The 2019 season is underway and, predictably, it’s a disaster. Some teams seem to have no plan at all. Other teams are continually searching for answers to get the last out, either because of poor performance or injury. Very few are the situations that have nary an issue. Each week we will try to get […]
Ray’s Ramblings: Luis Urias & Surging Bats
What are the Padres doing with Luis Urias? Is there a plan? What does that mean for his outlook? Altuve is blasting. Buxton is slashing. Chapman is surging. Correa looks healthy. Khris D. is socking. DeJong was overlooked. Dozier is finding his footing. Goodrum has been good. Grandal is getting on base. Heyward, Jason is […]
BURR 2019: Week 3
Bullpen Usage & Reliever Ratings, or BURR, is an idea that Flowers and Mans have been playing around with since the 2017 season. The reason for their focus is simply that bullpens are a more important part of the modern game than ever before. You know what we mean. Whereas at one time starting pitchers threw 220 […]
Ray’s Ramblings: Clevinger, Kershaw, Severino
Mike Clevinger’s back issue will cost him most of the first half. Luis Severino has a new injury, and his first half is also in doubt. Who will step up for the Yankees to fill the void? Clayton Kershaw is close to getting back out on the bump for the Dodgers. Trea Turner is out […]
Hot/Cold: Pitchers – Stop the Panic
Now is the time of year for panic. Did you make a bad draft pick? Is that ascending star someone you missed on? Should you make one or two moves, or perhaps overturn a good deal of your roster? I keep preaching patience, in the face of the overwhelming desire for folks to change seemingly […]
Ray’s Ramblings: Hitters – Stop The Panic
I keep getting the same question, over and over. I keep answering the question the same way, over and over, but it still comes. In fact, I answer the same question at this time of year, every year, and yet it still comes, over and over. What question is that? Do I drop Player A […]
Ray’s Ramblings: FAAB Run Week 2
I’m gonna take a moment to go through the FAAB bidding in five experts leagues. There were some aggressive bids on players that I think were overspends, and plenty a player added on the cheap that could turn out to be a bargain. Did the spending in your leagues mirror what the pros did this […]
Prospect Watch 2019: Week 3
Each week we will try to give a quick update on each of the top-40 minor leaguers that could help out in the fantasy game in 2019. Of course, there is an element of uncertainty with all of this as we never quite know when a team will decide to call up a youngster or […]
Ray’s Rundown – 04/06
Ray Flowers talks about patience, bullpens, waiver wire hitters and fast starting pitchers in 2019? (1) Patience. (2) Lindor/Ramirez CLE danger zone. (3) Review of Spencer Turnbull, Max Fried, E-Rod, Darvish, Boyd, Sale, Zimmermann, Shoemaker, Junis. (4) Bullpen updates. (5) Waiver-Wire: Swanson, Ketel Marte, Christian Walker, Alex Gordon, Wong, Nick Markakis, Vogelbach and more!
2019 Catcher Review – April 5th
Just as we’re taking an in-depth look at bullpen with our BURR metric, we will breakdown the catcher’s position at Fantasy Guru. Normally we just worry about the offensive side of the game, but as we move to the next level of analysis we’re looking more and more at the importance defensive side of the […]
