American League – Bat Flips and Nerds

From Britain to the Bronx – Why I Chose the Yankees

October 22, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, MLB UK, Pinch Hitting

Jonty Fletcher makes his Bat Flips and Nerds debut, explaining to us why he chose the Yankees and why he loves baseball. Growing up in Britain, it’s not so easy to follow American sports. Many look at baseball and think

Who is the best Postseason team since 1995?

October 19, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

It’s just your regular question you ask you mates down the pub. “Who is the best Postseason team since 1995?” They stare at you blankly for what feels like a lifetime, one friend finally speaks. “Are you talking about baseball

I’m Starting To Worry, Jose

October 11, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

It is October, the Indians have once again made the postseason but failed to bring home the coveted World Series title and the ‘curse’ moves on another year. Many of the Indians players didn’t play to their potential in the

The Cy Young Case for Blake Treinen

September 26, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball, Sabremetrics

The following is a case for why Blake Treinen should be considered as a Cy Young candidate. I am not certain if he should win but what I am about to detail is why he should get some votes and

15 things you might not know about the American League so far in 2018

September 7, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

When you spend yours days looking through MLB stats for various things you start to find some stats about a few players and teams that are quite interesting. Most of these aren’t enough to flesh out into full articles but

Will there be a Triple Crown winner this season?

June 27, 2018 James Feldman Baseball

There hasn’t been a Triple Crown winner in baseball since 2012, when Miguel Cabrera picked up the trophy, with a batting average .330, 44 home runs and 139 runs batted in. Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander were the last players

Episode 77 – Divisional Chat (AL West)

June 12, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Podcast

Dom Clarke (A’s), Tom Young (Mariners), George Martin (Astros) and Nick Wright (Angels) join Darius on the second of our divisional roundtables to discuss the AL West, most notably whether the Mariners can push the Astros for the division, if

If Baseball was Football – Part 1: American League

June 3, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

A big welcome back to the Baseball Brit, Joey Mellows… Major League Baseball is coming to the UK! The London Series has been officially scheduled for June 29th & 30th in 2019 and this has sent die hard MLB UK

Fixing the 162

May 31, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

@Lez_Mets returns to talk about his other passion, Interleague play! I have posted a lot about this recently, so you’re probably thinking this dude is obsessed? Well you would be right, I am! Right now the Major League Baseball schedule

Episode 75 – Divisional Chat (AL East)

May 22, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Podcast

Tom is joined by Matt Clough (Orioles), Mike Shipley (Blue Jays) and Rob Noverraz (Rays) to talk all about the AL East and the “exciting” division that it is. Matt starts us off and makes us feel like we’re kicking a puppy by making him talk about