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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Tag: Los Angeles Angels
What your team *really* needs this off-season. An alternative look. (ARI – MIA)
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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The 2019 World Series Winner Prediction Survey (Part 1)
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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How would a free agent club fare in 2019?
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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Episode 77 – Divisional Chat (AL West)
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
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The Albert Pujols Dilemma
After years of being that team which continuously underwhelms despite boasting a truly great player, the Angels entered 2018 with a genuine play-off shot, helped in no short part by (somewhat inexplicably) adding another potential star to the roster in
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The Shift Is Dead, Long Live The Shift
In 2017 the number of defensive shifts in the MLB decreased year on year for the first time since 2011, but to put that in context back in 2011 they were still only accounting for less than 2% of all
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The Kurious Kase of Kole Calhoun
In 2016 Kole Calhoun produced his third 3+ fWAR season for the Los Angeles Angels. Despite not hitting as many home runs are the previous season (18 in 2016 v 26 in 2015), he increased his walk rate (10.0% v
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Shohei Ohtani is better than Babe Ruth
Shohei Ohtani is better than Babe Ruth, here’s why… Over the past few weeks, there have been rave reviews of the latest phenom to come to the MLB from Japan, Shohei Ohtani. In case you haven’t been paying attention, the
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Bat Flips and Nerds versus the Projections
Who needs projection systems? Last week, the Bat Flips and Nerds podcast crew got together and produced a meticulously-crafted set of win predictions for all 30 major league teams, live on YouTube, in just one hour. Some pedants might argue
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