Mookie Betts – Bat Flips and Nerds

London Series preview: Right field

June 25, 2019 Gavin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK, Opinion, Previews

With the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox due to meet shortly for the first-ever MLB games to be played in the UK, the Bat Flips and Nerds player previews reach the right field studs. RIGHT FIELD Mookie Betts

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

Size doesn’t matter: The vertically-challenged team

January 25, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

What is the ideal body shape for a baseball player? Does size matter? Check out the stars in our “vertically-challenged” team before you decide. When you see Aaron Judge swaggering around like some sort of Adonis, it’s difficult to believe

London Series Ticket Pricing Announced – Opinion

November 28, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, London Series, MLB UK, Opinion

Over the last 12 hours, Ticketmaster have released the pricing breakdown for the upcoming London Series on the 29th and 30th June 2019. To save you a click, here is the graphic you will be presented with. You’re probably staring

Strength of Players Faced and the Impact on Player Output

October 30, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

So the World Series is complete and the Boston Red Sox are champions. The team with the best record over the season won the playoffs, that doesn’t happen often so the usual discussion of the value of the playoffs compared

1st Half Vs 2nd Half Comparisons – Hitters

October 4, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Analytics, Baseball, Pinch Hitting

In MVP voting, recency bias is going to be a factor and that can’t be helped. With that in mind, I wondered who were the top performers for the first half of the season vs the second half. Fangraphs has

Battle Of The Bad

September 20, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

There has been plenty of talk about the Triple Crown this season. With the Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Martinez as the now lone candidate to potentially win the crown, for the first time since Miguel Cabrera in 2012. Martinez is currently

What can Lebron James, Jacoby Ellsbury and Jon Heyman tell us about player pay in baseball?

July 4, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Analytics, Baseball

On Sunday this week, LeBron James’ agency Klutch Sports, announced that ‘The King’ had decided to play out the twilight of his basketball career in Los Angeles, with the sport’s signature franchise, the Lakers. The nuts and bolts were revealed

Why the MLB London Series matters

June 29, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball, London Series

Regular readers of this site over the last couple of years will have seen plenty of coverage of the MLB’s attempts to carve a small foothold in the consciousness of the British public. From initial fan engagement events, through to

Will there be a Triple Crown winner this season?

June 27, 2018 James Feldman Baseball

There hasn’t been a Triple Crown winner in baseball since 2012, when Miguel Cabrera picked up the trophy, with a batting average .330, 44 home runs and 139 runs batted in. Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander were the last players