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Tag: Minnesota Twins

2023 Trade Deadline: Manic Week of Trades

August 2, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball

Well, that was fun! One of the consequences of expanded playoffs is greater activity at the trade deadline, and 2023 saw all 30 teams in action on the trade market. Here is a recap of the comings and goings in

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It’s Dumb Not To Steal

April 21, 2023 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

A fact about MLB I keep forgetting is that your experience of the league is skewed by the games you watch.  This year I’ve watched a lot of two teams: the Guardians and the Cubs. And in watching these teams

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Gav’s 30 Boldish Predictions: One for each MLB Team (2023 edition)

March 29, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Before we start, I want to make it clear that I will not be using this article just to remind everyone that in this post last year, I predicted Aaron Judge would win AL MVP. Although I will remind you

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Episode 302 – American League Offseason Review

January 7, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

It is two months since the last podcast! We can neither confirm nor deny that John McGee refused to pod until the Boston Red Sox made a positive move. John, Rob, Darius, and Russell are back from their temporary hiatus

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2022 Playoffs – What if the season finished today?

August 29, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

With around 35 regular season games remaining, let’s look at the playoff situation. As you will recall, the 2022 postseason is a new 12-team format comprising the six division winners and the three wild-card teams for each league. Wild Card

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Epic Deadline Day with 29 of the 30 teams making trades. Guess the party pooper?

August 3, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Here is your five-minute review of the breathless 2022 MLB trade deadline. There is only one place to start and as the great Tim Kurkjian said “you can make a case this is the biggest trade in baseball history.” The

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Episode 281 – Cory Gearrin Joins the Show

May 19, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Nine-year big leaguer across seven franchises, Cory Gearrin, joins John to talk about his storied career in the bigs and his re-birth as a baseball and mental health guru on Twitter. His path includes a journey through the minors with

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Episode 270 – 2022 AL Central Preview

April 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

The third of our 2022 Previews covers the AL Central. This time we are joined by: Janice Scurio of NBC Sports Edge and Southside Sox on the White Sox Mandy Bell of MLB.com on the Guardians Brandon Day of Bless

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30 BOLDish predictions: One for each MLB team

April 7, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

AL WEST Houston Astros Jeremy Pena debuts for the Astros and creates an unstoppable middle-infield pairing with Jose Altuve. Both players hit over .300, and there’s not a single banged trashcan to be heard. Los Angeles Angels Injuries disrupt Mike

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Episode 267 – The Sistine Boob

March 17, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Podcast

John, Ben and Russell run the rule over the post-lockout free agent and trade bonanza including some bizarre and surprising moves in Cincinnati and Minnesota, the Jays shooting for the moon and the Yankees and Braves taking the scenic route

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