Feb 10 2025 3:09am Hey all … time to stretch!Stretch out those baseball-brain muscles, if you haven't already. Whether you're a returning subscriber or just checking out the options, this is the place to get a head-start on what to expect over the next 6+ weeks before Opening Day. There are many aspects of what we do here at BaseballHQ of which we are proud, and we're going to attempt
Winter is a long time. Those dark mornings and evenings of cold temperatures where you have to scrap the ice off your car windows, the months of grey skies and wet conditions not only make the baseball season feel a long way away but also it makes it feel like we are on a different planet. Myself, like I’m assuming many others here in the baseball world, have little milestones
Our writers, friends, and followers had the opportunity to participate in Bat Flips & Nerds Hall of Fame voting to help illustrate how the opinions of (mainly) British baseball fans vary from those of the most respected baseball writers who cast their vote to send players to Cooperstown. The headline of our results is that Ichiro Suzuki was elected with 100%. Perhaps Bat Flips & Nerds should be given responsibility
What a difference two years makes. At the beginning of March of 2023, Rhys Hoskins entered Spring training as a Philadelphia Phillie with all the momentum of a World Series run and postseason-defining bat spike behind him. By the end of it, he’d suffered a season-ending ACL injury lunging to field a ground ball behind first base. Oh no no no. Rhys Hoskins appears badly injured after going down while
Feb 11 2025 3:09am New York MetsQueens may have little in common with ancient Athens, save perhaps for a cluster of vintage Greek diners still serving in Astoria, a deep appreciation for drama, and their respective thirst for Homer(s). This winter, though, we were treated to an old-school Athenian schooling in Flushing.When Socrates put Laches, a renowned Athenian general, through the ringer during one of his famous dialectics, together they
We are only three nights away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Arizona and Florida for the start of the baseball season. Spring Training is a time when players already in The Show can knock the rust off and get in shape for Opening Day, while other players show off their talents to earn spots on a minor league roster. Here are three Mariners players to take a closer look
It’s February here in San Antonio, Texas, and with temperatures climbing into the 70s and 80s (Fahrenheit), [Ed: 22-27°C] the dawn of a new minor league season in San Antonio is upon us. Although I’m the Chicago White Sox correspondent for Batflips & Nerds, I live in San Antonio, which is 198 miles from Daikin Park, home of the Houston Astros. If I want to get my live baseball fix,
Spring Training is just around the corner, with some pitchers and catchers reporting next week. The Chicago Cubs will be the first MLB team to arrive on 9 February at their facility in Mesa, Arizona. Here is your five-minute roundup of the week’s baseball news. Pete Alonso re-signs with the New York Mets In the battle of the egos between Mets owner Steve Cohen and mega agent Scott Boras, it
How I fell in love with Baseball and the San Diego Padres I wish I could say that my first experience of baseball instantly captured me, laying the foundations for a blossoming love affair with the sport. In all honesty though, it was rather traumatic. My first sight of the diamond came on a family holiday to California in 2011, where, at the age of six, I was lucky enough
In what must go down as a big loss for uber-agent Scott Boras, Pete Alonso, one of the last remaining high-profile free agents, has agreed a two-year, $54 million deal to rejoin the Mets. This was not the conclusion that Alonso had expected when his talents were marketed to the other 29 teams after the Mets had made it clear that he wasn’t a candidate for an extension. After all,
