Résumé of the latest news in baseball, including Scott Rolen, Max Fried, Carlos Beltrán, Dexter Fowler, Jake McGee, and the Bally Sports fiasco
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San Francisco Giants: Spring Watch – Third Base Battle
Welcome back to Spring Watch, the San Francisco Giants edition. No, this isn’t your grandad’s Springwatch on BBC Two. We’re not out here watching birds and flowers. Springtime for baseball fans has us carefully examining the intricate shaping of our
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What can MLB learn from NFL’s growth in the UK?
On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs play the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL’s showpiece annual event; the Super Bowl. In recent years, the Super Bowl has become a bigger and bigger deal in the UK – people are having watch
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Fantasy Baseball: MLB Mega Draft 2022 Review
I read a Fangraphs article about a 15-team, 30-player mock draft put together by legendary fantasy baseball expert Tim McLeod. Coincidentally, we were privileged that Tim joined us live by Zoom from Canada for one of our 2022 pre-TGFBI mock
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New York Mets: Matt Allan Undergoes Third UCL Surgery
The New York Mets announced that Matthew Allan, the former Top-100 pitching prospect, underwent UCL revision surgery in January. This will be Allan’s third procedure on his right elbow since being drafted in the third round of the 2019 MLB
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World Baseball Classic: Will Trayce Thompson play for Great Britain?
With World Baseball Classic rosters not announced until 9 February, speculation is rife on social media with names that might or might not be present at next month’s competition. Many of the rumours are not worth further consideration, but when
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San Francisco Giants: Spring Watch – Kyle Harrison
Spring is (almost) in the air! Warmer weather and brighter days are just around the corner, and with that comes baseball. Wonderful, glorious baseball. Ahead of the Giants’ equipment trucks pulling into their Scottsdale facility in sunny Arizona, our attention
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New York Mets Lock Down Jeff McNeil for the Next Four Years
The New York Mets and Jeff McNeil have agreed to a four-year, $50 million extension, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal is currently pending a physical, which if passed, means the Mets will have locked in their second baseman for
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Chip Caray is leaving the Braves – what now?
Chip Caray, the voice of the Braves on TV for the last 13 years, is leaving for the Cardinals. What will that mean for Braves fans going forward? For 47 years, there has been a Caray in the booth calling
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Episode 303 – Drew Spencer, GB Baseball on the World Baseball Classic
GB Baseball Head Coach Drew Spencer joins John to look back on his squad’s historic qualification for the 2023 World Baseball Classic in Regensburg last Autumn, and ahead to the big dance in March. They get into how a programme
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