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This is one of those pieces that hopefully will speak to you, regardless if you’re looking for something to aid you with decisions about your pitching staff, or if you’re looking to figure out the offensive side of things as well. Here’s the list of arms that will be broken down, using the springboard of […]

The 2019 season is underway and, predictably, it’s a disaster. Some teams seem to have no plan at all. Other teams are continually searching for answers to get the last out, either because of poor performance or injury. Very few are the situations that have nary an issue. Each week we will try to get […]

The first half of the baseball season is over, and as we gear up for the second half there is a break in game action so that we can gain some perspective. Ray Flowers will share some of his random thoughts in what follows below. Who is he found of? Which players is he concerned […]

We’re at the All-Star Break of the 2019 season. It’s an easy breakpoint to take a look at players, what they have done, and what they are likely to do, the rest of the season. I’ve already taken a look at First Half Hitters as well as First Half Pitchers. In the current I will […]

Bullpen Usage & Reliever Ratings, or BURR, is an idea that Flowers and Mans have been playing around with since the 2017 season. The reason for their focus is simply that bullpens are a more important part of the modern game than ever before. You know what we mean. Whereas at one time starting pitchers threw 220 […]

At one point in time the All-Star Game meant something in baseball. It was a true honor to be named to the game, and in fact, we used to judge players careers by the amount of times they were named to the game. We would also look at players numbers years later and wonder what […]