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San Francisco Giants: All-Star break review

July 13, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, Team Contributors

We find ourselves at the All-Star break, the annual midseason pause. Take a deep breath, stretch your legs, and take stock of what has been. And when you’re ready, prepare yourself for what will be. Before we get too far

San Francisco Giants: Kevin Gausman, Cy Young contender?

May 21, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

Kevin Gausman fidgets on the mound in the late afternoon Cincinnati sunshine, taking in his surroundings at Great American Ball Park, home of the Reds. Gausman, the San Francisco Giants’ ace pitcher, actually used to call this place home, for

Fantasy Baseball Friday: Week Five Adds & Drops

April 30, 2021 Adam Gruttadaro Baseball, Fantasy Baseball

Looking ahead to week five of fantasy baseball.

One Metric to Focus on For Every SF Giants Hitter – Infield

March 18, 2021 Charlie Baldwin Baseball, Team Contributors

In my debut article for Batflips and Nerds, I thought it would be interesting to see if I could find one key statistic to focus on for every Giants positional player. My choice of players is based on who I

San Francisco Giants: Who’s on first?

February 13, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

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,

San Francisco Giants: The return of Buster Posey

December 20, 2020 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

When an injured player is set to return in the world of football, managers love to refer to the player as being “like a new signing.” It became one of Arsene Wenger’s catchphrases at Arsenal, such was his fondness for

San Francisco Giants 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 5, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion, Previews

What happened in 2019? Lots! The franchise said goodbye to their manager of 13 years, Bruce Bochy. He oversaw as many wins as he did defeats, but guiding the Giants to three World Series Championships in the 2010s surely cements

A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats

January 13, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

On Sunday 4 April 2010, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett induced weak contact from New York Yankees Derek Jeter in the first MLB play of the decade. Here are 100 more useless snippets of information for you. Unless

September storylines to follow: Worst team of the century

September 7, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

With four or maybe five of the divisions sewn up, you can be forgiven for thinking that there is not much left to get excited about until the postseason starts. When real, meaningful baseball takes centre stage. The tightest AL

What is the collective noun for a group of terrible contracts?

February 2, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

My first thought was an albatross. These sort of contracts used to be called “player-friendly”, but now they are dismissed by clubs and the media as bad deals. We can all see that as teams become more analytically savvy, fewer