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Tag: Juan Soto

Build A Perfect Franchise: Not As Easy As You Think

January 14, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

The premise is simple; create the perfect baseball franchise from scratch. The idea was suggested by The Athletic’s MLB senior managing editor, Sarah Goldstein, but bizarrely, she did not invite Bat Flips & Nerds to participate, instead favouring The Athletic’s

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Los Angeles Dodgers 2022 Season Preview: Final Predictions

April 6, 2022 Freddie Law-Keen Baseball, Team Contributors

In this final part of my season preview, I will predict the awards for the season for both the Dodgers and the rest of the MLB. So let’s wrap up these predictions and see how many I get right after

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So you think you know the 2020’s?

January 5, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

You probably know that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored the most runs last season and Freddie Freeman was the highest run-scorer in 2020. But do you know who crossed home plate more than anyone else over the two years of this

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The Best player in MLB is not in this photo

December 2, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

This article is not an argument over the MVP awards. I have no problem with Bryce Harper getting the nod ahead of Juan Soto in the NL. And I was definitely on the Shohei Ohtani side of the argument ahead

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The Nationals have less than 48 hours and one task – sell.

July 29, 2021 Guest Contributor Baseball

Under 48 hours to sell, a COVID outbreak and speculation galore – where do the Nationals go from here? The Nats are clearly a team in dire need of a rebuild at this point. A farm system that often sits

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Isiah Kiner-Falefa not Dua Lipa is the decade’s singles superstar

June 12, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Foolishly, I thought Dua Lipa had the most singles since the start of 2020, but I was wrong. It is Isiah Kiner-Falefa. The 2021 season is now about as long as the one in 2020, so we have enough data

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Early season overachievers & underachievers

April 15, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball

Early season numbers blah, blah, blah. Small sample size yadda yadda yadda. There have been hot starts – looking at you Tyler Naquin – and there have been cold starts, like Miguel Sanó with three hits in 48 plate appearances.

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Episode 221 – Jeff Passan Returns

March 26, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Our mystery guest is unmasked! ESPN National baseball writer Jeff Passan returns to the podcast to chat about his two game-changing off-season stories on Drew Robinson and Jared Porter, to talk about what league led ‘ball tampering’ says about the

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The NL MVP Race Is Going To Be Fun

August 25, 2020 Ben Carter Baseball, Opinion

We always knew that the award races in a 60 game season would be wild. Plenty of columns were written in the run up to the season about the statistical possibilities that a 60 game season throws up, from a

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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

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