Jose Ramirez is among the most beloved baseball players. His cheeky smile peeks over the top of the dugout railing as he rallies his Indians teammates. He’s the master of Mario Kart, unrivalled on the track. His helmet regularly flies
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Pinching myself- Miami Marlins on the brink of a playoff berth
Miami Marlins might be in the playoffs this season. ( I need to pinch myself every time I write that down, auch!) That is the reality at the moment. MLB decided to expand the playoffs this season because the lack
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The NL MVP Race Is Going To Be Fun
We always knew that the award races in a 60 game season would be wild. Plenty of columns were written in the run up to the season about the statistical possibilities that a 60 game season throws up, from a
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On Top of the World: Marlins Opening Week 3.0
Speechless. I have no speech. This could easily sum up this crazy Opening Week 3.0 for the Miami Marlins. This is what has happened in the season so far: Marlins spent almost a month on the road and got half
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Marlins and Orioles playoff bound? That’s so 2020
With expanded playoffs a “thing” this season, eight teams from each league will play October baseball. The top two teams in each division make up 12 of the 16 spots, with the two final places in each league going to
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Trade speculation: Reds and Indians
Trade: Brad Hand to the Cincinnati Reds for RHP Joe Boyle Nearly everyone in Cleveland does not like Brad Hand in the closer role. I thought Cody Allen was tough to watch as a closer, but Hand has blown that
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Cleveland Indians: Let’s talk trades
Even in this mutant 60-game sprint of a 2020 season, there is a trade deadline. This year the date falls on August 31, and aspiring champions are already busy stalking the bottom feeders in a bid to pick off their
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Cleveland Indians: Rotation Domination
Welcome back to our regularly scheduled, albeit pandemic-delayed, Cleveland Indians programme. The 2020 season is underway and we have baseball to watch, enjoy, and dissect at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario. Thus far, the Indians have been a mixed
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The pain of being a Mets fan continues
Let’s explore the opening few games of this weird season, starting with the positives for the New York Mets. Steven Matz It looks like Steven Matz‘s Spring Training success was not a fluke as he has started the 2020 season
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What a double-play tells us about the 2020 Seattle Mariners
So, we’re just over a week in to a baseball season that may not finish. Seattle Mariners Pitcher A has shown some “good stuff”, Hitter B has struck out more than his previous stats might suggest, and Outfielder C has
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