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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One Metric For Every Giants hitter To Focus On – Outfielders
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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Episode 223 – Ben Reiter Joins the Show
Journalist, author and storyteller joins John to discuss his arc with the Houston Astros – from Sports Illustrated Nostradamus of their World Series triumph, to chronicler of the secret of their success in his bestselling book ‘Astroball’ through their own
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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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Episode 221 – Jeff Passan Returns
Our mystery guest is unmasked! ESPN National baseball writer Jeff Passan returns to the podcast to chat about his two game-changing off-season stories on Drew Robinson and Jared Porter, to talk about what league led ‘ball tampering’ says about the
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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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Episode 220 – The Big Season Preview Bonanza 2021
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Ben, John, Tom and Darius run the rule over all 30 teams in the annual predictions pod, assigning win totals through iffy reasoning and impassioned debate. Check out our Twitter feed for
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