In his first six years in the big leagues, Joey Bats was a below-average outfielder, hitting .238 with 91 OPS+ (100 is league average). In his first five years in the big leagues, Tyler Naquin was a below-average outfielder, hitting
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Episode 226 – The Second Coming of Mike Piazza
John, Rob and Russell are back with our first weekly MLB show of the season. They spare praise for MLB’s All-Star Game move, Shohei Ohtani, Akil Baddoo and Jazz Chisholm, but scorn the number of fun players already hit by
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Everyone loves a list – the opening week
The first seven days are in the books. And man, what an opening week we enjoyed. Here is all of the information you need to know in 30 bullet points ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS: Ketel Marte leads the NL with 12 hits
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Episode 225 – Tim Melville Joins the Show
The newest member of baseball’s no-hitter club – Tim Melville of the CPBL Uni-Lions – joins us fresh off his 142 pitch history maker on Good Friday. We talk about his route to the Majors with the Reds, Twins, Padres
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Episode 224 – Full Kit Banter
It’s Opening Day! John, Rob and Darius consider their team’s prospects for the upcoming season, consider which spring performances they’re actually buying, and look ahead to some potential 2021 storylines. Listen to “Episode 224 – Full Kit Banter” on Spreaker.
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Our Epic Fantasy Baseball Draft: The Hits and the Misses
I am a runner. I am an addict. Five kilometre Park Runs made way for 10K races which in turn were replaced by half marathons. And then came the full 42-kilometre marathon distance. I have now completed 30-40 of them,
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Episode 223 – Ben Reiter Joins the Show
Journalist, author and storyteller joins John to discuss his arc with the Houston Astros – from Sports Illustrated Nostradamus of their World Series triumph, to chronicler of the secret of their success in his bestselling book ‘Astroball’ through their own
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Episode 221 – Jeff Passan Returns
Our mystery guest is unmasked! ESPN National baseball writer Jeff Passan returns to the podcast to chat about his two game-changing off-season stories on Drew Robinson and Jared Porter, to talk about what league led ‘ball tampering’ says about the
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Spring Training All-Star Lineup
With less than one week until Opening Day on 1 April, we take a Bat Flips and Nerds look at the top performers in each position during Cactus and Grapefruit League play to give you the Spring Training All-Star Lineup.
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Episode 220 – The Big Season Preview Bonanza 2021
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Ben, John, Tom and Darius run the rule over all 30 teams in the annual predictions pod, assigning win totals through iffy reasoning and impassioned debate. Check out our Twitter feed for
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