Season Previews
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2.7KThe Off the Rankings Recap: Who was Number 2?
Over the last two weeks we’ve run a series of posts that were aimed to fully prepare our readers for the forthcoming...
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1.4KOpening Day: 30 Things to Look Forward to This Season
Grass and flowers grow, birds chirp, people put on light jackets, and stores have insane deals to sell off their winter collection...
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2.0K2015 Atlanta Braves Season Preview
I found a lifelong Atlanta Braves fan, who happens to be a baseball blogger friend of mine, to exchange emails with over the...
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1.7K2015 Season Preview: NL East
The NL East was once dominated by the Atlanta Braves. The Braves won 14 consecutive division titles, eating regular season opponents like...
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2.1K12015 Season Preview: NL West
The NL West has been the talk of Major League baseball this offseason. Not only are the San Francisco Giants the defending...
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2.2K2015 Season Preview: AL West
Don’t look at last year’s AL West Season Preview, please don’t. Actually, go ahead, click on the link. What you’ll find is that...
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1.5KWhy Clay Buchholz, Drew Hutchison, and Ervin Santana Will Be Good in 2015
A year ago, I predicted an ERA improvement in three pitchers based solely on their swinging strike rate. Those three, Tim Lincecum,...
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1.5KThe Official OTB Preseason Picks
Baseball is back and that is awesome. We’re in for a whole summer of home runs and head first slides, singles and...
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1.2K2014 Spring Training SuperStars
Spring Training results don’t matter. I’ve said this before, when Off The Bench was in its infancy, but every year I find myself...
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2.0KSeason Preview: NL West
The NL West features baseball’s best pitcher (Clayton Kershaw), catcher (Buster Posey), shortstop (Troy Tulowitzki) and announcer (Vin Scully). It also has...
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1.9KSeason Preview: NL Central
Off the Bench continues our valiant, March march toward Opening Day with another divisional installment of Season Previews. This time we tackle...
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1.3KFree Agent Season Preview: AL East
It is now free agent season and Off The Bench is embarking to bring each team a preview of what to expect as open...