I asked last week whether the Braves bats were coming alive – well, from this week’s evidence it looks like they’re flatlining again. Atlanta’s slump continues, but there is a little light in the dark courtesy of two big wins
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Gav’s 30 Boldish Predictions: One for each MLB Team (2023 edition)
Before we start, I want to make it clear that I will not be using this article just to remind everyone that in this post last year, I predicted Aaron Judge would win AL MVP. Although I will remind you
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Arizona Diamondbacks: Orioles rookies provide blueprint for D-Backs
In many ways, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Baltimore Orioles have experienced similar trajectories in recent years. Both teams have regularly missed the playoffs, although Baltimore’s drought extends slightly longer than Arizona’s, with the Orioles’ last playoff appearance coming in
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Arizona Diamondbacks: Revitalised D-Backs still have questions at shortstop
The Diamondbacks’ are blessed with a wealth of high-profile prospects, with no less than five prospects in Keith Law’s top 100 prospects – and that’s with newly acquired catcher Gabriel Moreno missing out on the list due to his 61
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Epic Deadline Day with 29 of the 30 teams making trades. Guess the party pooper?
Here is your five-minute review of the breathless 2022 MLB trade deadline. There is only one place to start and as the great Tim Kurkjian said “you can make a case this is the biggest trade in baseball history.” The
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The Red Sox Are This Season’s Most Intriguing Deadline Story
Flash back two months, and most commentators and evaluators had completely written off the Boston Red Sox. Vultures were ready to pluck clean the arid corpse of a 10-19 team, with the likes of Nathan Eovaldi, J.D. Martinez and even
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Episode 272 – 2022 NL West Preview
In our penultimate preview we cover the NL West, joined by: Zach Buchanan of The Athletic on the Diamondbacks Thomas Harding of MLB.com on the Rockies Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic on The Dodgers A Mystery Padres Guest Susan Slusser
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30 BOLDish predictions: One for each MLB team
AL WEST Houston Astros Jeremy Pena debuts for the Astros and creates an unstoppable middle-infield pairing with Jose Altuve. Both players hit over .300, and there’s not a single banged trashcan to be heard. Los Angeles Angels Injuries disrupt Mike
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Brent Strom could prove to be DBacks most valuable 2022 addition
Brent Strom has been considered a pitching guru by some of the best pitchers in the game over the last eight seasons. Over that period, he was the Houston Astros pitching coach where he would inherit a pitching staff with
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Ryne Nelson has his eyes firmly set on MLB future
Nelson was drafted by the D’Backs in the 2nd round of the 2019 amateur draft. The 6-foot-3, 184 lbs pitcher attended the University of Oregon where he was a hard throwing righty out of the pen for much of his
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