Ray's MLB Ramblings
Ray’s Ramblings: Better Late Than Never
This one is coming out hot and later in the day than normal. Had my nephew’s middle school graduation to attend. When I sat in this seat, I just started firing away some thoughts, so this truly is a Ramblings piece. HITTING Matt Baty, obviously a third baseman, is making a start tonight at second 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: June 11th, Hitters Reviewed
Jo Adell check-in time. The last month he has five homers and a .207 ISO over 25 games. That’s fine. He’s also hit .110 with a .170 OBP with a .215 wOBA and 34 wRC+. That’s some garbage time stuff. He has a legit problem. He cannot hit righties. For his career he 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: June 7th, In The News
Ray Flowers takes a look at the new cycle and pulls out some interesting notes about the fellas who play Major League Baseball. HITTING Tim Anderson will miss some time after being placed on the bereavement list. Xavier Edwards has been called up. In theory Edwards should be a Esteury Ruiz clone. He hit .295 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 Men on the Hill, June 6th
We’re looking at arms today in fantasy baseball. There are huge names in here like Glasnow, solid ones like Pepiot and struggling ones like Imanaga. Andrew Abbott has thrown three QS in four outings with a 3.39 ERA. He’s also struck out a mere 15 batters in 26 innings in that time, and 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: Who is Luis Gil?
Luis Gil has been outstanding for the Yankees. Do we see his elite early season work carrying out the rest of the 2024 fantasy baseball season? After we answer that question, we will dive into storylines revolving around a bunch of players who currently are seeing their value change in the fantasy game including picking 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 with Oomph – Blasts
Statcast continues to create new tools for us to continue our breakdown of player performance. Today we will talk about two newer measures – the squared up ball and the Blast. What are they? What do they mean? Who is posting good numbers to date? SQUARED UP BALL From MLB.com. A swing’s squared-up rate tells 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 In The News
Youngsters and veterans. Injuries and callups. Surging players on offense and concerns on the hill. Today, Ray looks around the diamond with a focus on players who have been in the news the last couple of days. HITTING Ronald Acuna is great… but don’t forget about Eric Davis. Both players through 7 seasons. There 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: My 28th Check-In
Ray Flowers takes a look around the diamond by focusing in on players who are in the news. Is a hot start covering up a current slow stretch? Is a current hot stretch meaningful? Do we all just wish we were on a beach somewhere? HITTING Jo Adell – uh oh. His average is down 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: Did You Know?
Ray Flowers dives into the numbers which might tell a different story that you think about players. How bad is Acuna? How good is EDLC? Who are the best power/speed guys the last 365 days? This Ohtani kid is pretty good, right? Willy Adames can sock the ball with 31 homers his last 198 games, 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: Mound Mavens, Buy or Sell?
Today, we are taking a look at a series of hurlers and attempting to decide — is their start who they are, or should we be expecting something different from them the final four months of the season? Andrew Abbott held the Padres scoreless over seven frames in his last outing, despite only two 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: Expected Data for Batters
Which guys have improved of late? Which players should have more homers than their ledger currently shows? Ray looks at some expected data to help determine how you should view some players that you may, or may not, be down on. HITTERS WHO HAVE IMPROVED THE LAST 50 PA – xwOBA xwOBA… “Expected Weighted On-base 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: Have You Noticed?
Ray Flowers hops around the diamond to discuss a bunch of players that most aren’t talking about. Have you been missing out with the guys, or should you continue to be non-plussed? Oh, and a quick discussion of Ronald Acuna. HITTING Ronald Acuna got a breather yesterday as everyone is trying to figure 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.
Ray’s Ramblings: The Truth of the Matter
What is the outlook for players like Benson, Busch, Cowser, Machado, Toro and Thomas? Who are the batting leaders the last 365-days? Are things amiss with arms like Hicks, Eflin, Lodolo and Rea? All that and more goodness lies within. HITTERS Will Benson’s last 148 games, since the start of last season, have led 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: New Batted Ball Data
What is the newest batting measure over at Statcast? We now have the data to determine who swings the fastest, and slowest, as well as the leaderboard for blasts (hitting the ball super hard with a minimum of bat speed). After breaking all that down, we will take a look at the men 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: May 9th
In today’s entry Ray Flowers will use BABIP as a starting point to break down players like Randy Arozarena, Pete Alonso and Luis Garcia. Then, it’s news/notes/factoid time on this Thursday. BABIP THOUGHTS Some stupid high numbers. NameTeamGPAHRRRBISBAVGBABIPTrea TurnerPHI33148227910.343.421Ryan McMahonCOL36157513190.293.400Alec BohmPHI37150419321.346.393Shohei OhtaniLAD381751132279.355.391William ContrerasMIL36165530293.329.389Luis García Jr.WSN3111538207.321.378Brenton DoyleCOL3514032084.269.376Julio RodríguezSEA37157114119.267.376Bobby Witt Jr.KCR381655362013.327.374Josh SmithTEX38132221171.295.373Willi CastroMIN36134318145.273.370Steven KwanCLE32145328113.353.370Ezequiel TovarCOL35152313123.257.367 Luis Garcia 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: Catchers & Pitching Notes
Recently, we talked about the defensive acumen of backstops in a Ramblings’ article. Today, we will talk offensive performance from the men who wear the tools of ignorance. HITTING – CATCHERS Patrick Bailey has only one hit in four games, but he’s still slashing .278/.344/.456 with a .350 wOBA. His career numbers against righties still 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: Early 2024 xwOBA
It’s still early on the calendar of the 2024 fantasy baseball season, but we need to dig in now. In order to get a better handle on how players are performing, we will take a look at offensive performance through the lens of wOBA and expected wOBA. WHAT IS WOBA? wOBA is based around an older 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’ve Started Slowly in 2024
Today, Ray Flowers lays out the case for a bunch of players who have started out slowly in 2024. Will those slow starts melt away? Is this the strugglers new normal? Ray explores that question directly to come up with an answer that you need to know in regards to the early season slackers. Orlando 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 Impact of Catchers
This week on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, Jeff Mans and I discussed the value/impact of catchers on pitchers and how many tend to overlook the significance of who is beind the dish. In this next level look at the defensive acumen of backstops, we will endeavor to determine which catchers help, or hurt, the man 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: Early Isolated Power in 2024
Isolated Power is a number that is often referred to. What does ISO record, why should you care, and what do the far too early numbers look like in 2024? We all know what batting average is, but here is a little refresher course on slugging before we get directly to ISO. WHAT IS SLUGGING 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: April 23rd – This and That
What is wrong with Julio Rodriguez? Who takes over for Cases? Who is this Bailey guy? Is it time to panic with Oneil Cruz? The Dodgers are careful with their hurlers. How good is Mason Miller? Simeon Woods Richardson — do you add? How bad has Blake Snell been? BATTERS Ozzie Albies got some really 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 Too Early to Panic
This article includes a bunch of players who have started off the season in the doldrums. Ray Flowers tells you why all hope isn’t lost with the group of underperformers. Most of this is – DUH RAY – kinda stuff. So, think of this article as being akin to wrapping yourself up in a warm 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 & More Pitching
This one is mostly about pitching today, though there are also a few tidbits on the offensive side of things. On the hill, Ray looks at a series of arms that might be on the waiver-wire if you are in shallow leagues, but even if they are rostered after being recently added, it is good 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 Strikeout & MLB News
Ray Flowers starts his trip around the diamond looking at the strikeout. Who, in the early going, is having a real hard time making contact? He then dives in the some news items that you should know about with a focus on hurlers including: Assad, Butto, Fried, Lodolo, Montgomery and Ober. THE STRIKEOUT A 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.