A good week, heck it has not even been a week of games, and people are ready to start blowing up their fantasy squad. Every pitcher with a good five innings… every batter with a strong 20 plate appearances… many folks seem to think that an offseason spent analyzing and ranking players should be thrown
Luzardo
2022 Player Profile: Jesus Luzardo
To date, Jesus Luzardo is a cautionary tale, one that we see a good deal in the Majors if we are being honest. Luzardo was supposed to be a star. Everyone said so. Teammates. Scouts. Fans… everyone knew it would happen. Funny thing though, on the way to staring at the big-league level Luzardo faceplanted
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
Ray’s Ramblings: Pitchers – Hold or Drop?
We’re just about at the quarter poll of the 2021 season, so it is a good time to take stock of the old fantasy baseball squad. Are you carrying dead weight? Are you about to drop a guy you shouldn’t? We will take a look at a bunch of pitchers and try to determine the
Ray’s Ramblings: Looking All Over The Diamond
Kyle Lewis returns while Moustakas and Soto exit. We will touch on the three dominant Brewers arms – Burnes, Peralta and Woodruff. There’s also plenty of other good stuff in there as we talk about arms like Arihara, Duffy, Fleming, Ohtani, Gausman, Lamet, Jansen, Luzardo, Pearson, Puk, Ross, Sheffield and Soroka. Get ready to dig
Ray’s Ramblings: April 14th, The Arms Race
The arms race is real. Let’s take a look at a whole host of men who have taken the bump of late and see how things are going. We’ve got crusty vets you may not have any interest in. We’ve got youngsters who might be intriguing. We’ve got arms moving from the bullpen to the
Ray’s Ramblings: Pitching Plans & Some Hitting
The A’s could be adding a couple of arms to their staff in Manaea and Luzardo, but what roles will they fill? The Indians lost Jose Ramirez. What will they do? Some hurlers coming back from injury are discussed – Archer, Glasnow, Snell & Lopez. Solar or Odor in Texas? Is it time to recognize
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, August 14th
Starting pitching continues to vex most of us in the game of fantasy baseball. The Dodgers are changing up their rotation plans, but everything looks fine. Corbin has been a stabilizer for the Nats. Scherzer is nearing a return to game action for the Nationals. DeSclafani is being beaten by the long ball. Eovaldi is