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Los Angeles Dodgers: How many Starting Pitchers is too many?

March 11, 2021 Guest Contributor Baseball, Guest writer

With advancements in conditioning and understanding what a manager can or should ask from a starting pitcher, gone are the days of a top organisation having one true “Ace” that carries the rest of the team through a postseason. Although

5 questions for the Los Angeles Dodgers entering Opening Day

March 12, 2020 Aleix Gwilliam Baseball, Team Contributors

With the excitement of the Mookie Betts arrival and the start of spring training (baseball, finally, after more than four months!) all in the past, the focus for the Los Angeles Dodgers now lies on the season ahead. With an

LA Dodgers Spring Training: Early Impressions

March 4, 2020 Peter Souter Baseball, Team Contributors

Ah… spring training. A chance to get a taste of the new season! Teams are testing out their lineups, pitchers are tinkering with new pitches, and it’s a chance to see some new faces from the minor leagues, fighting for

Stud Flop Bingo

March 9, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Fantasy Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Ryan Owen is the founder of RotoTrix – A UK based fantasy baseball rankings, advice and musing website. He is also unfortunate enough to be in the same TGFBI league as our own Tom Pringle. One of the things that

Baseball chinwag with Scott White

February 21, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Fantasy Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

Continuing our series of quick chats with our favourite characters in the baseball broadcasting and fantasy baseball world, we were very pleased to get the opportunity of a few minutes with CBS Sports’ Senior Fantasy Writer, Scott White. My love

How to measure a pitchers overall performance?

December 1, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

The question of how good someone is at a task extends beyond baseball. In professional sports where there are now very large sums of money involved in player development and contracts, it has become a question people want to be

How to Silence the Commentators by Craig Counsell and the Brewers

October 18, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

A few hours before the 4.5 hour long 4th game of the ALCS — and the ensuing outrage over fan interference — the general baseball populace, and more specifically the commentators on FS1, were dumbfounded when Craig Counsell and the

Will there be a Triple Crown winner this season?

June 27, 2018 James Feldman Baseball

There hasn’t been a Triple Crown winner in baseball since 2012, when Miguel Cabrera picked up the trophy, with a batting average .330, 44 home runs and 139 runs batted in. Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander were the last players

Appreciate Clayton Kershaw while you still can

June 8, 2018 Matt Clough Baseball

No team this year has been more beset by injuries than the Los Angeles Dodgers, and no one injury has weighed on the team more heavily than that of their ace Clayton Kershaw. His latest setback, coming immediately after his

What’s an Ace?

May 30, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Analytics, Baseball

Steve from Bush League Ramble makes his debut to look into the world of a teams “Ace”. It is a term you hear all the time, and probably use all the time, too. But have you ever stopped to evaluate