Among active players, three of the four with the best career numbers belong to first basemen: Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera and Joey Votto. The anomaly is, of course, Mike Trout. The first baseman brings the power, but he is also
Read more
Tag: Toronto Blue Jays
It’s a wild, wild, Wild Card race
On Friday, 3 September, the Yankees were a game and a half ahead of the Red Sox in the Wild Card standings and seven games ahead of the Blue Jays, who, let’s be honest, looked out of it. We were
Read more
Episode 217 – 2021 AL East Preview
In the fourth of our 2021 Season Previews, we take to the American League, starting down the East Coast. Our guests this time up: MASN Orioles PxP Melanie Newman on the Orioles The Athletic Boston’s Jen McCaffrey on the Red
Read more
What does 2021 have in store for the AL East?
It seems like a lifetime ago since I watched Blake Snell (and later Justin Turner for different reasons) slouch off the field at Globe Life Park in Arlington in Game Six of the World Series. It was the closest the
Read more
Toronto Blue Jays: Crushed at the Trop
As is now sadly tradition, the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Tampa Bay Rays in their recent series at Tropicana Stadium in Florida. In a manner painfully reminiscent of last season’s pitching horrors, the Blue Jays bullpen flopped in
Read more
A history of fugitive hamsters (or, getting through the indefinite off-season)
Here at Bat Flips and Nerds we sometimes get people who want to contribute but don’t know what to write. We often say to them, “Why not write about what got you into baseball?” I have never written one of
Read more
Episode 160 – Andy Burns, Toronto Blue Jays
Blue Jays infielder Andy Burns chats to John about his time with the club, his career as a ‘rock star’ with the Lotte Giants of the KBO and spending 2019 up close and personal in Buffalo with the Blue Jays
Read more
Toronto Blue Jays: How to sabotage the AL East
[Note: Whilst drafting this COVID-19 has put the entire upcoming MLB season in serious doubt. Whilst the following may not even be relevant now and feels kind of pointless given the seriousness of the pandemic, I hope this post at
Read more
Toronto Blue Jays: Who will sneak into the rotation?
A key question Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo has been trying to answer this preseason is which exciting young prospect or flashy new signing has earned their place in Toronto’s starting pitcher rotation? During the offseason, the Blue Jays signed optimism-inducing,
Read more
Toronto Blue Jays 2020: Reasons for Optimism
What happened in 2019? With a record of 67 wins and 95 losses, last season was down there with one of the worst on record for the Blue Jays. Indeed, it saw the team continue along a path of steady
Read more