Ten years looks to be the perfect duration from draft to studliness. The first round of the 2011 draft included Francisco Lindor, Anthony Rendon, Gerrit Cole, Trevor Bauer and George Springer, to name just five. In a feat unlikely to
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Tag: Blake Snell
Tampa Bay Rays: Warding off doom-mongers in 2021
I have been a Rays fan for over a decade. Every offseason is a carbon copy of the last. No matter how well the previous season has gone the Rays are constantly written off, constantly overlooked and yet almost every
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Blake Snell to Padres for more than just a slapdick prospect
A blockbuster trade went down late on Sunday night which will send former Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell across the continent from Florida to California. It looks like a win-win trade and hardly a slapdick prospect in sight. The
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A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats
On Sunday 4 April 2010, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett induced weak contact from New York Yankees Derek Jeter in the first MLB play of the decade. Here are 100 more useless snippets of information for you. Unless
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Stud Flop Bingo
Ryan Owen is the founder of RotoTrix – A UK based fantasy baseball rankings, advice and musing website. He is also unfortunate enough to be in the same TGFBI league as our own Tom Pringle. One of the things that
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The Cy Young Case for Blake Treinen
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
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Evaluating the 2018 Cy Young contenders
Gavin aka Tramps is back for the second part of his two post submission. Today it’s time to look at the 2018 Cy Young Contenders. Born in 1867, Cy Young pitched more innings and won more games than any other
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