It’s that time of year again. After the “success” of the 2021 Minor League free agent draft, the Bat Flips & Nerds team will again pit themselves against the boundless wisdom of the Effectively Wild podcast. Success is a relative
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So you think you know the Yankees?
QUIZ: It feels like it was only last year
Underpaid Superstars. The Minimum-Wage Roster: Second base
What is it about second base? Why is it the position where teams take the most liberties about underpaying their player? It is possible that Braves’ second baseman, Ozzie Albies, has the worst contract in MLB. The 2021 World Series
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Three to watch in 2022: Catcher
It is early January and we still have no idea whether the season will start on time or whether we will see any baseball at all. So, with my “Eternal Optimist” cap on, here are three catchers that I am
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Fantasy baseball 2022: Year of the bounceback
No one knows if the season will start on time, but we do know that it is never too early to start preparing for your fantasy baseball league. Without any plan or preparation, I ran a mock draft earlier today,
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So you think you know the 2020’s?
You probably know that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored the most runs last season and Freddie Freeman was the highest run-scorer in 2020. But do you know who crossed home plate more than anyone else over the two years of this
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Cameron Maybin, former Brave, Cub, Tiger, Marlin, Astro, Angel, Met, Yankee, Padre, and Mariner, hangs up his cleats
The 2007 Detroit Tigers team was fun to watch. They had been swept aside by Tony La Russa‘s Cardinals in the previous year’s World Series, so their postseason TV appearances had made many of the players familiar to me. My
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Maybe, just maybe, Kris Bryant is the most complete player in baseball
The move from the firesale franchise in Chicago to the eventual AL West champions of San Francisco looked like a match made in Heaven for Kris Bryant. If ever a player exuded West coast laid-back chill, it was the walking
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Episode 262 – Bad Manners
John, Russell and Darius tackle the off-season in MLB focussing on the CBA lockout, free-agent ‘Deadline Day’ and some speculation about what comes next… Listen to “Episode 262 – Bad Manners” on Spreaker.
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