Matt Barnes – Bat Flips and Nerds

The Joy of The Closer

April 16, 2021 Richard Hampson Baseball, Team Contributors

I absolutely love watching a dedicated closer pitch. The sheer drama that goes with it is, to my mind, fantastic. It becomes a baseball game in a microcosm almost, with the result boiled down to a single half-inning (I know it

The Worst Called Strike of the First Half

August 1, 2019 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

As I mentioned in my first piece of this series, I miss the semi-season articles that Jeff Sullivan used to do for FanGraphs on the worst called balls and strikes. In the last piece we looked at called balls and

Flops of the first half

July 12, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

We know that Mike Trout is a God, Ketel Marte is finally living up to the hype and Cody Bellinger & Christian Yelich are going yard for fun, but who are the players that have most disappointed in the first

London Series preview: Red Sox bullpen

June 26, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series, MLB UK, Opinion, Previews

The historic London Series is only a matter of hours away. Here is the Bat Flips and Nerds player preview for some of the relief pitchers we will see in action for the Red Sox. RED SOX BULLPEN Matt Barnes