American League
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1.8KNew York Yankees Acquire Russell Wilson
Who has the best quarterback in the state of New York? It’s not the Giants. Or the Bills. And it sure as...
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3.7K1The Three Best Bullpens Heading Into 2018
The new season is drawing near and we’ll soon get a chance to see all three of the signings from the offseason...
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5.9K5 of Baseball’s Most Underrated Prospects for 2018
MLB.com recently released its annual top 100 prospects list. With the volume and tedium of the minor leagues, these lists can prove...
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4.4KArbitration Settlements: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In the desolate, barren wasteland of the baseball off-season, each morsel of news is precious nourishment. These bleak oases are all we...
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11.3K3Athletics’ Matt Olson is Baseball’s Least Predictable Player
Think about Mike Trout, but don’t look at his stats. What kind of season do you think he’ll have in 2018? Maybe something...
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2.8KHow Shohei Ohtani Is Disrupting Baseball
Major League Baseball, is home to the game’s best players, so is it truly so surprising that ‘amateur’ Shohei Ohtani is causing...
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4.1K1The New-Look Angels Need An Innovative Mike Scioscia
It has been among the slowest offseasons on record so far; most of the big ticket free agents are still unsigned and...
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3.4KThe Los Angeles Angels Bandwagon is about to Get Crowded
It is easy to forget that the 2014 Los Angeles Angels finished the regular season 96-66. Their postseason was short-lived, as they...
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2.8KThe OTBB Best DH in Baseball Draft
The following is a transcript of an OTBB team draft of the best DH’s in baseball- except its a little more complicated...
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5.7K22018 American League Manager Ranking
Every year around this time, Off the Bench publishes our annual manager ranking. This is a tradition that goes all the way...
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5.8KMitch Moreland Makes Sense for the Boston Red Sox
On Monday, the Boston Red Sox filled their hole at first base, but not with J.D. Martinez, Eric Hosmer, or Jose Abreu,...
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3.3K1Short Term Retrospective: The Mariners’ Dee Gordon Trade
In last week’s Dee Gordon Trade, the Mariners traded three prospects; Robert Dugger, Nick Neidert, and Christopher Torres to the Marlins in...