In 2015, a year before they overcame the curse, the Chicago Cubs were, on paper at least, a bunch of scrappy outsiders. The hiring of Joe Maddon, the free agent signing of Jon Lester and the emergence of prospects like
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Los Angeles Dodgers 2022 Season Preview: Catchers and Utility
Part three of my season preview and projection series will be examining the players behind the dish and the players that can pretty much play everywhere else. I will be looking at the starters, the role players, and the players
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Miami Marlins: Are they actually awfully good?
I was scrolling through my Twitter feed one day when I came across this Jon Heyman tweet. Yes, the same ol´ Jon who a couple of years ago suggested in an MLB Network show that check swings should be an
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5 things you can do to catch up on the 2022 season
Each year I begin the season staring at Fangraphs (other baseball reference sites are available), wondering where all my favourite baseballists have moved to. I wonder which team will be winning 100-games and which team will be floundering at the
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Boston Red Sox – A New Chapter For Story
The Boston Red Sox have signed former Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story. The contract is six years, $140 million or seven years, $160 million depending on a player opt-out after the fourth season, which the team can negate by adding
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San Francisco Giants: Joctober comes home
A little later than expected but here we are; baseball is finally upon us. With the 2022 campaign now officially underway teams have been scrambling to upgrade and tinker with their rosters. We’ve seen a flurry of activity all over
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How Steven Matz’s Agent Landed The Mets Max Scherzer
A week before the lockout, which has frozen baseball transactions with no sign of a resolution, the Mets had just lost out on top pitching target Steven Matz, who chose St Louis over a return to New York. Mets COO
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Miami Marlins: testing the strength of my optimism
I assure you I am as shocked as you with the fact that, when looking back at those hyped up early-season expectations for the Marlins, the Atlanta Braves are in fact the World Champions and not the Miami Marlins. Congratulations
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San Francisco Giants: Regular Season Review
Sat on my sofa shortly before midnight, I watched Dominic Leone strikeout Eric Hosmer to seal the Giants’ 107th victory and their first NL West title since 2012. Buster Posey, behind home plate, raised up from his squat with his
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Miami Marlins: it´s a Baseball catenaccio
I am deeply sorry if this is too soon to make an Italian football reference after the England defeat in the Euro 2020 final against Italy. My country Finland made its debut in the Euro´s this year and has never
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