Posts By Daniel R. Epstein
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2.7KAll Star GameRoster of the Month, Harry Potter style
It’s Harry Potter Week here at Off the Bench Baseball. This is the only place you’ll find that celebrates the unlikely crossover...
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9.5KHarry Potter Week
Sorting MLB Teams into Hogwarts Houses
Yes, I know how nerdy and pointless this article is, and I don’t care. Author J.K. Rowling sold more than a half...
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17.3KArchivesThe 2018 Reds had the worst pitcher in MLB history
You will not enjoy reading this article. Every aspect of it is completely unfair, including the headline. There is neither a feel-good...
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10.5KArchivesA Secret MLB Meeting at the Winter Meetings
Giants: We are a smart team run by smart people. MLB: Okay. Giants: We’re going to use the Opener now, because we’re...
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3.8KAL EastThe Yankees without Manny Machado
As much sense as Machado makes for the Yankees, the unfortunate reality is that he makes sense for lots of other teams...
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5.1KNew York YankeesRonald Guzman Ruined the Yankees
Poor Stanley Hudson. Aficionados of The Office (US version) remember him as a humorless workaday grunt with too many ex-wives and a bad...
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2.2KArchivesThe Moustakas Effect: Qualifying Offer Danger Ratings
We’re all infatuated with the idea of new. In every draft pick, we see the potential for greatness- the young star who will to...
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3.0KAL EastThird Base Got Ugly in the AL East
Third base defensive highlights are the worst. The batter sends a screamer down the line, the announcers make a fuss about “WHAT...
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2.1K2ArchivesRoster of the Month: 2018 All-Free Agent Team
This is the free agent class we’ve all been waiting for. Several big market teams reset their luxury tax threshold just to...
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1.1KArchivesThe OTBB Best DH in Baseball Draft- Results
Way back in December, Max Frankel, Sean Morash, and I decided to play a game called The DH Draft. We predicted who...
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3.3K1Los Angeles DodgersHow Much Money has Yasmani Grandal Cost Himself?
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal has been the subject of one of the biggest stories of the NLCS- and not in...
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2.3KArchivesRoster of the Month: Best Players of 2018
Is it possible that Mike Trout is still improving? He just turned 27 in August, which is a perfectly normal age for...