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Have You Given Up On Fantasy Baseball?

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It’s June. The lure of fantasy football is calling you, the Siren’s song floating through your ear canal whispering — PPR… Are you still all in with your fantasy baseball season, or has your mind started to drift to other topics? SEASON LONG FANTASY BASEBALL I return to the question that I posted recently in […]

Ray’s Ramblings: Hitter Movement

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The Astros called up an outfielder last week, and it wasn’t Alvarez or Tucker. The Orioles have brought up Chance Sisco. Here it comes… should you take a chance on him? Who is this David Fletcher fella? Who is this Cooper kid with the Marlins? Renfroe and Frazier, two slugging outfielders with holes in their […]

MLB Weekly Preview: June 3-9

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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 […]

Vlad’s FAAB Values – Week 11

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Welcome to the weekly Free Agent Acquisition Bidding/Budget (FAAB) column where my goal is to have you confidently prepared to acquire the hitters and pitchers off free agency or waivers to make your team better. Like most everything else in life, you get out what you put in. Those quickly slapping one- and two-dollar bids […]

Ray’s Rundown – 6/1

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(1) Rankings update for the rest of the season. Highlighting guys like Ryu, Colome, Greene and Smith. (2) Play the game of what is instead of what could be. Overvaluing rookies versus the here and now. (3) Breaking down Adalberto Mondesi. (4) Waiver-wire HITTERS (C- Elias Diaz, Austin Hedges, Mike Zunino, INF –- N.Ahmed,  J.Candelario, […]

From the Gut – Category Management

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With about one-third of the season completed we should have a good idea of our team strengths and weaknesses in roto categories. Understanding the overall makeup of our rosters and identifying those weaknesses even as early as late-May can help steer our teams in the right direction (towards the top of the standings!) whether that […]

BURR 2019: Week 10

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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 […]

The Closer Chart – May 29th, 2019

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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: Mound Mavens, May 29th

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Shaun Anderson isn’t stepping up. Archer used to. Can he again? The million-dollar question is… what is wrong with Trevor Bauer? Chirinos and Eflin are solid hurlers, but which one, if either, should be dealt? Flaherty has not met expectations this season. Does that mean he’s been a failure or that you should be bailing […]