Previews – Bat Flips and Nerds

Toronto Blue Jays 2020: Reasons for Optimism

February 18, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Guest writer, Previews

What happened in 2019? With a record of 67 wins and 95 losses, last season was down there with one of the worst on record for the Blue Jays. Indeed, it saw the team continue along a path of steady

Cincinnati Reds 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 18, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Opinion, Previews

What happened in 2019? Reinforced by the additions of Matt Kemp, Alex Wood, Yasiel Puig and Sonny Gray, preseason optimism evaporated as the Reds slipped to eight defeats in their first nine games. Giving away such an advantage to the

Pittsburgh Pirates 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 17, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Guest writer, Previews

What happened in 2019? Three weeks into the season, when Jung Ho Kang mashed his third homer of the season, and Jameson Taillon took the win in a rain-shortened game against the Giants, the Pirates sat atop the NL Central.

Milwaukee Brewers 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 12, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Opinion, Previews

What happened in 2019? The whole of the state of Wisconsin (and several areas of the UK inhabited by Brewers fans) yelped with despair on 11 September, when superstar and reigning MVP Christian Yelich dragged a slider into his leg,

Minnesota Twins 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 8, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Opinion, Previews

What happened in 2019? They set a new MLB record of 307 home runs while transforming from a 78-win to 101-win team in the space of one season. The Twins led the AL Central for most of the year, but

Baltimore Orioles 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 7, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Opinion, Previews

What happened in 2019? Oh my! On Sunday 31 March, Paul Fry came on in the ninth inning to strike out Troy Tulowitzki and secure the series win over the New York Yankees. The season went downhill as soon as

Reasons to watch baseball – AL Central

February 6, 2020 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Opinion, Previews

San Francisco Giants 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 5, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Opinion, Previews

What happened in 2019? Lots! The franchise said goodbye to their manager of 13 years, Bruce Bochy. He oversaw as many wins as he did defeats, but guiding the Giants to three World Series Championships in the 2010s surely cements

Arizona Diamondbacks 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 4, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Opinion, Previews

What happened in 2019? The glass-half-full view is that second-place behind the Dodgers was probably the best that the Diamondbacks could have hoped for, and they achieved it with a +70 run differential. The less optimistic view is that 21

Reasons to watch baseball – AL East

January 18, 2020 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Opinion, Previews