A Futures Game MVP, an 18-year-old shortstop, and a Puerto Rico Winter League Home Run Derby winner. The Cubs farm system is on the up and here are three reasons why. Brennen Davis Davis is the name on everyone’s lips
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End of An Era – The Boys of the Endless Summer
Welcome to BFN, our new Cardinals contributor Jennifer Annely One of the things that sets baseball apart from other sports is that it is not defined by time. Baseball is played in innings and they can be as long or
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The Nationals have less than 48 hours and one task – sell.
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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How a burgeoning late-night love affair with baseball got me through lockdown
It’s midnight, in midsummer 2020, and the witching hour holds nothing but worry and anxiety and an insatiable urge to raid the fridge. The pandemic lockdown is in full swing in London. Scrolling Twitter aimlessly, the app being particularly fruitful
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Three Strikes – How I Fell in Love with Baseball
Strike 1 ‘Nothing Rhymes with Orange’ My journey with baseball began back in 2014. I was idling away the days in the lead up to starting my first term of university, it was mid-September and unusually hot outside. Having burnt
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Fantasy baseball Friday: Hitters who tend to start Hot
With Opening Day getting underway, I wanted to have some fun and look back at the last four full seasons (2016-2019) to see who are some guys that historically get out to hot starts. To define hot starts, I looked at
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Fantasy Baseball Friday: Most drafted Players
I am personally in six leagues for the upcoming 2021 fantasy baseball season, and also did two mock drafts for a total of eight. As of the writing of this, I’ve completed six of the eight drafts, but feel confident
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Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Points Leagues
Points leagues can be an easy way to get into fantasy baseball, being thatthey’re the most similar to the most popular fantasy league, fantasyfootball. We touched on it briefly in our last blog, but points leaguesinvolve weekly head to head
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Los Angeles Dodgers: How many Starting Pitchers is too many?
With advancements in conditioning and understanding what a manager can or should ask from a starting pitcher, gone are the days of a top organisation having one true “Ace” that carries the rest of the team through a postseason. Although
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Is this the Real Life? Is this just Fantasy Baseball 101?
Intro to Fantasy Baseball 101 Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you have officially come to the conclusion that you are more than just the casual fantasy baseball fan, and that you’re ready to prove that you are the second coming
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