stupendous fantasy offerings. I could go back to 1990, or maybe even 1980, to limit the answers to the actual era of fantasy…
The All-Time Best Baseball Video Games & Players
I’ve been trying to keep people engaged the last couple of weeks. Don’t know if I’m having success or not, but I’m trying. Over the weekend I tweeted out (@TheRayFlowers) a bunch of screenshots of my playing Atari 2600 and Nintendo sports games, and they got tons of interaction (here is the list of what…
The Best Sports Movies
I decided to compile a list of the best sports movies of all-time. Is this list complete? Absolutely not. Is it authoritative? Um, no. Will it be helpful/useful to you if you’re looking to spend some time with a flick during the societal pause we are dealing with? You bet your rear-end it should be. *Note, there are some PG-13…
Ray’s Ramblings: 2024 MLB AWARDS
Ray Flowers gives some quick thoughts on the NL and AL award winners for MLB hitting on the Rookie of the Year, the Cy Young award and the Most Valuable Player. AL MVP – Aaron Judge, Unanimous Winner Aaron Judge became the 17th man to win the award twice in the AL. In an unprecedented situation, Judge received…
Ray’s Ramblings: November 13th – Players In The News
Though we are months away from the 2025 baseball season, MLB teams are still looking to improve their standing. Ray takes a look at a few of the players whose names have been discussed in the media over the past week. Guys coming back from injury. Players in free agency. Talk about the glove. Even…
Ray’s Ramblings: Off-Season Player Movement
A whole host of MLB players have been shown the door and are now free agents. This piece will touch on a bunch of those players who are looking for a new home in 2025. Jake Bauers is a free agent. His per season homer total: 11-12-4-12-12. At least he’s consistent. Just a bench option. Lefty…
Ray’s Ramblings: World Series 2024
The Dodgers lead the Yankees three games to one as the Yankees try, again, to stave off World Series elimination. Here’s a few notes on what we’ve seen to date in the playoffs from both teams, before we hit on a few non-playoff names who have been in the news. https://twitter.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1851505383975657627 THE DODGERS Mookie Betts has 14 RBI…
MLB DFS World Series Breakdown – 10/30/2024
Scott Bondar has you covered as the New York Yankees battle the Los Angeles Dodgers for a World Series Championship! Today’s MLB DFS Postseason Breakdown will cover showdown tournament options on FanDuel and DraftKings. What’s up all, it’s the World Series! We have a few more games until the offseason, and obviously, the games will be showdown modes. FanDuel has the single game without pitchers. Let’s jump into it. DFS MLB Breakdown – The article you are currently reading.DFS MLB Lineup Coach – Daily coaching session assisting with all aspects of DFS MLB.Core 4 Livestream – Daily Livestream that covers all DFS sports, featuring guests from throughout the Elite Sports Network. Also Be Sure To Bookmark: MLB Weather CenterBvP Matchup PageFull MLB Ballpark FactorsTargeting Stolen BasesDFS MLB Ownership ProjectionsDFS MLB Projections & OptimizerMLB Splits HubUmpire Factors Subscribe Now!
MLB DFS World Series Breakdown – 10/29/2024
Surge Singh has you covered as the New York Yankees battle the Los Angeles Dodgers for a World Series Championship! Today’s MLB DFS Postseason Breakdown will cover showdown tournament options on FanDuel and DraftKings. What’s up all, it’s the World Series! We have a few more games until the offseason, and obviously, the games will be showdown modes. FanDuel has the single game without pitchers. Let’s jump into it. DFS MLB Breakdown – The article you are currently reading.DFS MLB Lineup Coach – Daily coaching session assisting with all aspects of DFS MLB.Core 4 Livestream – Daily Livestream that covers all DFS sports, featuring guests from throughout the Elite Sports Network. Also Be Sure To Bookmark: MLB Weather CenterBvP Matchup PageFull MLB Ballpark FactorsTargeting Stolen BasesDFS MLB Ownership ProjectionsDFS MLB Projections & OptimizerMLB Splits HubUmpire Factors
MLB DFS World Series Breakdown – 10/28/2024
Surge Singh has you covered as the New York Yankees battle the Los Angeles Dodgers for a World Series Championship! Today’s MLB DFS Postseason Breakdown will cover showdown tournament options on FanDuel and DraftKings. What’s up all, it’s the World Series! We have a few more games until the offseason, and obviously, the games will be showdown modes. FanDuel has the single game without pitchers. Let’s jump into it. DFS MLB Breakdown – The article you are currently reading.DFS MLB Lineup Coach – Daily coaching session assisting with all aspects of DFS MLB.Core 4 Livestream – Daily Livestream that covers all DFS sports, featuring guests from throughout the Elite Sports Network. Also Be Sure To Bookmark: MLB Weather CenterBvP Matchup PageFull MLB Ballpark FactorsTargeting Stolen BasesDFS MLB Ownership ProjectionsDFS MLB Projections & OptimizerMLB Splits HubUmpire Factors
MLB DFS World Series Breakdown – 10/26/2024
Scott Bondar has you covered as the New York Yankees battle the Los Angeles Dodgers for a World Series Championship! Today’s MLB DFS Postseason Breakdown will cover showdown tournament options on FanDuel and DraftKings. What’s up all, it’s the World Series! We have a few more games until the offseason, and obviously, the games will be showdown modes. FanDuel has the single game without pitchers. Let’s jump into it. DFS MLB Breakdown – The article you are currently reading.DFS MLB Lineup Coach – Daily coaching session assisting with all aspects of DFS MLB.Core 4 Livestream – Daily Livestream that covers all DFS sports, featuring guests from throughout the Elite Sports Network. Also Be Sure To Bookmark: MLB Weather CenterBvP Matchup PageFull MLB Ballpark FactorsTargeting Stolen BasesDFS MLB Ownership ProjectionsDFS MLB Projections & OptimizerMLB Splits HubUmpire Factors
MLB DFS World Series Breakdown – 10/25/2024
Scott Bondar has you covered as the New York Yankees battle the Los Angeles Dodgers for a World Series Championship! Today’s MLB DFS Postseason Breakdown will cover showdown tournament options on FanDuel and DraftKings. What’s up all, it’s the World Series! We have a few more games until the offseason, and obviously, the games will be showdown modes. FanDuel has the single game without pitchers. Let’s jump into it. DFS MLB Breakdown – The article you are currently reading.DFS MLB Lineup Coach – Daily coaching session assisting with all aspects of DFS MLB.Core 4 Livestream – Daily Livestream that covers all DFS sports, featuring guests from throughout the Elite Sports Network. Also Be Sure To Bookmark: MLB Weather CenterBvP Matchup PageFull MLB Ballpark FactorsTargeting Stolen BasesDFS MLB Ownership ProjectionsDFS MLB Projections & OptimizerMLB Splits HubUmpire Factors
Ray’s Ramblings: World Series Addition
Ray Flowers briefly takes a look at the upcoming World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees. Ray also looks at a series of players who are dealing with some health issues as the off-season begins. https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/1848484410670387669 DODGERS (11 Games) From Jayson Stark… “Now, if you don’t count the shortened, 60-game 2020 season, this is only the fourth time in…
MLB DFS Postseason Breakdown – 10/18/2024
Welcome to FantasyGuru.com’s Daily MLB Fantasy Corner! Step up to the plate and get ready for an exhilarating ride through the world of daily fantasy baseball! At FantasyGuru.com, we’re your ultimate destination for all things MLB DFS, offering expert insights, analysis, and lineup advice to help you dominate the competition. You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – DFS Monthly Daily projections, cheat sheets, rankings, optimizer, and full Discord access. $59.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 Already a member? Sign in.
MLB DFS Postseason Breakdown – 10/17/2024
Welcome to FantasyGuru.com’s Daily MLB Fantasy Corner! Step up to the plate and get ready for an exhilarating ride through the world of daily fantasy baseball! At FantasyGuru.com, we’re your ultimate destination for all things MLB DFS, offering expert insights, analysis, and lineup advice to help you dominate the competition. Today’s MLB DFS Postseason Breakdown will cover tournament and cash game options on DraftKings and FanDuel. You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – DFS Monthly Daily projections, cheat sheets, rankings, optimizer, and full Discord access. $59.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Review: 2024 Tout Wars Solds League
The just completed 2024 fantasy baseball season was excruciatingly long (it wasn’t just me, right?). On a daily basis there were injuries, odd lineup decisions and general mayhem across the league. You had to grind it out to have success in 2024, there was no way around it, so keeping an eye on those weekly…