Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 8/12: Rookies & Hurler Workloads Ray Flowers talked about rookies this week in his August update of the first year players. In this podcast he will discuss the plight of the youngsters in more detail (here is a link to the article). He will also discuss a series of hurlers
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2023 MLB Rookie Scouting Report: Pitchers
Rookie performance is nearly impossible to predict, a fact we hit up on the 10-year historical study we did this offseason. Who are the potential impact players in 2023? Here is a link to our top-50 list, In what follows in this piece we will review a host of the young hurlers who could make
2021: Mid-July Rookie Report
Each month we will check in on the elite prospects in Major League Baseball, the ones that can make an impact in the fantasy game in 2021. Which youngsters should be on your watch list? Which guys are close to making an impact? Who is surging? Who is struggling? We got a bit of it
2021: Mid-June Rookie Report
Each month we will check in on the elite prospects in Major League Baseball, the ones that can make an impact in the fantasy game in 2021. Which youngsters should be on your watch list? Which guys are close to making an impact? Who is surging? Who is struggling? We got a bit of it
2021: Mid-May Rookie Report
Each month we will check in on the elite prospects in Major League Baseball, the ones that can make an impact in the fantasy game in 2021. Which youngsters should be on your watch list? Which guys are close to making an impact? Who is surging? Who is struggling? We got a bit of it
Ray’s Ramblings: Pitching & Rookies
Ray takes a look at the pitching landscape. Who has improved? Who is struggling? Which guys are enacting changes that have altered their outlook for the season? At the end of the piece, he talks about rookies and what is needed for them to have success in 2021.PITCHINGChris Bassitt just keeps getting outs. In each
Rookies, The Sorted Tale
I’m not even gonna waste time with a prelude with this topic since I’ve literally been writing, and talking, about this topic for nearly two full decades. Yes, I’m that old, and yes, this is my 19th year full-time in the fantasy space which pretty much makes me an utter dinosaur. 1 – Rookies are
Fantasy Gold? Rookie Scouting Reports
Which youngster will flame out miserably this season (i.e. like Vlad Jr. did last season with the crazy high draft day cost)? Which youngster will be a solid waiver-wire add that helps you throughout the year (Oscar Mercado)? Which youngster will come out of nowhere to star at the big-league level (Bryan Reynolds)? The rookie
Prospect Watch: Week 26
Ray Flowers takes one final look at the youngsters, focusing on those that were called up later in the season. Are any of them doing anything down the stretch? Are they wearing down? Are they not reason for the bright lights of the majors?Anthony Alford has six punchouts in 11 at-bats and over his last
Prospect Watch: Week 25
Ray Flowers takes a look at the rookies who are getting a shot of late. Is there anyone in here that can help you in mixed leagues the rest of the way, anyone who can give your sagging team a final boost? We will look at some of the names that are playing their first
Prospect Watch: Week 24
Ray Flowers takes a look at the rookies who are getting a shot of late. Is there anyone in here that can help you in mixed leagues the rest of the way? Maybe. Is there anyone that can help you in league specific setups? The answer there is a yes. HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR
Prospect Watch 2019: Week 23
Taking a look at the fantasy baseball stars of tomorrow, today.It’s late in the year, but that doesn’t mean that guys can’t get called up from the minors and make an impact. Each week, we provide a quick update on each of the top-40 minor leaguers who could help out in the fantasy game in 2019.
MLB Rookie Review: Pitchers
Last week I touched on the hitters in MLB Rookie Review: Amazing Success. This week we will look at the arms that have made a fantasy impact in 2019, or at least we will look at the names we expected to make an impact from the bump in 2019. Here are the arms listed with
Prospect Watch 2019: Week 22
Taking a look at the fantasy baseball stars of tomorrow, today. It’s late in the year, but that doesn’t mean that guys can’t get called up from the minors and make an impact. Each week, we provide a quick update on each of the top-40 minor leaguers who could help out in the fantasy game
MLB Rookie Review: Amazing Success
Ray Flowers talks MLB rookies. Who has performed? Who has failed to impress?With each passing year, it seems more and more like every rookie that is called up “hits.” Oh, it’s not true, but that is certainly what it seems like. What is also occurring on a more frequent basis is that those efforts that
Prospect Watch 2019: Week 21
Taking a look at the fantasy baseball stars of tomorrow.Each week, we provide a quick update on each of the top-40 minor leaguers who could help out in the fantasy game in 2019… ProspectTMPOSLEVELCOMMENT1Luis RobertCWSOFAAAActually in a slump hitting .196 with 16 Ks the last 10. One homer from 25/35.2Joshua RojasARIINF/OFMLBHas gone 20/30, and was blazing