Ray's MLB Ramblings
Ray’s Ramblings: Opening Day, Pitching
Day one of the 2022 fantasy baseball season had some gems tossed on the hill as well as some duds. Pretty much like every day is gonna play out this season. We highlight some of those results starting off with a potential fantasy star who had a disturbing outing. Shane Bieber might have a problem. 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: Opening Day, Hitting
With one day in the books some of the most significant storylines revolve around batting order position and lineup decisions. There were also some interesting performances on the hitting side as well. C.J. Abrams was not in the starting lineup for the Padres Thursday. Gotta think he is on Friday, but we shall see. What 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: Opening Day, NL
The fantasy baseball season is set to start and it is about gosh darn time. Here’s an update on some of the major storylines in the National League as the season begins STICKY STUFF Tom Verducci recently wrote a piece about pitchers and the sticky stuff. He noted that MLB sent out a memo recently 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: Opening Day, AL
It is finally time. The 2022 MLB season is started and with that the Fantasy Baseball season has begun. Let’s take a quick run around the American League to take note of some of the main storylines you need to know about. SECOND BASE MOVING? Did you see the recent news that MLB is moving 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.
2022 FSGA Mixed League
It is time for a wrap up of one of the final industry drafts of the 2022 fantasy baseball season. The FSGA draft usually kicks off the season in January, but this season it’s happening in late March. How did Ray Flowers team come together in the 15-team mixed league? Read on to find out. RULES 5…
Ray’s Ramblings: MLB Trades & News
There has been a lot of breaking news in baseball the last few days. As much as we’re all excited about signings, there have been numerous deals that need to be discussed, in terms of their fantasy implications. So, we will talk trade first, and then fill in with some of the more noteworthy bits 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.
2022 LABR Mixed League Draft
Ray Flowers is back, yet again, for the LABR draft, one of the highlights of the preseason. Follow Ray’s journey in the 15-team mixed league with his live, in-draft diary of how the whole thing played out. LEAGUE RULES This is a 15-team, mixed, roto league. LABR uses a Ranked, Rotisserie Based Scoring System. The below tables show…
The MLB Lockout – What Is Going On?
Let’s run it all back to Covid. Two years ago, we had to play the game of – how many games will we play this season and how will that effect the players? Covid isn’t as big a deal at this point, though it is still lurking, but it has been replaced by a potentially…
Categories to Add in Fantasy Baseball
There are two camps in fantasy baseball. There are the traditionalists and the, shall we call them, the non-traditionalists. Some folks have been in a fantasy league with their best friends, their coworkers, their spouses for 27 years, and they simply aren’t going to change a thing since what they do works. There are others, 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.
Should We Remove Saves From Fantasy Baseball?
In this series of articles, Ray Flowers poses the question about whether or not we should remove certain categories we have always used in the game of fantasy baseball. He tackles bullpens and the save in this piece. Straight up – saves suck. The best pitchers don’t always get a chance to close out 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.
Should We Remove Batting Average From Fantasy Baseball?
In this series of articles, Ray Flowers poses the question about whether or not we should remove certain categories we have always used in the game of fantasy baseball. He tackles batting average in this piece – and old, outdated and pretty meaningless number in 21st century baseball. Look, I get it. Your grandfather taught 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.
Should We Remove Stolen Bases From Fantasy Baseball?
In this series of articles, Ray Flowers poses the question about whether or not we should remove certain categories we have always used in the game of fantasy baseball. He tackles the stolen base in this piece – and the numbers just ain’t what they used to be folks. STOLEN BASE HISTORY Players used 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 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.
Should We Remove Wins From Fantasy Baseball?
In this series of articles, Ray Flowers poses the question about whether or not we should remove certain categories we have always used in the game of fantasy baseball. In this piece he takes aim at the venerable win category and asks – should we remove it. There’s about to be a lot of data 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.
2022: What Is Wrong With Fantasy Baseball?
In what has become an evergreen piece here at FantasyGuru, Ray Flowers shares his thoughts on where the game of fantasy baseball currently resides. Is everything OK? Clearly it’s not given the title of this piece. What are the issues, and the potential solutions? I know people don’t want to hear it, they don’t want to…
Ray’s Ramblings: Labor, Steals, Salary
We have a lot of things cooking behind the scenes, so gonna keep this one short today. A bunch of updates from folks in regards to the labor talks, an answer to how many steals Adalberto Mondesi will have this season, which manager was most successful using instant replay to their advantage last year and…
Ray’s Ramblings: A Really Slow Monday
There isn’t much going on in the world of baseball this Monday, as the entire universe is focused in an epic Sunday of football. Hopefully, we get some great news out of New York today on the labor front, tomorrow we get HOF results, and there are still a few topics worthy of discussion today. GAUSMAN…
Ray’s Ramblings: Who is the Best Pitcher in Baseball?
I recently posed a very simple question on my Twitter account (@TheRayFlowers) asking – Who is the best pitcher in baseball? There was no qualifier, no description, just a simple question for folks to answer. The results were not exactly what I expected, though the arguing was. I will get to that in a moment,…
Ray’s Ramblings: State of MLB Free Agents
Ray Flowers takes a look at some of the prominent free agents in MLB. Who is still looking to sign a big contract with a new team? Also, an update on the health of Alex Bregman, the retirement of a Cabrera and a few minor league signings. STILL A FREE AGENT We have an article that you…
Ray’s Ramblings: HOF Update & Playing Time
The HOF votes continue to unofficially roll in, and the results are surprising, especially when you look at the top of the ballot where it appears that at least three men have a shot at induction this year. We also have a retirement of a one-time power lefty, the potential return of a righty 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 Already a member? Sign in.
Ray’s Ramblings: HOF Vote & OBP
How do the early returns look for the fellas who are hoping to be elected to the HOF this year? Which players have an impressive talent to reach base and which simply are clueless when it comes to reaching base? HOF DEBATE/TALK Is Todd Helton a HOFamer? From 2000-04 he averaged .349-37-123-125 with a 1.093 OPS…
Ray’s Ramblings: A First Shot & Return
Seiya Suzuki is coming to North America. Ty Buttrey might be coming out of retirement. Do you remember how good Mark Kotsay was as a player? Is Brad Miller better than a start AL third baseman? Bryce Harper is good, but… that and more. A SLUGGER IS COMING Seiya Suzuki is a 27 year old 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: A Retirement & The IBB
A former fleet of foot outfielder hung up the cleats. Barry Bonds set intentional base on balls records, and the numbers are astounding. Corey Seager, Mike Trout, Marcus Semien, Bonds, Clemens and Topps highlight the rest of the piece. MAYBIN RETIRES Cameron Maybin announced his retirement yesterday, and if you played baseball at any point over the…
Ray’s Ramblings: Corey Knebel & News
The Phillies have a new closer, and his ADP is on the rise. What is the latest on labor relations in baseball? A Tigers’ pitching prospect on the mend, another player heads to Japan and catchers are on the rise. EARLY ADP THOUGHTS Over at the NFBC, draft season has begun. Last week I wrote 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: A 2022 Fantasy Baseball Draft
The good folks at the National Fantasy Baseball Championship released the results of a recent 2022 fantasy baseball draft, at least the first rounds of the draft. We will take a look at how that super early draft played out before hitting on a few news and notes. A 2022 MLB DRAFT The good folks at the…