Bold Predictions
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2.7KBaseball’s Next Frontier Is Pitcher-Position Players
Baseball is notoriously slow to change. It is a sport – mired or steeped, depending on your perspective – in tradition. While...
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2.3K1Every Major Award Winner Will Come From the Eastern Divisions
This year’s MLB awards season will likely end up as one of the most exciting ones in recent memory, with the majority...
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5.5K7Bryce Harper and The Value of Consistency
One could argue that two ‘different’ hitters have donned #34 for the Nationals over the past five years. Bryce Harper’s numbers from...
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3.2KSeller’s Guide to the Trade Deadline: Minnesota Twins
While many of the dominos have fallen in recent days, the next 36 hours – and any ensuing waiver deals – promise...
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4.3K8Seller’s Guide to the Trade Market: Cincinnati Reds
Over the course of the next month, much will be made of potential additions that can reshape pennant races, and the shiny...
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2.5KFriday Afternoon Water Cooler: Gleyber or Ozzie?
Baseball is blessed to have (at least) two amazing young stars making headway this year in a way that we haven’t seen...
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1.8KOff The Bench’s MLB Season Predictions
Happy Opening Day! Happy Opening Day! Happy Opening Day! It’s been a long offseason for us at Off The Bench, but it’s...
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6.5KOff The Rankings: Ranking the Best Utility Men
Yesterday, we introduced our 2018 MLB utility men, covering each team and each fringe roster player. These guys are not the stars...
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2.1KFive Impact Free Agents Still Left on the Market
With spring training underway, teams are finally seeing in-person the roster that they’ve spent the offseason evaluating on paper. With many teams...
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4.8K1MLB Offseason Power Rankings – Check in Before the Dominoes Fall
When I first conceived of this offseason power rankings, the idea was to track just how much our perceptions change as the...
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6.2K3A Dinelson Lamet Breakout Could be Coming
Recently the great Patrick Dubuque posted a cold take in which he tried to figure out how Zack Godley managed to “command”...
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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...