In his first six years in the big leagues, Joey Bats was a below-average outfielder, hitting .238 with 91 OPS+ (100 is league average). In his first five years in the big leagues, Tyler Naquin was a below-average outfielder, hitting
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Tag: Jose Bautista
A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats
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
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Baseball’s unwritten rules, when tradition overstays its welcome.
Cultural Relativism is the theory that beliefs, customs, and morality exist in relation to the culture from which they originate and are not absolute – in other words, what is moral in one society or culture, may not be moral
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Is 2018 Looking Blue for the Jays?
A warm welcome for a guest blog to the proprietor of East Atlantic Outlook, James Dawne… After back-to-back ALDS appearances, 2017 saw the Blue Jays drop under .500 for the first time since 2013 (4th in AL East; .469, 76-86).
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The MLB Draft is Daft
Rob Noverraz returns, bearing graphs… The Major League Draft can seem like a strange beast to those who grew up with European Sports; whilst some will disregard it as ludicrous or daft it certainly has its benefits. Let’s take football
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Top Five GIFs Of The Week: Week Seven
I have good news! If you like GIFs that is. And if you don’t, you’ve almost certainly come to the wrong place. The lovely guys over at MLB UK have taken mercy on my GIF-hunting efforts and provided me with
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What next for the Yankees?
Can you win anything with kids? Or maybe kids and a vile bloke with a cannon for an arm? Brian Cashman probably can
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