Ray's MLB Ramblings
Ray’s Ramblings: August 20th
One Mariner is rolling, one is blowing chunks. The Reds have some issues to deal with. There are a lot of young arms dealing with health (Anderson, Alzolay, Peralta, Rogers) and performance (Luzardo, Gray) issues. Lots more too, so you might want to digest all the reports in today’s article. HITTING C.J. Cron has 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: The Infield
Normally we do a little bit of this and that in these Rambling’s pieces. We will still meander a bit, but we will be focused directly on the infield. Which players are doing something noteworthy? Who is surging? Who is failing? You know, stuff like that. 2: The number of second base eligible 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: Fantasy Baseball Thursday
We have a catcher, third baseman and an outfielder within shouting distance of 30 homers, something that wasn’t predicted for any of the three. On the hill there is some talk of struggling veterans as well as a couple of young arms who are surging toward the finish line as every start hurlers in 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: Lesser But Important Names
Ok, there is a notation in here about Mike Trout, and he’s a big name. Other than that name though you will see names like Cron, Nootbaar, Villar, Zimmer, Mikolas Steele etc. Let’s dive in. HITTING Dylan Carlson (wrist) returned to action Monday. Tuesday he was placed on the IL. Ugh. Terrible timing since he 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: Is Anything Going Well?
Is there anything good in the world? Anything? Sure there is, but doesn’t it seem like all the bad is happening to your fantasy baseball squad? Did I wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Is it the Irish Coffee talking? A little bit of both? Let’s dive in, 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: Heading Into Week 21
We discuss a trio of men who could aid you in the steals column and a duo of Cardinals who are producing with the bat. There is an Athletic bat who is on the way up, and a pitcher on the way down. There’s a bunch of youngsters discussed, as well as older rookies. Pitching, 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 Position
The catcher position is where offense goes to die. There are a couple of standout types at the position, but the truth of the matter is that there isn’t much to get excited about here, especially for folks in two-catcher setup. We explore the options with the men who wear the tools of ignorance. 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: Friday Fun
There are names big and small to discuss. Abreu, Pavin Witt, Chapman on offense. On the hill names like Lamet, Weathers, Price, Muller, Howard and Gutierrez are highlighted. HITTING Jose Abreu has 23 homers and 85 RBI giving him a clear shot at a sixth 30-100 season. Alas, he’s batting .250 which would be 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: Aug. 12th Pitching Observations
It is all pitching in this one. There are a few notes from hurlers on Thursday. There are some numbers that pop in the bullpen and the starting rotation. There is also a discussion about expected ERA and what it is telling us about a whole host of hurlers. NUMBERS 1: The number of pitchers 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: Heaters and Injuries
On the hill, Montas, Harvey, Wainwright, Burnes are straight rolling. At the dish, Brinson and Santander are doing the the same. Can Harvey keep up his success? Can Quantrill? What is going on with the Red Sox bullpen? What is going on with Tatis? All that and more is included within. HITTING There was Lewis 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: Quick Hitting Analysis
We’re going quantity in this piece. Tons of quick hitting, soundbite kinda stuff as we talk about player health and player performance in the game of fantasy baseball. HITTING 2: The number of guys hitting over .400 since the All-Star Game – Starling Marte .430 and Rafael Ortega .410. 2: The number of guys with 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: Upper End Performance
Belt is bashing. Buxton hopes to be soon. There’s a potential addition at catcher who is discussed. A couple of guys are heading to the IL. There’s a streaking outfielder. There’s talk of some arms and their health, some arms and their struggles and some arms and their success. HITTING Brandon Belt cannot stay healthy, 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: Strikeouts & Walks
In the preseason I wrote about the power of the walk and the strikeout in regards to pitching. I thought it was a good time to return to the idea and look at hitters. From the preseason piece… and remember, there’s lots of pitching language in here, though everything it still applicable to hitters. STRIKE 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: Rockies Rocking & Injuries
The Rockies have a couple of guys who are mashing. Updates on the health of Bichette, Bregman Robert, Schwarber and Tatis. On the hill, updates on Sale, Houck, Luzardo, Morgan, Gutierrez and Snell who may have, maybe, found “it” Sunday. HITTING Bo Bichette (shin) is being called day to day. Let’s hope that is accurate. 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 Fun-Day
Let’s get after it and talk some struggling hitters like Baddoo, Adolis and Ramirez. What’s the deal with this Olivares kid? On the hill, Castillo is back. Gallen isn’t. What is the outlook on Gilbert, Odorizzi, Matz, Ohtani and more? HITTING Akil Baddoo has had a solid season (.264-10-43-43-14 with a .803 OPS) and he 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 the Last 30 Days
There are a lot of numbers that have built up over the course of the season to date, and with that tons to dissect. Those season long numbers might obscure recent surges, or falls, in players performance, something we will try and bring to light in this piece given that 30 days sure seems like 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 Updates
We’re looking at arms in this piece, from a guy who added five mph to his fastball last time out, to a veteran who is still getting outs despite a lack of velocity. We’ve got a pitcher on the west coast who is a mess, and a guy in middle America that has been up 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: So Much Pitching
We’re going to focus on pitching today, and a lot of that will have to do with looking at guys who are on the IL: Boyd, Anderson, Ynoa, deGrom, Lauer, Cole, Montgomery and more. For the healthy fellas, we will look at Dunning, DeSclafani, Flexen, Puck, Chris Rodriguez and more. PITCHING Matthew Boyd might be 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 Moving Into August
In this piece we take a look at pitching. Guys in new places like Andrew Heaney. Youngsters getting a shot like Detmers, McClanahan, Luzardo and Mitch Keller. Veterans hoping to do some things like Brett Anderson and Chris Sale. Brett Anderson permitted a single tally over 5.2 innings against the Braves as seemingly every pitcher 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 Moving Into August
Is it time for Jo Adell to make his mark? What the hell is going on with Adalberto Mondesi? Then there is a lot of stuff, about a whole lotta guys. We will consider Anderson, Candelario, Moncada, Moustakas, Ortega, Wisdom, Joe, Daza, Rooker, Sano and more. JO ADELL PROMOTED – FINALLY Jo Adell is now 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: Start Your Engines
We are approaching the 2021 Trade Deadline, and lots is popping. Before getting to all those deals, here are some of the news stories you need to know about at the moment, including what to do with Kyle Farmer, who everyone is asking about. HITTING Nico Hoerner hits the IL with a .313 average and 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: Trade Market Heats Up
The A’s and Marlins dealt two big-name players – Marte and Luzardo. We will breakdown the deal before moving on to a bunch of offensive players who are working their way back from ill health. On the hill we have trades of Anderson and Graveman before moving on to some starting arms who could be 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: Keeping it Real
Injuries continue to be a hit or miss prospect in baseball. Timelines are basically just best-guesses, and that can be frustrating. The cases of Rendon and Trout illustrate that point. A potential pick up at first base and the surging Soler get a look as well. On the hill there is always news to discuss. 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 Hitting Performances
There is a bit at the end of this piece about arms – names like Sale, Strasburg, Lynch – but the majority of this article is about less than household names whose performances are noteworthy. There are some big names like Jimenez/Kelenic, but there is a lot of the second and third level options 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.