Hunter Renfroe – Bat Flips and Nerds

All doubles are equal, but some are more equal than others

November 8, 2021 Russell Eassom Baseball

There was a lot of furore about a couple of bizarre plays in this postseason, the one which probably drew the most ire and, therefore the most tweets, was the Kevin Kiermaier’s “rule double” off the hip of Hunter Renfroe.

Tampa Bay Rays: Warding off doom-mongers in 2021

January 2, 2021 Bat Flips Admin Baseball

I have been a Rays fan for over a decade. Every offseason is a carbon copy of the last. No matter how well the previous season has gone the Rays are constantly written off, constantly overlooked and yet almost every

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

February 2, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, 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

The Padres Outfield Situation and Travis Jankowski

May 25, 2018 Thomas Pringle Analytics, Baseball

The Padres started the 2018 season with multiple questions, one of them was “How do seven outfielders fit into six spots?”. The protagonists were: Manuel Margot, Franchy Cordero, Jose Pirela (who technically can play other positions but isn’t great at