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A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats

January 13, 2020 Gavin 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

September storylines to follow: Astros pitchers

September 7, 2019 Gavin Baseball, Opinion

Hopefully, you caught the recent Bat Flips and Nerds podcast. The one with the famous four rambling on about subjects as diverse as Bob Carolgees, Heart of Midlothian defenders and Durham Uni’s student newspaper. If you haven’t already listened, you

Three Minutes On The Detroit Tigers

January 27, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

After a dozen or so years of contending, the Detroit Tigers are now in a transition phase. It was fun while it lasted. Since their World Series appearance in 2006, the Tigers finished first or second in their division eight

Trading Away Your Best

January 23, 2019 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

The ‘Hot Stove’ that is free agency has been rather cold this year, with neither of the top 2 players (Harper & Machado) having signed at the time of writing. But there have been numerous trades and plenty of trade

Strength of Players Faced and the Impact on Player Output

October 30, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

So the World Series is complete and the Boston Red Sox are champions. The team with the best record over the season won the playoffs, that doesn’t happen often so the usual discussion of the value of the playoffs compared

The Cy Young Case for Blake Treinen

September 26, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball, Sabremetrics

The following is a case for why Blake Treinen should be considered as a Cy Young candidate. I am not certain if he should win but what I am about to detail is why he should get some votes and

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

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

Episode 76 – Welcome To The Show

May 30, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Podcast

Tom gets a short notice call to get his ass up to the bigs, as John is a late notice scratch from the lineup. Without any prep, Tom welcomes back Darius. Tom attempts (Badly) to update Darius on all the baseball

What next for the Tigers?

November 22, 2016 John McGee Baseball, Reviews

Is it finally time for the men from Detroit to turn away from Mike Ilitch’s title-chasing instincts? We look to one of the betting markets’ likely ‘big movers’.