On Tuesday afternoon, New York Mets manager Buck Showalter sat down with the press for his first press conference of Spring Training. Here are some key notes from the 40-minute presser: New Rules Buck said that there are a lot
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BFN Roundtable Series: Should the Atlanta Braves change their name?
It’s a contentious subject but one that has been skillfully addressed by a quartet of Bat Flips & Nerds
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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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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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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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San Francisco Giants: A Winter To Remember Part 2: Position Players
Welcome back to our look at the Giants offseason to remember, a recap of the players the club have secured for 2023 (and beyond). Let’s get the obvious out of the way: of course it was disappointing, nigh excruciatingly painful,
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San Francisco Giants: A Winter To Remember Part 1: Pitchers
For a while there, the Giants’ offseason was looking downright awful. When the club missed out on Aaron Judge in agonising fashion, that was a low point. Then the Carlos Correa saga began; another twist of the knife for Giants
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A’s Offseason Deals yet to Inspire Confidence
Recently, I put together a round-up of the most note-worthy deals to have been struck so far during the offseason. Conspicuous by its absence was any mention of the deals that have been made by the Oakland A’s though. While
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