Previewing week three of fantasy baseball with some waiver wire adds to make in your leagues.
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The Joy of The Closer
I absolutely love watching a dedicated closer pitch. The sheer drama that goes with it is,
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Fantasy Baseball Friday: Week Three Waiver Adds
Previewing week three of fantasy baseball with some waiver wire adds to make in your leagues.
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The Joy of The Closer
I absolutely love watching a dedicated closer pitch. The sheer drama that goes with it is, to my mind, fantastic. It becomes a baseball game in a microcosm almost, with the result boiled down to a single half-inning (I know it
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Early season overachievers & underachievers
Early season numbers blah, blah, blah. Small sample size yadda yadda yadda. There have been hot starts – looking at you Tyler Naquin – and there have been cold starts, like Miguel Sanó with three hits in 48 plate appearances.
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Episode 229 – Be Like Freddie
It’s our second weekly roundup show! Ben, Rob, Russell and Darius debate MLB’s mound-moving experiment in the Atlantic League and the merits of recent pitcher dominance, laud Freddie Freeman, Byron Buxton and Yadier Molina, while lamenting headhunting and replay review.
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San Francisco Giants: Compliments to Crawford
Brandon Crawford arrived at the Giants’ Oracle Park with the warmth of the morning sun on his shoulders. It was a beautiful day for San Francisco’s home opener as they hosted the Colorado Rockies to begin a three game series.
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Episode 228 – On the PISS
Tom is joined by MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince and Statman extraordinaire, Russell Eassom to begin the life of the greatest baseball stat every created. People in 100 years from now will ask “Where were you when you first heard about PISS?”
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Fantasy Baseball Invitational : Brutal Week One
Wow, that was a pretty horrific start to the Bat Flips & Nerds Fantasy Baseball Invitational #BFNFBI. An 11-day scoring period to start the season in which you cannot make lineup changes. Injured players clogging up lineup slots and bench
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Episode 227 – Nelson Figueroa Joins the Show
Former Big League pitcher turned Mets analyst and all round good egg, Nelson Figueroa Jr, joins John for an awesome chat covering: The Amazins’ chances for 2021 Nelson’s life-long romance with the Mets, and his enduring place in their history
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Wait … what if Tyler Naquin is the new José Bautista
In his first six years in the big leagues, Joey Bats was a below-average outfielder, hitting .238 with 91 OPS+ (100 is league average). In his first five years in the big leagues, Tyler Naquin was a below-average outfielder, hitting
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Let’s get tipsy: Reflections on the Mariners opening series of 2021
There’s a magnificent James Acaster routine (I mean, all James Acaster routines are magnificent, but there’s a particular one that is relevant here) about drinking that I was thinking about over opening weekend. “There are four things you can be
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