Tom is joined by British based baseball fans; Michael Ivory (Cubs), Craig Hurring (Brewers) and James Feldman (Pirates) to talk all that is good (and very bad) in the NL Central. They go from the depths of the Reds, to the current battle between the Cubs
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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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Kurt Wilks joins us again to talk about his St. Louis Cardinals and throw some shade our way for the preseason predictions! After listening to the Bat Flips and Nerds guys out of hand dismiss the Cardinals as a team
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It’s the Winter Meetings this week in Orlando – Disney World in fact, a part of Florida where even Derek Jeter might struggle to be the biggest joke on show. As ever with the set piece offseason occasion, the list
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With a run down on all the top pitching talent moving to the MLB from Japan, welcome back Joey Mellows… Miles Mikolas, Chris Martin and Kazuhisa Makita are three talented pitchers who have all recently plied their trade in Japan’s
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At the time of writing (some weeks ago – a very tardy and apologetic ed.), 153 players had made their MLB debut in 2017. Just over half way through the season I was interested to see how the newbies are
Read moreRichard Churchill joins Ben to talk all about the St. Louis Cardinals. They go deep into last season with plenty of honesty on display, then Richard continues the pessimism as they discuss the season ahead. Ben calls the team fat,
Read moreSo much ink has been spilled about the make up of this year’s Red Sox pitching this week. David Price is ready. But no-one else is. Apart from Craig Kimbrel. Carson Smith is broken. Oh, and they can’t develop prospects.
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