These first few weeks have been a bumpy ride for many fantasy owners who invested in early starting pitching but are getting bombarded out the gate. If you used a pick in the first few rounds on Chris Sale, Corey Kluber, Aaron Nola, Zack Greinke or James Paxton, you’re certainly feeling a little pressure. If […]
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Prospect Watch 2019: Week 4
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 Ramblings: April 16th, Pitch Clock
Arms, arms, arms. Ray Flowers reviews the plight of a bevy of arms in this Ramblings entry. Some of the arms are off to solid starts (Buchholz, Morton, Price, Sabathia, Smith), others are a bit cold (Hendricks, Kluber, Mikolas, Straham) while still others are sitting in some sort of limbo-like blah state (Bumgarner, Holland, Lauer, […]
Ray’s Ramblings: Expected Stats, April 15th
Expected stats are all the rage in the world of baseball. For years, we’ve said things like ‘this guy should be doing better than he has been showing’ or ‘this guy is performing over his head.’ Now, with some of the expected stats that are available we have some data to support those lines of […]
Ray’s Ramblings: FAAB Run Week 3
I’m gonna to spend some time going 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 […]
Ray’s Rundown – 04/13
Ray Flowers talks injuries: Trout (groin), Scherzer (ankle), Ohtani (elbow), Hamilton (knee), Polanco (shoulder), Andujar (shoulder), Sanchez (calf DL) – how do you handle the catcher position? When is it right to pass on the “better” player? Waiver-wire: HITTERS (Brian Dozier, Hunter Dozier, Jessie Winker, Galvis, Pinder, Moreland, Heyward, Vogelbach) and PITCHERS (Eovaldi, Pivetta, Margevicius, […]
Vlad’s FAAB Values – Week 4
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 […]
2019 Catcher Review – April 12th
Just as we’re taking an in-depth look at bullpen with our BURR metric, we will breakdown the catcher’s position as well at Guru Elite. 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 […]
Ray’s Ramblings: Taking A Look At Arms
It’s time to look at some arms. Buehler still doesn’t look quite right. Foltynewicz is closing in on a return to the bigs. Glasnow has been stupendous. Lynn has turned in a couple of solid outings for the Rangers. Mahle has done a good job in his two fill-in outings for the Reds. Montas has […]
The Closer Chart – April 11, 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 […]
