THIS ARTICLE IS WRITTEN BY TED SCHUSTER. Which guys are good against lefties? Which batters struggle against soft tossers? Conversely, which arms struggle at home or dominate hitters with swing and miss tendencies? In what can be a maddening game of chasing numbers down a rabbit hole, it’s nice to have someone hold your hand […]
2019 Player Profile: Brian Dozier
Brian Dozier injured his knee in April (a bone bruise), and though he appeared in his customary 150 games, he just wasn’t the performer he was expected to be. As a now 31 year old second sacker, coming off that down season, lots of folks have seemingly completely put out of their mind the previous […]
2019 Player Profile: Rafael Devers
Rafael Devers is young, a part of an impressive team, and coming of a season that many deem to be a disappointment. Last season I warned you about Devers going go high on draft day. After a moderate first full season in Boston, how should we be viewing the third sacker heading into the 2019 […]
Polls: Answers & Questions
Questions were asked, and you responded. So, taking a bit of a break from Player Profiles for a brief moment, I thought I would speak to the answers that were crowdsourced on topics such as who is the #2 starting pitcher, the #2 rookie, the over under for homers for Machado and who is the […]
Battle of the Experts – Josh Donaldson
Ray Flowers and Vlad Sedler take counter positions on a single player, one for, one against. Which one of our experts do you agree with? Does either strike a knockout blow? Is there a TKO? Is there a need for another round? Two or our best analysts give their thoughts on a player for the […]
Battle of the Experts – Willians Astudillo
Ray Flowers and Vlad Sedler take counter positions on a single player, one for, one against. Which one of our experts do you agree with? Does either strike a knockout blow? Is there a TKO? Is there a need for another round? Two or our best analysts give their thoughts on a player for the […]
2019 Player Profile: The Breakout Pitcher
Back in 2014 I started to do a thing. I decided I would target a pitcher, a guy no one was talking about much, and proclaim him to be my Breakout Pitcher of The Year. It worked, and now that call, my B.P.O.T.Y., is apparently my calling card with folks continually asking me about it. […]
2019 Bold Predictions
We’re kind of like the Avengers here at the Guru team. We’ve go the best, the brightest, dare I say the best looking, on staff. Given that we’re all used to saving the world with our super powers, it’s nice when we can take a break and focus solely on fantasy sports. So, we asked […]
2019 MLB Draft Book
You asked for it, so here it is. Ray Flowers puts together a list of how an ideal draft would go. What players should be taken when? How much should the players cost? How to you judge when to take a starting pitcher versus a hitter? The Draft Book assumes a 12-team baseline for a […]
2019 AL LABR Experts Draft
Every year, the first week of March, we descend upon the Phoenix area to participate in the League of Alternative Baseball Reality (LABR). If you’re old like me, this was the league you looked forward to reading about each March in the USA Today. I still get a bit of a chill every time I […]
