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Only two St Louis Cardinals in the Top 100. Is that right?

February 18, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Guest writer

The 2020 MLB season is looming with spring training underway, and so MLB Network has released its Top 100 Right Now list. It certainly looks great for some teams, but for last season’s National League runners up, St. Louis Cardinals,

10 things you need to know about the St Louis Cardinals

December 17, 2019 Gavin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK, Opinion

With fewer than 180 days until the London Series 2020 between the St Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, we continue our build-up to this historic clash. Hopefully, you have already read our article on the Cubs, if not you

Hot takes and overreactions

April 3, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

It is far too early to anoint Phillies as World Series champions or label Chris Sale’s contract a bust, or even start thinking that the Baltimore Orioles might be a good team. Here are some interesting snippets from the opening

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

Three minutes on the Kansas City Royals

February 6, 2019 Gavin Baseball, Opinion

Picture the scene. Kansas City Royals owner David Glass summons GM Dayton Moore and team manager Ned Yost into his plush, top floor office in Kauffman Stadium. He asks what they need in 2019 in order to accomplish the rebuild.

What is the collective noun for a group of terrible contracts?

February 2, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

My first thought was an albatross. These sort of contracts used to be called “player-friendly”, but now they are dismissed by clubs and the media as bad deals. We can all see that as teams become more analytically savvy, fewer

Three minutes on the Arizona Diamondbacks

December 13, 2018 Gavin MLB UK, Opinion

When Ronan Keating sang “Life is a rollercoaster”, he probably wasn’t thinking about the ups and downs in the life of a Diamondbacks fan. Despite having finished 11 games behind the Dodger Blue behemoth in the NL West in 2017,

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

15 things you might not know about the National League so far in 2018

September 17, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

Here is the follow up list for the National League based of the article I did for the American league here a few days ago, as before I have given one per team. Please note that a qualified players have

How many “On Pace” tweets is Buster Olney on pace to get correct?

May 31, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Buster Olney is the true champion of “On Pace” tweets. If you’re not sure what that means, here his latest one: We’re about a third of the way through the season, and Aaron Judge is on pace for: 176 hits