If baseball analysts had nicknames, Al Melchior would be the professor, so it was not surprising to discover that he is a former political science professor from Florida International University. Al has been writing about fantasy baseball since the turn
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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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Christmas is here! John is joined by Tom ‘Jingle’, Darius and Ben for a live Christmas special, complete with mince pies, mulled wine, silly jumpers and secret santa. They go over listeners Christmas wish lists, deciding whether santa will be
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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 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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It seems that the solution in Major League Baseball for two teams being tied for a divisional crown after a 162 game season is to… play one more game. But is that really the best solution? Admittedly, it was exciting
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Tom and Darius join to talk NL West postseason race. Featuring such players as Clayton Kershaw, German Marquez, Zack Greinke, Patrick Corbin, Kenley Jansen, Dinelson Lamet, Julio Urias, Andrew McCutchen, Buster Posey, Paul Goldschmidt…. Image from East Village Times
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In our first part, we looked at me dressed in a Pirates t-shirt and we discovered I could do VLOOKUP on excel. I also explained exactly what I’m trying to do here, so rather than me explain it all again,
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