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The MLB has reached critical stupidity with these new baseballs

Remember when the NBA tried new basketballs, and the response was so overwhelmingly negative that the league switched back to the old balls midseason? If you fall into the Venn diagram of baseball and basketball fans, you probably recall this story, but if you’re strictly a baseball person, what happened is the ball… Read more…

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Can the Mets still compete with deGrom sidelined?

Jacob deGrom is the best pitcher in baseball when healthy. That’s indisputable at this point. Since the start of 2018, deGrom has posted a 1.94 ERA, 205 ERA+, 12.0 K/9 rate, and 0.881 WHIP across 581 innings pitched. No one else even comes close to those figures. The problem has been deGrom’s inability to stay […]

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MLB free agency predictions – who will go where?

With over 200 names still facing free agency and less than one month to go before the start of the MLB season, we are in for an absolute flurry of moves. There are still dozens of big names on the table for any team looking to make a game-changing acquisition. Those teams that were right […]

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We’ve been Robbed!

Rob “Piece of Metal” Manfred came out into the Florida sun, made an announcement that everyone knew was coming about the cancellation of Opening Day, as well as the first two series of the season, and then proceeded to tell some lies, which everyone should have known was coming. Read more…

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‘Bobby Margarita’ shows how MLB can have it

In most years around this time, baseball media is lamenting the slow pace of the free agent market, wondering when all the free agents will sign. In a world where the winter meetings mean far less than they did in decades past, free agency can drag on right up to the start of spring training, […]

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Rangers are spending big, Blue Jays are playing smart

We knew Hot Stove season was going to come earlier than usual, given the ongoing MLB CBA dispute , but holy smokes! This got nuts real quick! Over the weekend, a myriad of moves were made involving the particular biggest free agents on typically the market. Read more…

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Yes, Justin Verlander is worth every penny he makes on the open market

The 2022 MLB offseason is filled with outstanding free agents. With studs like Kevin Gausman, Freddie Freeman, Max Scherzer, Marcus Semien, Trevor Story, Corey Seager, Carlos Correa, and Kris Bryant all on the market, the MLB hot stove is sure to overcook the souffle many times over before March. Read more…