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Episode 279 – Simon Rosenblum-Larson (Tampa Bay Rays, More Than Baseball)

May 19, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Rays minor league pitcher, and More Than Baseball Program Director Simon Rosenblum-Larson, joins the pod to chat about MTB’s campaign to bring minor leaguers a living wage of $35k and his organisation’s amazing work giving voice to the plight of

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Stat kings: Early season stat leaders

May 12, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

With 30ish games in the books (120ish at-bats), we have enough data to give us a leaderboard for various statistical categories. HOME RUNS Aaron Judge is the only player with double-digit homers. The Yankees’ superstar, who becomes a free agent

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Episode 273 – 2022 AL East Preview

April 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

For the final of our 2022 Previews we are in the AL East and joined by: Melanie Newman, PxP for the Baltimore Orioles Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic on the Red Sox Keith McPherson of WFAN on the Yankees Rays

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30 BOLDish predictions: One for each MLB team

April 7, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

AL WEST Houston Astros Jeremy Pena debuts for the Astros and creates an unstoppable middle-infield pairing with Jose Altuve. Both players hit over .300, and there’s not a single banged trashcan to be heard. Los Angeles Angels Injuries disrupt Mike

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Love or Hate the Sister Cities idea, we have Three Enticing Combos for you

February 6, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

The ambitious plans from the Rays franchise to play half of their home games in Florida and the other half in Montreal, Canada, are dead in the water. However, Tampa Bay Rays owner, Stuart Steinberg, thinks they are ahead of

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How did they do? Rays 2020/21 Offseason Review

January 5, 2022 Patrick Davenport Baseball, Team Contributors

Maybe it’s the self-satisfying pleasure that comes with saying ‘I told you so’ that spurred it, but I have always had an obsession with looking back at old baseball transactions and seeing how much of an effect that they actually

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The best Rays breakout of 2021 wasn’t Wander Franco…

December 30, 2021 Patrick Davenport Baseball, Team Contributors

2021 was a fantastic year for the Tampa Bay Rays – A franchise-best 100 wins, a Rookie of the Year campaign from Randy Arozarena and back-to-back AL East titles for the first time in the team’s young history. For such

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Outlaw Out? Should the Rays Move On From Kiermaier

December 8, 2021 Patrick Davenport Baseball, Team Contributors

Welcome to Bat Flips & Nerds, Pat Davenport…| Being a Rays fan has been pretty easy as of late. Three playoff appearances in a row, back-to-back division titles and a trip to the World Series have done more than enough

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Revisiting the 2011 draft, and oh my, the Rays were bad

April 20, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Ten years looks to be the perfect duration from draft to studliness. The first round of the 2011 draft included Francisco Lindor, Anthony Rendon, Gerrit Cole, Trevor Bauer and George Springer, to name just five. In a feat unlikely to

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Episode 217 – 2021 AL East Preview

March 15, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

In the fourth of our 2021 Season Previews, we take to the American League, starting down the East Coast. Our guests this time up: MASN Orioles PxP Melanie Newman on the Orioles The Athletic Boston’s Jen McCaffrey on the Red

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