Archives - Off The Bench

Should we give Shohei Ohtani the Cy Young, too?

Barring an extremely unexpected turn of events, the Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani is going to win the 2021 American League MVP...

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Wild Shit

A Barstool Baseball Deal

Sometimes the dots don’t connect right away. Often times, it takes returning to a topic to fully understand what was going on...

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New York Mets

Dissecting Aaron Loup’s Impressive Streak

Relief pitchers in 2021 have to face at least three batters when they come into a game. In an effort to speed...

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Reviews

MLB’s ‘Salary Floor’ Proposal is a Scam

by Jon Rimmer With the collective bargaining agreement between MLB and the MLBPA set to expire in December, MLB started off/ kind...

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Arizona Diamondbacks

Throwing a Debut No-Hitter in the Statcast Era

Last week, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Tyler Gilbert threw a no-hitter in his first major league start, joining Theodore Breitenstein, Bumpus Jones, and...

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NL Central

Age is but a Number to Adam Wainwright

At age 39, Adam Wainwright is no spring chicken. He was drafted by the Braves in 2000 and traded to the Cardinals...

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There’s a Power Outage in Queens

Less than 6 miles from Home Plate at Citifield is the Con Edison plant for Queens. At the beginning of the summer...

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To Stream, or Not to Stream: Unaffiliated Baseball and Streaming Services

I like to consider myself one of the most ardent supporters of the unaffiliated baseball world. I spend a considerable amount of...

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Houston Astros

RIP to the Bigger Than Life J.R. Richard

J.R. Richard was bigger than life to my 8-year-old self in 1979. I wasn’t an Astros fan, but I was a National...

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Bold Predictions

The Sure Thing, The Longshot and the One to Avoid: World Series Betting Odds

We are well and truly into the meaty end of the regular season and the action is heating up all across the...