I'm Ray Flowers, co-host of The Drive on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio. Each week I'll be answering questions that have been sent to me at the BaseballGuys' Twitter account in my never ending attempt to replace myself by explaining to everyone how I evaluate players thereby making myself obsolete. Drop disappointing Eric Hosmer for a [...]

(1) R.A. Dickey -- is he the best pitcher in baseball? (2) Mike Trout -- is he the best player in fantasy baseball? (3) Royals OF situation is muddled. When will we see Wil Myers? (4) Josh Hamilton should return to starting lineup Tuesday. (5) Jason Marquis, strikeout artist for Padres? (6) Aaron Hill on [...]

Last night, live on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, we had another hosts draft in which I got to pit my wits against some of the industry leaders in a 12 team, mixed league snake draft. Let's see how I did. The number in parenthesis is the round the player was drafted in the fantasy baseball [...]

Now that the sting of the announcement has passed and fantasy baseball folks have digested the information, let's take a look at the fallout from Houston Astros manager Brad Mills' decision to annoint Brett Myers as his closer. If you drafted before the announcement was made, then Myers is/was likely sitting on your free agent waiver wire.  How worthy of a pick-up is he and will he be able to hold down the job? Right off the bat, Myers gets a boost in overall fantasy value. As a starter, he was barely mediocre coming into this season, having blown his wad in 2010 when he won 14 games for Houston and finished the year with a 3.14 ERA.  Last season, Myers finished the year with a reduced K-rate, a WHIP of 1.31, and the opposition was hitting .265 against him.  He also started to give up the long ball a bit more again and was inconsistent throughout the year, laboring through the dog days of summer with an ERA over 5.00.  Getting him out of a starting role is probably the best thing for him. Closing isn't something new for Myers who saved 21 games for the Phillies back in 2007. He struggled a bit while adapting to his new role and while his ERA wasn't what you'd like to see in a ninth inning guy, his K/9 went up to 10.88 and he posted a career-best 3.07 K/BB ratio.  So why not give him another opportunity to do it?  If he struggled with the workload last season, then why not just send him out there and tell him to throw as hard as he can for just one inning?  Sure, his fastball struggles to break 89 mph these days, but we could see the velocity tick up a little as it did for him back in '07.  Either that or he'll have to incorporate his other pitches more and rely on some veteran savvy to help out-think the hitters. So yes, if you're in an NL-only league or in a deep mixed league, you should probably pick up Myers if you're looking for bullpen help. He'll be the guy the Astros go to in the ninth for atleast the start of...