Under 48 hours to sell, a COVID outbreak and speculation galore – where do the Nationals go from here? The Nats are clearly a team in dire need of a rebuild at this point. A farm system that often sits
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NL EAST: Early Spring Training Battles
Hot on the heels of the excellent Bat flips and Nerds podcast previewing the NL East, here are a few things we have picked up over the first week of spring training. Atlanta Braves: The fifth rotation spot is up
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Episode 214 – 2021 NL East Preview
The team are joined by a cast of experts to preview the 2021 NL East: AJC’s Gabe Burns on the Braves MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo on the Mets The Miami Herald’s Jordan McPherson on the Marlins Actor and fantasy baseball expert
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30 years of hurt never stopped me dreaming
My MLB journey began way back in 1986. While working in Dakar, Senegal, I took up playing softball with my North American friends. Their regular discussions around baseball led me to think the game was only played to create ever-more
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Episode 137 – Volvos Of Baseball
Tom returns! He’s joined by the ever present Darius Austin and the young spunk, Ben Carter. Tom immediately takes them off track by discussing a twitter storm from the past 24-hours, then the latest mobile games available for Android, before
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NL Wild Card game preview
The Cardinals emphatic victory over arch-rivals Chicago Cubs on Sunday night, clinched the NL Central division title to set up a five-game NLDS against the Atlanta Braves, starting on Thursday 3 October. The result means the win-or-go-home NL Wild Card
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Hot takes and overreactions
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
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The Nationals are going to be just fine, even though some guy left this offseason
If you’re vaguely aware of baseball and somehow missed the fact that the Washington Nationals lost some guy whose name rhymes with Nice Sharper this offseason, that’s actually pretty impressive. But you-know-who, who spent seven great years in D.C., signed
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JUST ACCEPT IT, PECOTA HATES YOUR TEAM
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
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London Series 2020 teams revealed?
One of our alumni’s, Blake Finney, spotted a little gem via Newsday.com (Click here for an EU GDPR friendly link). According to The Associated Press, “Major League Baseball is considering one of two matchups for its 2020 series in London:
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