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 […]
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Ray’s Rundown – 05/11
Ray Flowers discusses the following. Vlad Guerrero’s struggles vs. expectations. The same with Eloy Jimenez. What to make of Adalberto Mondesi’s amazing start? Dee Gordon avoids IL. Mike Zunino to IL – how to handle filling that catcher spot? Waiver-wire HITTERS (Dickerson, Dietrich, Healy, La Stella, Pence, Profar, Sano) and PITCHERS (Alcantara, Cubs bullpen, Fiers, […]
Vlad’s FAAB Values – Week 8
Welcome to my 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 […]
2019 Player Profile: Lucas Giolito
A former first round draft pick, Lucas Giolito was at one point the top right-handed pitching prospect in all of baseball. Early in his professional career, Giolito tore his UCL and had Tommy John surgery in 2012. Since that point, his stuff has never quite returned to pre-surgery levels, and he has shown a maddening […]
Week 7: Doing the Splits
There’s a lotta data to go over when it comes to the fantasy baseball season. Some of the data is important. Some of it is interesting. Some of it is, well, less than needed in many instances. That said, we’re going to, from time to time, hit on some split info that might be interesting […]
Week 7: Vlad, Alonso, Mondesi & More
Vlad Guerrero has struggled to this point. Is there anything to be overly worried about? Peter Alonso was great. Now the game of adjustments has started and it’s caused him to slow of late. The Mariners need infield help and that means J.P. Crawford and/or Shed Long might be of value in the fantasy game. […]
Ray’s Ramblings: Mound Mavens, May 10th
Let’s look at the arms. Canning has been sharp for the Angels. Darvish – what can be said about his wretched pitching to this point? Flaherty is on the cusp of becoming the pitcher he was drafted to be. Foltynewicz has been troubling when on the hill this year. Gibson, no one talks about, but […]
The Closer Chart – May 9th, 2019
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 […]
2019 Player Profile: Luke Weaver
Thirteen months ago, the fantasy community was giddy with excitement about Luke Weaver, then of the Cardinals. I wasn’t in that boat, and hopefully you listened to that advice instead of the industry wide opinion as Weaver just wasn’t any good last season. Traded to the Diamondbacks in the massive Paul Goldschmidt deal this offseason, […]
From the Gut – K%, BB% and HH% Leaders
This week, let’s take a look at some starting pitcher metrics to see if we can identify whether some of these rates are sustainable or just mirages. I’ll run through K%, BB% and HH% top 10. Strikeout Percentage Gerritt Cole (HOU) – 37.2% Blake Snell (TBR) – 35.2% Caleb Smith (MIA) – 34.8% James […]
