Baseball Prospectus has just released their PECOTA projections for 2019, and you know what? They hate your team. The funny thing is, PECOTA is not opinion, yet MLB players, managers and fans take it personally. An acronym for Player Empirical
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Recovering after finishing 28½ games behind the Brewers in arguably the toughest division in baseball is the challenge that faces the Cincinnati Reds front office. They are showing admirable optimism in acquiring big-name talent and attaching their name to trade
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Ho-ho-ho. It is that time of year again. Unfortunately for baseball fans though, Christmas comes at a time of year when, save for off-season signings and Winter Meetings, there is little happening in the sport. But that doesn’t mean anyone
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There are plenty of posts out there telling you the moves your team should make, but what about the moves your team must make? There are quite a few essential things a Major League Baseball team needs to succeed in the modern era.
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On the 30th October of this year, I asked you all to make your way too early predictions for the 2019 World Series. There were a few reasons for this: I wanted to see if people could be realistic about
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It’s the offseason. Which means it’s time for my posts to get even stranger. Since 1950, there have been 14 intentional walks to hitters who have 80% of their playing time as a pitcher. The incidences include pitchers who were
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It is the baseball offseason. A time for checking the heat on the hot stove every few hours, counting down the days until pitchers and catchers and devouring any baseball related content to get us through the winter. Well, we
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None of the pre-season predictions for 2018 were kind to the Cincinnati Reds. By April 19, those bleak forecasts appeared wise as the Ohio ball club parted ways with manager Bryan Price following a disastrous 3-15 start. Before a pitch
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Tom is joined by British based baseball fans; Michael Ivory (Cubs), Craig Hurring (Brewers) and James Feldman (Pirates) to talk all that is good (and very bad) in the NL Central. They go from the depths of the Reds, to the current battle between the Cubs
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The Rockies and Reds play tonight in the second of a three-game series. Colorado won the first game last night 9-6, and were pretty comfortable throughout the game until the Reds scored three in the bottom of the 9th. The
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