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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Miami Marlins: (Almost) Everything hurts
I googled “greatest pain in the world” and for my surprise Miami Marlins baseball team offence was not on the list. It had cluster headache, frozen shoulder, broken bone, heart attack etc but I guess the writer of the article
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Fantasy Baseball Friday: Week Two Waiver Wire Adds
Apologies to those who play in a league where the first matchup period was 1 April through 4 April and next week is technically your week three. But we’re calling the upcoming scoring period week two to fit the more
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Everyone loves a list – the opening week
The first seven days are in the books. And man, what an opening week we enjoyed. Here is all of the information you need to know in 30 bullet points ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS: Ketel Marte leads the NL with 12 hits
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The Unofficial MLB Player Championship
There are many ways to determine who is the best player in a sport right now, especially baseball, but most are fraught with debate on which methods and stats are better. There are a few major sports however which generally
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Three Strikes – How I Fell in Love with Baseball
Strike 1 ‘Nothing Rhymes with Orange’ My journey with baseball began back in 2014. I was idling away the days in the lead up to starting my first term of university, it was mid-September and unusually hot outside. Having burnt
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Episode 225 – Tim Melville Joins the Show
The newest member of baseball’s no-hitter club – Tim Melville of the CPBL Uni-Lions – joins us fresh off his 142 pitch history maker on Good Friday. We talk about his route to the Majors with the Reds, Twins, Padres
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Fantasy baseball Friday: Hitters who tend to start Hot
With Opening Day getting underway, I wanted to have some fun and look back at the last four full seasons (2016-2019) to see who are some guys that historically get out to hot starts. To define hot starts, I looked at
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How does the Red Sox 2021 Outfield Stack up to THAT 2018 one?
It’s been said quite frequently recently that the Red Sox have now lost their championship-winning outfield from 2018 with Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi and Jackie Bradley Jr. all moving on to pastures new in the past two years. That 2018
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