American League
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19.4KBaltimore Orioles Euphoria
What is happening in Baltimore? In the preseason, ESPN projected the Baltimore Orioles to finish 58-104, which was an improvement over last...
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11.5K1So…. Joe Maddon
Earlier this season I wrote here about the comical extent to which MLB owners lack self-awareness. On June 7th, former Los Angeles...
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11.3K1Julio Rodríguez is Shining Brightly in Seattle
On June 5, former Mariner pitcher now baseball analyst Ryan Rowland-Smith tweeted a graphic that showed the first 50 career games for...
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11.3K2A Unique Perspective On the Josh Donaldson- Tim Anderson Situation
You’re a reader of Off the Bench Baseball so you’re surely aware of the incident(s) between Tim Anderson and Josh Donaldson that...
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7.7K1Yankees Season Starting Well Despite Cortes’ Tweet Blunder
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the Yankees and this powerhouse’s game and player stats recently, you’ll know that the New...
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13.0K2What’s Wrong With Whit Merrifield?
Entering action on May 2nd, the Royals’ Whit Merrifield held a triple slash line of .159/.213/.195 with an OPS+ of 21. For...
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10.7K1Alek Manoah: The Secret Ace
If I were to ask what one pictures when they think of the Toronto Blue Jays, the first thing that comes to...
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8.3KBaseball Milestones Set to Fall in 2022
Following the Jeopardy! format in which the answer is given and the question produced, I will use my prophetic predicting skills to...
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7.9KWhere Do the Texas Rangers Go From Here?
Before the MLB-imposed lockout began a million lifetimes ago, there was a sliver of offseason in which teams were pretty busy trying...
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7.5KAppreciating the Strike-Shortened Greatness of Cleveland, 1995
I would be lying if I said I knew how and when the MLB lockout will end. But if I were a...
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6.9KThe King and deGrom
Felix Hernández and Jacob deGrom are close enough in age that they could have played on the same high school team. Felix...
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4.8KIs Triston Casas Ready to Start for Boston?
Without any doubt, Triston Casas is the future for Boston Red Sox. Currently, Casas is ranked the number one prospect in the...