It hasn’t sunk in yet, that we get to see our favourite baseball teams and players soon. This month in fact, if the global pandemic permits. The San Francisco Giants are busy preparing themselves for Spring Training in their Scottsdale,
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Just How Bad Might the Pirates’ Rotation Be This Year?
The Pirates are coming off a season to forget in 2020, finishing with the worst record in MLB at 19-41. Their moves this offseason have largely consisted of trading Joe Musgrove to the Padres a few weeks ago, and more
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One to watch: Padres’ Jake Cronenworth
Such is the depth of the Padres minor league farm system that Jake Cronenworth only appeared 17th on their prospect list before the 2020 season. He slashed .285/.354/.477 last year on his way to tying for the Rookie of the
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Colorado Rockies: Searching for a silver lining
Almost exactly two years ago, while the baseball media was fixated on the landing spots for free agents Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, the Rockies stealthily signed their offensive linchpin, Nolan Arenado, to an eight-year extension. The deal was lauded
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Miami Marlins: This is fine
“That’s a strike and the count is now 3-2 to Brian Anderson here in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game Seven in the 2024 World Series. Blue Jays up by three runs but the Marlins have the bases
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AL Central preview: Win for the Windy City?
The American League Central is shaping up to be an intriguing division in 2021. In the truncated 2020 season, the White Sox slumped to a 2-8 finish which meant they just scraped into the playoffs along with the Indians, despite
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The Psychology of the Infield Shift
Over the past 10 seasons, the shift has gone from a quirky defence against some pull-heavy left-handed hitters to being employed against over 50% of lefties and over 20% of righties. In that time multiple researchers have shown that the
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Does the Madden Curse extend to MLB?
After rumours and blurred images made the rounds of the internet on Sunday night, Monday morning stateside came and we were all given clarity. It was officially released that Fernando Tatís Jr. will be the cover player in 2021 for
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January baseball news: in case you missed it
At Bat Flips and Nerds we appreciate that not all baseball fans salivate over every minute scrap of news on a daily [hourly?] basis. So for more normal baseball fans, here are a few of the main January storylines. Although
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A goodbye to one of our own, thank you Steven Matz.
It was a busy Wednesday for the New York Mets, signing LHP Aaron Loup to a one-year deal (pending physical), officially announcing that Zack Scott would act as acting GM just a week after former GM Jared Porter was fired,
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