Ray's MLB Ramblings
Ray’s Ramblings: The Men On The Hill
Ray reviews the men who have taken the hill of late, profiles where they are, and discusses if they should be used moving forward. Keegan Akin barely has an ERA of four his last six outings, and it could be in the 3’s if an inherited runner of his was allowed to score last time 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: Hitting Last Two Weeks
With such limited time left in the season, we know you are scratching for every at-bat, every hit, every run scored. Let’s take a look a bunch of hitters and how they have performed the last two weeks to see is producing, and who is not. *Data from Fangraphs (minimum 30 at-bats) CUBS Happ hasn’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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Hitter Updates
With about 10 days left in the season, let’s check in on a bunch of hitters and how they are performing down the stretch. Ozzie Albies has two homers and five RBI the last two games to push his seasonal numbers up to .255-30-100-95-17. The .255 average and .311 OBP are disappointing, but that 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: Pitching Matchups Week 26
Here is a listing of the available info for starting pitching rotations for the next few days to help you set your lineups heading into the end of the week. PITCHING Chris Bassitt will make a triumphant return to the rotation for the Athletics Thursday. Meanwhile, Daulton Jefferies is done for the year. Shane Bieber 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: Steaking Hitters & Hurlers
There are a bunch of streaking hitters, some with big names, some without. On the hill we’ve got injured hurlers, guys surging, guys sliding. It runs the whole gamut really. HITTING Andrew Benintendi had a homer and two RBI last night as he just will not stop hitting. It’s getting ridiculous. Over the last week 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: Some Monday Notes
With two weeks left, every decision counts in fantasy baseball. Here are some noteworthy bits of information to help you out down the stretch. HITTING Javier Baez has remarkably walked eight times his last 10 games. He’s also struck out just 10 times. That might be why he’s hit .383 the last two weeks while 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: Batted Ball Data The Last 30
We’re at the point of the season where we are trying to eek out every single hit or time on base we can from every player on our fantasy baseball team. To that end, let’s look at some of the batted ball data the last 30 days to see if we can find any potential 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: A Look At Hurlers
Looking at arms today focus on the recent performance of some hurlers and as well as the potential rotation moves teams are making as the season winds down. PITCHING Ian Anderson is starting Friday for the Braves after their Thursday rain out. Here’s how they will go after that… #Braves will push back Ian Anderson 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: Trout Is Done
Mike Trout’s calf injury seems likely to cost him his season. Is he still a first round selection in fantasy? Jo Adell is also done. What about Matt Chapman? Grandal/Perez battle for catching stardom. On the hill, a bunch of youngsters are discussed. Some are pushing to the finish line well, while others seem 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: It’s a Day for Twitter
Let’s get after it folks. Here are a bunch of tweets that might help you with some fantasy baseball lineup decisions as we push to the finish line. Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk: * David Bednar (right oblique) resumed playing catch and is pain free.* Steven Brault (left lat strain) doesn’t have 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Recent Fantasy News
We are getting down to the wire. Every lineup decision causes consternation as we sift through our bench and the waiver-wire looking for any edge we can exploit the final couple of weeks. Here are some news and notes that might be pertinent to the struggle. HITTINGNolan Arenado has had a down season. Tells 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 Last Two Weeks
We’re down to crunch time for the 2021 fantasy baseball season, so let’s spend some time looking at the recent performances of guys that are doing well, in case you need to inject a boost of oomph into your offense. AVERAGE PLAYERTeamGPABB%K%BABIPAVGYasmani GrandalCHW104320.90%11.60%0.4350.469Kyle TuckerHOU12498.20%6.10%0.4250.432Nicky LopezKCR13605.00%13.30%0.4780.418Vladimir Guerrero Jr.TOR13596.80%11.90%0.3810.400Will SmithLAD93613.90%11.10%0.3750.400Edmundo SosaSTL11427.10%21.40%0.4480.378Bryce HarperPHI135812.10%17.20%0.3640.375Leury GarciaCHW9385.30%7.90%0.3870.375Harold CastroDET12362.80%19.40%0.4230.371Alex BregmanHOU11439.30%7.00%0.3640.368Hunter RenfroeBOS9405.00%12.50%0.3870.368Tony KempOAK9310.00%0.00%0.3210.367Ian 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: More Bad Than Good?
Some guys are doing their darndest to help us out down the stretch, while others are limping to that finish line barely holding on to relevance. We will take a look at a series of hitters and pitchers that fall into both categories in this Friday piece. HITTING Alex Bregman has torn it up since 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: Sept. 7, News and Notes
Running around today, lots going on. We will return to our regularly scheduled program tomorrow with a full Rambling’s as well as a podcast. Jo Adell had three RBI last night. That’s 14 in 19 games. He’s also hitting .310 the last two weeks and .400 the last week. Most exciting? I see five strikeouts 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: September 7th, Pitching
There a couple of big-name hurlers discussed in this piece, but there is more in here about the arms that are more fringe types. You know, the ones that you are starting right now, sometimes with confidence but sometimes with some trepidation. Let’s talk some hurlers in this entry. Luis Castillo posted yet another quality 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: Heading Into Week 24
Blackmon, Grandal, Mullins — tremendous. Don’t know what you call what Villar and Schwindel are doing — otherworldly? Adolis, Marsh — not so much. Don’t think we’ve left the hurlers out, we haven’t as we have lots to say there too. HITTING Willy Adames had another setback with his quad and he was placed 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: Hitting, Pitching, Bullpens
Really busy day today, as I start in on the final fantasy baseball rankings update to be release on September 1st. As a result, we’ve condensed two articles into one with this piece. We will get some notes on a few hitters and starting pitchers followed up by an abbreviated Closer Grid. HITTING Javier Baez 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: Checking in on Catchers
We’re getting ready to start the penultimate month of the fantasy baseball season. Every at-bat, every hit, every run matters. In one catcher leagues it is difficult to find a backstop you can really count on, and if you are in two catcher leagues, heaven help ya, right? In what follows we will highlight some 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 Friday of August
We’ve got history being made by a couple of Red Sox. An Athletic is making history too. A no-name type from Cleveland is offering a wee bit offensively. On the hill, health updates on Syndergaard, Kershaw, Kluber, Peralta and more. Updates on the performance of Ray, Snell and Walker highlight the rest. HITTING Bobby Dalbec 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: And The Beat Goes On
Can’t write an article at this point of the season without touching on the health of fellas, so you know there is some of that in here. We’ve got another fella heading for Tommy John surgery, while a surging second half youngster also is hitting the shelf. Which veteran arm has a 0.97 WHIP his 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: Updating the News
We’ve got guys coming back from injury. We’ve got guys working their way back to health. There’s a rookie who is starring right now. Still no idea when Trout will be back. So many pitching updates to discuss as teams try to fill starts as we approach the last month of the season. HITTING Mookie 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: Scouring the News
Sample sizes be damned. At least, that is what some folks are likely thinking as we get ready to start the last month of the season. Are you in that group? If so, there might be some names in today’s article that you could be interested in adding to the old squad. There is also 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 Start of Week 22
Technically the stretch run is probably still a week away, but we are getting pretty close. There are some slumping superstars in Toronto. In Philly, a star last season has been sent to the minors. In Houston, one star is starring while two youngsters also ain’t half bad. Which first half breakout star on 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: The Outfield
Yesterday we looked at the infield for fantasy baseball, and you know I’m all about symmetry, so in today’s piece we will take a gander at the outfield. Yesterday we looked at the infield for fantasy baseball, and you know I’m all about symmetry, so in today’s piece we will take a gander at 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.