Hey, we have a Dbacks contributor now! Welcome Matt O’Brien… With 2021 firmly in the rear-view mirror and with the return of a full minor league season after a Covid induced hiatus, I thought now would be a good time
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Red Sox Farm System Coming Into Bloom?
Welcome to our new Red Sox contributor Richard Banks… Prospects in the game of baseball have never been valued higher, and for good reason – nearly every World Series winner over the last decade has had a top rated farm
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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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Outlaw Out? Should the Rays Move On From Kiermaier
Welcome to Bat Flips & Nerds, Pat Davenport…| Being a Rays fan has been pretty easy as of late. Three playoff appearances in a row, back-to-back division titles and a trip to the World Series have done more than enough
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Things Can Only Get Better – On the 2022 Baltimore Orioles
Welcome to Bat Flips & Nerds, Graham Muncie… It was D:Ream that so famously sang ‘Things can only get better’ all the way back in 1993 (if you are not heading towards middle age like I am and have no
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How Andrew Friedman and the Dodgers have approached the offseason
With the curtains drawn on the 2021 season, the uncertainty of the offseason sets in. This offseason, however, carries more uncertainty than the MLB community has experienced in a long time. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between MLB and the
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Chicago Cubs make a splash. Who saw that coming?
The Chicago Cubs made a big splash in free agency last week, landing Marcus Stroman on a three-year, $71 million deal. In the eyes of many, including The Athletic’s Keith Law, the righty was the best pitcher on the market
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Bored of the lockout yet? Here are 24 of our favourite lockout tweets
In light of the lockout, that letter, and the removal of all player photos from mlb.com, we have compiled our favourite social media offerings. First up, the Commissioner, Rob Manfred, issued the poorly-conceived letter: To our Fans: I first want
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Episode 261 – Kieran Lovegrove Joins the Show
Fair Ball advocate and former Cleveland, Giants and Angels Minor League pitcher joins John to discuss why he broke the unspoken code of silence around minor-league pay and conditions. In a broad-ranging chat, they discuss Kieran’s own journey, his hopes
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The Best player in MLB is not in this photo
This article is not an argument over the MVP awards. I have no problem with Bryce Harper getting the nod ahead of Juan Soto in the NL. And I was definitely on the Shohei Ohtani side of the argument ahead
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