In my debut article, I wrote about one key statistic to focus on for Giants infielders. In this column, I will be doing the same for the outfielders. My choice of players is based on who I believe is likely
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Our Epic Fantasy Baseball Draft: The Hits and the Misses
I am a runner. I am an addict. Five kilometre Park Runs made way for 10K races which in turn were replaced by half marathons. And then came the full 42-kilometre marathon distance. I have now completed 30-40 of them,
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Fantasy Baseball Friday: Most drafted Players
I am personally in six leagues for the upcoming 2021 fantasy baseball season, and also did two mock drafts for a total of eight. As of the writing of this, I’ve completed six of the eight drafts, but feel confident
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Why We (And The Projections) Hate Your Team
Regular Bat Flips & Nerds listeners will have recently heard Ben, John, Tom and myself make a series of win predictions in our long-running annual preseason game. We even let the Triple-A squad of Rob, Russell and Gav have a
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Spring Training All-Star Lineup
With less than one week until Opening Day on 1 April, we take a Bat Flips and Nerds look at the top performers in each position during Cactus and Grapefruit League play to give you the Spring Training All-Star Lineup.
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Fantasy Baseball Friday: Breakouts
Gav wrote about sleepers last week at each position. Guys going outside the top 200, per FantasyPros ADP, that are being undervalued. This week we’re looking at breakouts. Breakouts are a bit different from sleepers in that, yes they are
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One Metric to Focus on For Every SF Giants Hitter – Infield
In my debut article for Batflips and Nerds, I thought it would be interesting to see if I could find one key statistic to focus on for every Giants positional player. My choice of players is based on who I
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Los Angeles Angels: Spring Training Battle
Jo Adell won’t make the Opening Day roster … however, the Angels are giving him every opportunity to impress. The star prospect has appeared in all but two of the Angels’ games, hitting two homers with an attention-gaining 1.250 OPS.
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Colorado Rockies: Spring Training Battle
Colorado Rockies: First base Last season, first base in Colorado was occupied by the now-retired Daniel Murphy (29 games), Josh Fuentes (26 games), Ryan McMahon (12 games) and Drew Butera (5 games). Amazingly, they were not the worst team in
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Miami Marlins: Fool me – you can’t get fooled again
“There’s an old saying in Tennessee- I know it’s in Texas, probably Tennessee. That says, fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me ..you can’t get fooled again” This quote, from the former president of the United States
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