The image above is some usage, speed and spin info on Trevor Bauer‘s 2018 season. Last season he added a slider which he threw 20% of the time to right handed hitters. This change along with some refinement of his
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The Trump administration just cancelled an historic baseball deal. Here’s what you need to know.
With incisive analysis on an important issue, please welcome Rachel Steinberg for her BFN debut… What was cancelled? A deal between Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Cuban Baseball Federation (CBF) that would have allowed Cuban baseball players to sign
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The Palace of Don Alfredo – A British Take on Mexico’s Newest Baseball Stadium
Welcome back, Geoff Enderby… Mexico City in March is a beautiful place, an enormous valley filled prominently with the blooming violet of the Jacaranda trees, brought to Mexico by Tatsugoro Matsumoto back in the years prior to the formation of
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The Boys of Spring
A warm welcome to BFN for a stalwart of the UK fan community, Mark Smith… Saturday March 23rd – sunshine, clear blue sky, temperature touching 70 degrees at 10am. You’re right – I wasn’t at home in London. I was
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Hot takes and overreactions
It is far too early to anoint Phillies as World Series champions or label Chris Sale’s contract a bust, or even start thinking that the Baltimore Orioles might be a good team. Here are some interesting snippets from the opening
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Bat Flips and Nerds Versus the Projections, 2019 Edition
Everyone loves making predictions, right? Sure, most people complain about making them, or issue multiple caveats before doing so, or act like you have not asked them to make a prediction but instead asked them to choose which of their
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Best Of British – AJ Pollock: 2019’s Best Free Agent Signing
Joel is one half of Four Bases, a British Baseball website that has recently produced a fantastic (and FREE) guide for the 2019 MLB season. The Landscape With the benefit of a couple of years of hindsight, the winter of
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The Nationals are going to be just fine, even though some guy left this offseason
If you’re vaguely aware of baseball and somehow missed the fact that the Washington Nationals lost some guy whose name rhymes with Nice Sharper this offseason, that’s actually pretty impressive. But you-know-who, who spent seven great years in D.C., signed
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Swept Away in Japan
Hannah is one of the Baseball By Committee clan, who also contributes to the UK Oakland Athletics twitter account. According to her Twitter account she may enjoy some form of fermented beverage. As the dust settles and the jet lag
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Best of British – Europe: Baseball Played Here
Matt Smith is the chair of the British Baseball Hall Of Fame, Oakland A’s fan and founder of the excellent BaseballGB – the original British Baseball (And world baseball) website. For all the excitement at the thought of the upcoming
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