NE
CHI10/22 - 8:15 PM EDT
PIT
NO10/25 - 9:30 AM EDT
SF
ATL10/25 - 1:00 PM EDT
CLE
TEN10/25 - 1:00 PM EDT
IND
MIN10/25 - 1:00 PM EDT
MIA
NYJ10/25 - 1:00 PM EDT
TB
CAR10/25 - 1:00 PM EDT
CIN
BAL10/25 - 1:00 PM EDT
NYG
HOU10/25 - 1:00 PM EDT
DEN
ARI10/25 - 4:05 PM EDT
GB
DET10/25 - 4:25 PM EDT
LAR
LV10/25 - 4:25 PM EDT
KC
SEA10/25 - 8:20 PM EDT
DAL
PHI10/26 - 8:15 PM EDT
There is no such thing as a perfect pitcher. Total misnomer to think that such a person exists. However, that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to attempt to find that player though. So, in what follows, you will see series of categories, lined up next to one another. Which hurler strike men out and don’t 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.
This is the sixth year of writing this how-to piece. Basically, I’m going to spend 5,000 or so words trying to lay out the blueprint to follow if you are interested in getting to the core of who a player is and what that might mean for their production in the coming season. I cannot 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.
This is the sixth year of this piece dissecting how to analyze pitchers in fantasy baseball. This article is, if you will, the secret sauce you should be using to breakdown the outlook of hurlers. Removing all the white noise, this piece will attempt to describe the framework that is needed to understand who 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.
In what has become an evergreen piece here at FantasyGuru, it has been written for years now, Ray Flowers shares his thoughts on where the game of fantasy baseball currently resides. Is everything OK with game of fantasy baseball? Clearly there are issues to address given the title of this piece. What are these issues…
You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers. At least we think we do. Ray Flowers answers some of the biggest, most pressing questions that pertain to the game of fantasy baseball in 2023. IS THERE ANY QUESTION WHO SHOULD BE THE #1 PICK IN FANTASY THIS YEAR? There.Is.None. Actually there is more than one option, depending 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.
Many folks think Ray never admits when he is wrong, but they are, in fact, wrong. Every year, Ray looks back at the just completed season to see where he was right and wrong. This is the article where he takes about his mistakes/misses from the previous season. *Bold/Italics are the direct quotes from last 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.
This is the article where Ray Flowers, the know it all, gets to say ‘I told you so.’ Don’t worry though, there’s another article where he also admits all the mistakes, he made in 2022. *Bold/Italics are the direct quotes from last year’s preseason Draft Guide. Will Sandy Alcantara be an SP1 this year? 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 – Gaming Monthly Top picks, tools, futures insights, and 24/7 access to the betting Discord. $59.99 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.
Which players were able to hit those milestone markers in 2022 and which guys fell just short of reaching a number that is pretty to the eyes? One: The number of outs away from qualifying for the ERA title by Lucas Giolito. He will not appear on leaderboards as a result. By the way, 44 guys…
Carlos Correa finally signed. Trevor Story is going to miss significant time. What are the Dodgers doing in the outfield? Belt to the Blue Jays? Plus much more as we inch to the start of the 2023 fantasy baseball season. FINALLY – IT HAPPENED A Carlos Correa update – the sage is over. 13-$350 Giants – NO 11-$315M Mets…
Minor signings, a trade that impacts bullpens and more are covered as we start gearing up for the 2023 fantasy baseball season. Francisco Alvarez is going to be a star. It’s just a matter of time for the Mets’ catcher of the future. When will that future start? A report at MLB.com suggests that it…
As we start the 2023 calendar year, we are just starting to really dive in to baseball (the 2023 FG Draft Guide is currently being complied for release in the near future). To that end, we’ve seen a few minor signings occur of late that we wanted to touch on, while he continue to wait…
The Blue Jays and Diamondbacks made a deal that could have lasting fantasy implications with two of the bigger names at the catcher position trading sides. There’s also talk in here about free agent signings with a focus on Carlos Correa and what is going on with his saga as he tries to find his…
It’s that time of year. The stocking are hung. The candles are lit. People are yelling on social media and in chat rooms threatening to stab people in the eye for giving them what they deem to be poor advice (someone actually told me to do things to myself that aren’t anatomically possible). Tis the…
This one is off the cuff and just whatever comes to my mind as I write this piece on the state of baseball at the close of the 2022 calendar including a series of thoughts on the three-way deal with OAK/ATL/MIL. THE TRADE It’s time for a 3-way. OK, how about a baseball one. Athletics 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.
Years ago, we knew a place was a good place to hit or not. It might have been our anecdotal take from games we saw. Maybe it had to do with the distance of the fence from home plate. It might have been because that is just what everyone in the media said. Now, we 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.
In a previous article we talked about the home run and the batter, the natural way to look at the homer question. But what about the men who allow the homer? Which men were blasted by the big fly and which men kept the ball in the yard with high levels of success in 2022? HOMERS…
As we continue our look around the diamond with some light hearted analysis, it is time to delve in to the homer. This piece will look at the homer for batters while a following piece will look at the big fly and the pitcher. HOMER LEADERS NameTeamGPASLGISOHRAaron JudgeNYY1576960.6860.37562Kyle SchwarberPHI1556690.5040.28646Pete AlonsoNYM1606850.5180.24640Mike TroutLAA1194990.6300.34740Austin RileyATL1596930.5280.25538Yordan AlvarezHOU1355610.6130.30637Christian WalkerARI1606670.4770.23536Paul GoldschmidtSTL1516510.5780.26035Mookie BettsLAD1426390.5330.26435Rowdy TellezMIL1535990.4610.24235Matt…
Ultimately, the name of the game in baseball is to win games. You do that by accomplishing a lot of things through the course of nine innings, but if we boil everything down to the basics, what are we left with? The single more important thing in baseball is… the out. Once you are out…
We often celebrate the success of player in the game of fantasy baseball, but we also need, or at least some of us want, to celebrate the toilet bowl efforts as well. This will be a quick look at who picked up the loss or the blown save with the most frequency in 2022. THE LOSS Here…
This one might be a day late and a dollar short, but if you are still looking for a few good scares with Halloween gone, I’ve got some flicks for you to watch. There’s also baseball talk in here as we review Troubles for 2022. WHERE DID THE IDEA COME FROM? Years ago, I glanced at my…
It’s time for a quick preview of the upcoming 2022 World Series against the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies. Some quick hitting data points to get your whistle ready to blow as we head into November baseball. https://twitter.com/slangsonsports/status/1586086412012687363 The Astros won 106 games this season while the Phillies won 87. That is the second largest games won…
Who did what when it came to the saves column in 2022? Let’s review the men who excelled, or at least posted, double digit saves totals this season. 40 SAVES NameTeamWLSVGIPK/9BB/9HR/9LOB%ERAxERAFIPxFIPEmmanuel ClaseCLE34427772.29.541.240.3772.30%1.361.971.982.18Kenley JansenATL5241656411.953.091.1376.10%3.382.343.213.46 There were two men with 40 saves: Emmanuel Clase 42 and Kenley Jansen 41. That was Clase’s first season of 25 saves and the fourth…
As we wrap up the 2022 fantasy baseball season, we’re gonna check in with all six divisions. We will choose a HIT and MISS on the hitting side, and pitching side, for all the teams in each division. So, this list isn’t simply populated by guys who tore a knee or blew out an elbow,…
As we wrap up the 2022 fantasy baseball season, we’re gonna check in with all six divisions. We will choose a HIT and MISS on the hitting side, and pitching side, for all the teams in each division. So, this list isn’t simply populated by guys who tore a knee or blew out an elbow,…