American League
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2.0KPredicting Every 2016 Free Agent
We here at Off The Bench have grand ambitions. We think we know more than just about everyone else in the baseball community, but even...
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1.8KHow Much Does Each MLB Team have to Spend This Offseason?
As I was working through our Offseason Free Agent predictor, which we should publish in the next few days, I found myself pondering...
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2.0K2Kyle Hendricks, Marcus Stroman and Adjusting to Adjustments
This postseason feels like it has been dominated by young Aces. With the historically great New York Mets quartet of Matt Harvey,...
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2.6KSchwarber Who? Sano The Better Player
It seems that the 2015 season has seen a resurgence of offense, lead mostly by a collection of under 25 year old...
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2.8K3The 2015 Trade Deadline Winners and Losers
The 2015 non-waiver deadline has come and gone. It was one of the wilder trade deadlines since I have been keeping this near...
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1.7KSo, Uh, The Astros Are Legit
Last night, I watched the first place Houston Astros take on the Chicago White Sox. The Astros sat at 34-26 and had...
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1.5KAssessing High Impact Tommy John Returnees
Around this time last season, things got pretty depressing as exciting, young, and really good MLB players started dropping like flies, all...
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1.3KOTBB’s End of May Team Rankings
Well, we’re through May and there’s some strange things going on. The Twins are really good for some reason, the Astros are...
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2.8KLance McCullers Jr Makes Debut, Has Impressive Pitcher Comps
The Houston Astros promoted Lance McCullers Jr to make his big league debut on Monday. Normally, a move to promote a 21-year...
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1.5KOTBB’s End of April Team Rankings
The first month of the season is done! The Brewers are awful, the Astros are great, Stephen Strasburg is super hittable, and...
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1.5KHot Take: Yordano Ventura Needs to Sit (with Video!)
So I’ll preface this by admitting upfront that its a Hot Take- one of those quintessential sports talking head opinions bereft of...
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1.8KContractual Somewhat Obligations
We are through with the first week of the baseball season, and on multiple occasions we are seeing billionaire baseball owners refusing...