Ray's MLB Ramblings
2026 Fantasy Baseball Rankings Update
Ray Flowers has updated the rankings for your fantasy baseball squads for the second half of the season. Which players have fallen? Which players have risen? Click on the link below to take you directly to the 250 pitchers and 275 hitters for the second half of the 2026 season. HITTER RANKINGS PITCHER RANKINGS 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.
2026 Mid-Season Points League Rankings
Rotisserie fantasy baseball leagues is how most old school folks seem to play the game, but in recent year it sure seems like points leagues are on the rise. For those unfamiliar with the setup, instead of trying to do something like fill up 5×5 categories, points leagues reward different point totals for a lot 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: Pitcher Workload Concerns
Pitcher workload discussions are all the rage in baseball circles. How many innings can a hurler increase from the previous season? Is it more important to focus on pitch counts rather than innings pitched? What role does age and history play? Will hurlers be shut down late in the year when they throw 20/40/60 innings 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: Recent Expected Performances
Fantasy baseball in 2026 is about at the mid-point with the calendar flipping to July. Narrowing our focus a bit in today’s piece, Ray will take a look at batters performances over roughly the last month. What is a player’s true level of success or failure? The expected stats will allow us to zero-in on 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: 2026 Fantasy Baseball Midpoint
The fantasy baseball season is roughly half over. What have we learned over the course of roughly halfway point to the fantasy baseball season? What are some of the full season pace marks as we approach the midway point to the season? WE HAVE LEARNED Don’t draft pitching early. Starting pitchers taken top-50 in ADP 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: How Good Am I?
Ray Flowers reviews the best of the best in expected stats for MLB hitters, before he looks a bit deeper into names like Alexander, Canzone, Clemens, Langford and Montgomery. HITTING NOTES Blaze Alexander is a thing? Blaze is scorching since the beginning of May 🔥.410 AVG | .451 OBP | .588 SLG | 1.039 OPS 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: Around The Diamond
Which young bats should you be tracking in fantasy baseball? Which speedy veterans are surging? On the hill, who changed his splitter grip and has seen his production take off? Read on to find out. HITTING Caleb Durbin’s season has been awful, but the ole pot of gold at the end of the rainbow might 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: We’re Streaking
Ray Flowers details a handful of batters who are blazing at the dish, while also talking about some guys spots in the batting order. On the bump, the discussion focuses on names like Arrighetti, Kolak, Lowder and Urena. HITTERS Nick Castellanos has been let go by the Padres which means good old Ty France is 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: Young Hurlers & Some Bats
Ray Flowers will discuss some of the May offensive numbers that pop, but the majority of this fantasy baseball article will focus on young hurlers like Chandler, Early, Sandlin and more. YOUNG PITCHERS Bubba Chandler has the talent to be a star in this league. So far though… not so much. After his 11 punchout 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: Showing Improvement of Late
Ray Flowers takes a look at the recent performance of hitters and pitchers of late. Which players seem to be trending upwards as the weeks pass on during the fantasy baseball season? HITTING BALL BETTER OF LATE This is a list of players who have seen their expected weighted on base average (xwOBA) improve 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: MLB Players to Target
Last week in May Buy or Sell Rankings I reviewed the top-50 hitters and pitchers and gave my call on whether or not that the players hot start to the season would continue. Today, we will take a look at players who are currently outside the top-200 overall players who are “buys” or players that 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: May Buy or Sell Rankings
People are always wondering in fantasy baseball when the right time is to sell a player who is performing well. It’s easy to trade a player who is disappointing, but can you pull the trigger on dealing a player who is actually performing well, being pretty confident that worse times are ahead for the guy? 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: How Am I Actually Performing?
Ray Flowers looks at the bats while diving in to the expected data for fantasy baseball purposes. Are the returns supportive of the players early performance or might there be a different tale being told behind the raw numbers? THE DAILY SHOW Don’t forget about FREE show, Fantasy Sports Daily, M-F, 12pm EST. You’re really missing 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: Slow Starts & Callups
We’re a month in to the fantasy baseball season, and it has been a wild time indeed. Guys like Chisholm and Witt cannot get their bats going. Meanwhile, Dalton Rushing is crushing, Mauricio & Tolle are being promoted and who the heck is this 34 year old Vargas guy from the Diamondbacks? HITTERS Jazz Chisholm 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: Oh That Start
Who is Jeremiah Jackson of the Orioles? What should we make of the starts of Murakami and Okoamoto? Arrighetti and Early… anything to see there? Oh, a scouting report on recent White Sox prospect Sam Antonnaci too. HITTERS CJ Abrams was hit by pitch twice yesterday. He has reached base in 12-of-14 plate appearances. 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: Young Hurlers Highlighted
Ray highlights a handful of young hurlers such as Fuentes, McGreevey and Schultz. There also some data on which hurlers have lost the most velocity as well as updates on Buxton and Stowers. TOOLS TO HELP YOU WIN Wondering if you should bench or start that arm today? What about the depth bat on offense. 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.
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Ray’s Ramblings: Hot, Cold & Rockies
Ray Flowers takes a look at the ever changing bullpens around the league, young player performance and tries to get a handle on what the Rockies are doing with their lineup in Colorado. HITTING Kevin McGonigle has played 11 games for the Tigers – and looked tremendous slashing .302/.385/.465. He’s also rocking a 0.86 BB/K 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 Prodigal Son
Elite rookie prospect Konnor Griffin is being called up to the Pirates. That storylines leads this edition of Ramblings that also touches on topics like stolen bases and bullpen usage. KONNOR GRIFFIN IS COMING… In 127 games, Konnor Griffin has gone .336-21-95-121-68 with a .950 OPS. WOW. He is about to be super rich – 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: MLB First Week
Ray Flowers looks around the baseball diamond and discusses the players you have questions about in this edition of Ramblings. HITTING Please remember to check out, if you haven’t already, the Sample Size article. The Athletics changed their lineup up last night. Nick Kurtz went from leadoff to third while Jacob Wilson entered the leadoff 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: Early Season Sample Size
I’ve spent about half a year breaking down players for the 2026 fantasy baseball season. A cold/hot start should not dramatically alter what we planned for the past half year. Though completely logical, and in fact correct, the statement is often lost during the early hype news cycle. Before you rage drop a player, 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 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: Batting Orders & Workloads
With the first full day of baseball games in the books, Ray Flowers points out some oddities when it comes to squads batting orders. He will then list the pitch counts for all the starting hurlers. TeamOrderLHP/RHPPITOneil Cruz 1RHPNYMBichette-Polanco-Robert 3-4-5RHPCWSVargas 3, Murakami 6RHPMILVaughn 4, David Hamilton 7RHPWASAbrams 6LHPCHCSwanson-Shaw 8-9RHPMINAustin Martin 1, Luke Keashall 3LHPBALWard-Henderson-Alonso-Rutschman-BasalloRHPCINStewart 4LHPLAAAdell-Lowe 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.
2026 MLB Opening Day
The start of the 2026 Major League Baseball is upon us. Ray Flowers shares some final thoughts as game action gets underway including a bunch of his final predictions for fantasy baseball. RAY’s RAMBLINGS The Astros staring pitching group is pretty wild. Hunter Brown is a star who has thrown more than 170-innings each 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Final Few Days of 2025
Ray Flowers reviews some of the big number targets people have reached or are about to. He also sprinkles him a few relative no-name types who have been producing with the bat of late. THE DAILY SHOW Don’t forget about FREE show, Fantasy Sports Daily, M-F, 12pm EST. You’re really missing out if you don’t tune 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.