Ray's MLB Ramblings
2023 MLB FAAB Values: Week 16
Working the waiver-wire is one of the most important skills a fantasy player needs if they want to hoist the championship trophy at years end. To that end, we will do what we can to help you to navigate the pitfalls and dangers on a weekly basis. It is impossible to craft a list for 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: Mid-Season Top-50 Pitchers
Fantasy baseball rankings are everywhere, and no matter how you consume the data, it’s a great time to look back at how the season progressed during the All-Star Break. Here are the top-50 pitchers in a 5×5 setup, in terms of fantasy value accrued, according to the Razzball Player Rater. RANKPLAYERCOMMENT1Spencer StriderBrief hiccup caused panic 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: Mid-Season Top-50 Hitters
Fantasy baseball rankings are everywhere, and no matter how you consume the data, it’s a great time to look back at how the season progressed during the All-Star Break. Here are the top-50 pitchers in a 5×5 setup, in terms of fantasy value accrued, according to the Razzball Player Rater. RANKPLAYERCOMMENT1Ronald Acuna Jr.Dude has gone 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: Home Runs at the Break
Let’s take a look at the home run today. We know who the raw leaders are in homers, but what about kicking the tires on those totals to see what is under the hood? Today, we will look at the validity of the homer totals of the men across the land to determine who 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Pitchers at the Break
At the All-Star Break, let’s look at some of the arms you are interested in for the game of fantasy baseball. What about guys on the edge like Carrasco, Flaherty, Morton and Manoah? What about guys like Lynn, Elder and Skubal? These hurlers and many more are broken down in today’s article. Carlos Carrasco 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Hitters at the Break
It is the All-Star Break of 2023 baseball. We are taking stock today of some of the offensive performers of note in the first half – both on the positive and negative side of things. Which players have lulled us all into thinking they are doing great? Which guys show some concern about their current 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: Friday Before The Break
As we approach the MLB All-Star Break, there are storylines everywhere to discuss. This piece will be the normal cornucopia of fun as we discuss streaking offensive performers and some that are lagging a bit. On the hill, we will review some of the starters of the last few days to check in where 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Players to Buy
Yesterday, we posted a piece for those players we were looking to get away from in the fantasy game before the clock struck midnight (here is the link to Players to Sell). In this piece today, we will list a series of players that it would be wise to consider adding to your fantasy squad 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: Players to Sell
Writing a piece like this, which players should you be on the lookout to sell in fantasy baseball, is a good thing to do. The timing of a piece like this at right before the All-Star Game works as well. The issue that arise is that – everyone is in a different setup. Are 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: The Sweet Spot
When we were kids, we always talked about trying to drive the baseball by hitting the ball off the “T” in Easton. What we were looking for was the “sweet spot.” Did you know that MLB now keeps track of the Sweet Spot? Let’s look into what that number records and who is doing well 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: Pitching On Our Mind
There are always hurlers to talk about. Sometimes guys are trending up and no one notices. Other times, a guy is starting to take on water and we’ve gotta decide if we should ride it out or jump on the lifeboat. This piece will attempt to help you to do just that. ***NOTE: THERE 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: The Last 30 Days
We won’t focus exclusively on the last 30-days in this piece, but we will use how players have performed the last month as a springboard to a discussion of how a variety of offensive players have looked of late. The last 25 games Alex Bregman is at .290-5-25 with a .370 wOBA. He’s even chipped 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: What’s Happening?
On the offensive side of things, we will look at players who are contributing in the steals column. Are they doing enough with their bats to stand out? On the hill names like Detmers, Kikuchi, Strider, Stroman, Suarez, Verlander and Lorenzen are discussed. HITTING Andrew Benintendi has 17 homers in 2021. He has six homers 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: Undervalued Fantasy Performers
This article will not use the term “sleeper” except in this sentence. Why? There really aren’t many “S” type players anymore with the plethora of data available for us to review. I prefer to think of this type of player as an undervalued/overlooked asset. So, which players aren’t generating much hype right now but 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: Hurlers Up & Down
This article is laser focused on pitchers and their recent performance. Which names that started over the weekend are worthy of a roster spot? Where do names like Bibee, Bassitt, M. Keller, Lynn and Severino deserve to be in your individual rankings? Conversely, which guys that are struggling should be let go? Also, a quick 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 Catcher’s Spot
It’s time to talk about the tools of ignorance. This piece will focus on the catcher’s position and some of the names you are counting on, or potentially could be looking at if you are in need of a boost at the spot. I would assume most if not all of these guys are rostered 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: Friday Fantasy Talk
Per usual, there is much to discuss across the fantasy baseball landscape. There’s talk in here of youngsters like Baty, Benson, Encarnacion-Strand, Luis Matos and more. Is Willson Contreras broken? We tackle that question too. We will sprinkle in some health updates for Mondesi/Story with the Red Sox. Who is the outfielder with a .413 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: Batters & The Home Run
Yesterday I wrote about HR/FB ratio in terms of hurlers, so today I thought I would hit on the batter’s version of this. Unlike pitchers who have little control, batters tend to have more direct control over their HR/FB ratio. This is not to say total control, but definitely more. Here are some general rules 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: Pitchers & The Home Run
Let’s talk about the home run and the hurler. What should your expectations be when it comes to the men who throw the ball toward the plate. PITCHING – AND THE HOME RUN There has been an awful lot of complaining about pitchers allowing homers the past couple of weeks, so I thought I would 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: Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Talk
Today we will take a look around the starting pitcher ranks. Is Alcantara close to regaining his form? Should we be worried about what we’ve seen of late from Gallen and Elder? Are there any signs of concern with McClanahan and Snell? Sears and Clarke, those are to AL hurlers who are in a nice 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: I’m Slumping
There are always players who are hot and cold. Sometimes, guys start out incredibly well and then we end up ignoring when the slide starts to happen. Then, we realize what’s up, start to worry a lot, and then wonder it is time to do something drastic. We will discuss a host of players who 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: Parks and Total Bases
Jeff Mans and I were talking the other day. We obviously have Park Factors, you will find them below, but this piece takes a slightly different take on the ballpark scenario. In this piece, we will focus on the total bases produced at each ballpark in 2023. We will also breakdown those total bases 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Friday Funday
In this article, we’re talking pitching and hitting and what that means in fantasy baseball. Which of the following offensive names are trending upward or downward: Bryan De La Cruz, Willson Contreras, McCarthy, Noda and Jesus/Gary Sanchez? There are other hitters listed below if you keep reading. On the bump we will discuss Flaherty, Kirby, 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: Digging Into Pitching
We’re a bit past the third way mark of the season, meaning we are starting to really come into a zone where we can assess pitcher performance. Today, we will do just that talking about out of nowhere guys like Dunning, Eflin and Keller (along with others). There’s a bit in here toward the end 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.