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Tag: Los Angeles Angels

JUST ACCEPT IT, PECOTA HATES YOUR TEAM

February 10, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

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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Three minutes on the Los Angeles Angels

February 9, 2019 Gavin MLB UK, Opinion

It is hard to argue that the Angels were not the most exciting MLB team to watch last season: Shohei Ohtani pitching, Shohei Ohtani hitting, Andrelton Simmons’ wizardry at shortstop and of course, Mike Trout, the greatest player on the

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What does each MLB club want in their Christmas stocking? Part One

December 10, 2018 Padraig Whelan Baseball, Pinch Hitting

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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What your team *really* needs this off-season. An alternative look. (ARI – MIA)

December 3, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

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)

November 30, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball

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?

November 4, 2018 Padraig Whelan Baseball, Pinch Hitting

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)

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

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Albert Pujols

The Albert Pujols Dilemma

June 1, 2018 Matt Clough Analytics, Baseball

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

May 27, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

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

May 27, 2018 Thomas Pringle Analytics, Baseball

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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