Atlanta Braves – Bat Flips and Nerds

It’s a wild, wild, Wild Card race

September 12, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

On Friday, 3 September, the Yankees were a game and a half ahead of the Red Sox in the Wild Card standings and seven games ahead of the Blue Jays, who, let’s be honest, looked out of it. We were

NL EAST: Early Spring Training Battles

March 9, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Hot on the heels of the excellent Bat flips and Nerds podcast previewing the NL East, here are a few things we have picked up over the first week of spring training. Atlanta Braves: The fifth rotation spot is up

Episode 214 – 2021 NL East Preview

March 8, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

The team are joined by a cast of experts to preview the 2021 NL East: AJC’s Gabe Burns on the Braves MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo on the Mets The Miami Herald’s Jordan McPherson on the Marlins Actor and fantasy baseball expert

Atlanta Braves 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 14, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

What happened in 2019? On the opening Sunday of the season, Bryce Harper homered to secure the sweep against Atlanta and send his Phillies’ gang into ecstasy. In the words of Professor Brian Cox’s D:Ream, the Braves knew that things

Hot takes and overreactions

April 3, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

It is far too early to anoint Phillies as World Series champions or label Chris Sale’s contract a bust, or even start thinking that the Baltimore Orioles might be a good team. Here are some interesting snippets from the opening

JUST ACCEPT IT, PECOTA HATES YOUR TEAM

February 10, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

Baseball Prospectus has just released their PECOTA projections for 2019, and you know what? They hate your team. The funny thing is, PECOTA is not opinion, yet MLB players, managers and fans take it personally. An acronym for Player Empirical

What does each MLB club want in their Christmas stocking? Part One

December 10, 2018 Padraig Whelan Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Ho-ho-ho. It is that time of year again. Unfortunately for baseball fans though, Christmas comes at a time of year when, save for off-season signings and Winter Meetings, there is little happening in the sport. But that doesn’t mean anyone

What your team really needs this off-season. An alternative look. (ARI – MIA)

December 3, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

There are plenty of posts out there telling you the moves your team should make, but what about the moves your team must make? There are quite a few essential things a Major League Baseball team needs to succeed in the modern era.

The 2019 World Series Winner Prediction Survey (Part 1)

November 30, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball

On the 30th October of this year, I asked you all to make your way too early predictions for the 2019 World Series. There were a few reasons for this: I wanted to see if people could be realistic about

The Compassionate Umpire or The Cold Automated Zone

November 12, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

At the half way point and at end of the season Jeff Sullivan from FanGraphs does pieces on the worst call ball and strike of the season so far. These are usually quite bizarre calls that have some unusual circumstances