MLB Articles

It’s time to look at some numbers. Ray Flowers will look at both sides of the baseball, hitters and pitchers, and dig up some interesting data that fellas are tossing out there at the moment. On the hitting side, Ray breaks down barrel rates, exit velocity and 95-mph batted balls. There’s also a section talking […]

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 […]

These are the names that are discussed in this piece: Clay Buchholz, Zach Eflin, Domingo German, J.A. Happ, Kenta Maeda, Frankie Montas, Jake Odorizzi, Rick Porcello, Erik Swanson, Julio Teheran, Justin Verlander and Spencer Turnbull. Which guys are going in the right direction? Which of the hurlers are showing signs of potential danger around the […]

The last two weeks there has been a lot of change in the performance of a whole host of hitters. Some guys who started off hot, have since slowed. Conversely, some who started slowly have started to pick things up. You know Ray, he’s way more negative than positive, so the majority of the piece […]

With this slow start, are the days of Jose Ramirez being a fantasy force gone? Speaking of his struggles, what about those of Kris Bryant? Is the Cubs former superstar also in a rut that he can’t extricate himself from? What are the Reds doing with phenom Nick Senzel? Shohei Ohtani is on the precipice […]

Jeff Mans and I were sitting around the metaphorical campfire, singing “Kumbaya” and talking about baseball, the future of the fantasy business and days of old. He reflected upon his Fantasy Alarm days and then, Eureka! Like a flash of lightning, the thought sprung from his mind… the MLB Weekly Preview. For those of you […]

SUNDAY UPDATE: Closers * Shawn Kelley (RH/TEX) – He’s going to garner the highest bids given he’s the shiny new toy and since LeClerc has been temporarily displaced from the ninth-inning role. He’s a 35-year-old vet playing a bit over his head right now (1.29 ERA, 3.89 xFIP) and *could* certainly hold the job all year, […]

Every time you look up, it seems likely someone is being removed from a game with some sort of physical malady. As Jeff Mans pointed out in this tweet, the DL was used nearly 700 times last season, and we sure seem on our way to another obnoxiously huge number in 2019. Ray reviews some […]

Is the baseball juiced? Everyone thinks it is. There is data to support changes too, lots of talk about the drag on a baseball and all, but could there also be something else going on? Could something, other a change in the physical properties of the baseball, have something to do with the explosion of […]

Is Corey Kluber done for the year? Bumgarner has been better than many think. What the hell are the Rays doing in the 9th inning? Do they even know? DeSclafani has had a really nice start to his season. Not so much Fiers. Duffy is back on the hill, but does that matter? Lester just […]