Dustin Pedroia – Bat Flips and Nerds

Setbacks, rotation early topics of Red Sox spring training

March 3, 2020 Greg Desrosiers Baseball, Team Contributors

Spring training is prime time for overreactions. From veterans showing poor performances as they continue to shake off the cobwebs to unknown, undrafted non-roster invitees mashing, we watch each pitch and every at-bat meticulously thinking it has any bearing on

London Series preview: Second base

June 17, 2019 Gavin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK, Opinion, Previews

The first ever MLB games to be played in Europe are only a matter of days away. Here is the Bat Flips and Nerds player preview to get you in the mood for the London Series. SECOND BASE Michael Chavis

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

February 2, 2019 Gavin 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

This Year’s Jake Arrieta? Find him in Boston.

April 4, 2016 John McGee Pinch Hitting

So much ink has been spilled about the make up of this year’s Red Sox pitching this week. David Price is ready. But no-one else is. Apart from Craig Kimbrel. Carson Smith is broken. Oh, and they can’t develop prospects.