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Bat Flips And Nerds

Bat Flips & Nerds

A British take on Baseball. John, Tom, Ben, Darius, Rachel, Russell and Rob guide you through the goings on in MLB, Team GB and baseball around the world.Part of the MLB Europe Fan Network.

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63:49

Episode 371 - The 2025 MLB Predictions Extravaganza

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/03/26

John, Tom, Darius and Ben perform their annual ritual in the form of discussing 30 MLB teams and filling out a spreadsheet. Will they be right? No. Will they let that stop them? Also no.

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95:45

Episode 370 - The B-Team Predictions

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/03/21

Rob, Gav and Russ are back to destroy the "A-team" once again with their outstanding knowledge of baseball and predict the win totals for all 30 teams.This is a lively discussion about their predictions for the 2025 baseball season and a fun tiebreaker game for when they don't agree.

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47:41

Episode 369 - Liam Carroll

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/03/17

In this episode of Bat-Flips and Nerds, host Russell Eason interviews Liam Carroll, the manager of the High A Greenville Drive and a prominent figure in British baseball. They discuss Liam's journey from British baseball to coaching in the minor leagues, the impact of data and analytics on coaching, and the cultural differences between coaching at the national team level and in minor leagues. Liam shares insights on player development, the importance of individualized training, and the exciting

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65:08

Episode 368 - 2025 Breakout Candidates

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/03/14

Ben, Russell and Darius combine forces to discuss Spring Training news (RIP Gerrit Cole's elbow), potential 2025 breakout candidates (and what even is a breakout?) plus some classic Spring Traning statline overreactions (panic!!!!)Time Codes:00:00-02:00: Intro02:00-18:30: Spring Training stories: Gerrit Cole, Dave Roberts, New Era caps18:30-46:00: Breakout candidates46:00-1:02:00: Spring Training statline overreactions1:02:00-1:05:00: Outro

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58:02

Episode 367 - Jay Jackson

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/03/10

In this episode, Jay Jackson shares his journey through baseball, discussing his experiences in the MLB and NPB, the challenges he faced with injuries, and the importance of maintaining a positive mindset. He reflects on his book, 'Nine Innings to Living Your Best Life,' and how his personal experiences shaped his outlook on life and baseball. Jay emphasizes the need for support systems within the sport, particularly for young black players, and shares valuable lessons learned from his son, JR. The

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55:46

BFAN - Episode 366 - Spring is Here

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/03/07

In this episode of Batflips and Nerds, the hosts discuss the arrival of spring training, exploring the optimism it brings, the downsides such as injuries and media clichés, and the impact of new rules on player performance. They delve into the significance of small sample sizes in evaluating player performance during spring training and share their thoughts on the media's coverage of the event. The conversation wraps up with final thoughts on the season ahead and the importance of player health.

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59:06

Episode 365 - Clint Hurdle

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/02/21

Ben and Russell are joined by a baseball legend: former player and manager Clint Hurdle.Clint talks the pair through his playing career, his coaching career and his two stints as a manager of a Major League ballclub, in a fascinating discussion of the highs and lows of professional sport!Timestamps:00:00-04:30: Intro and 'Hurdle-isms', Clint's new book04:30-07:05: His role as special advisor07:05- 19:48: Draft, SI cover and playing career19:48-28:44: Coaching and becoming manager28:44-39:50:

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52:17

Episode 364 - The Offseason Awards Show

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/02/14

Pitchers and catchers have reported! Russ and Ben get together for a brief offseason recap in the form of an awards show, taking a look at the good, the bad and the wonderful of winter.

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63:42

Episode 363 - Will Klein, Seattle Mariners

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/02/10

John and Russell are joined by current Seattle Mariner, Will Klein. They chat through his debut year in which he was traded twice and moved house 8 times, they talk about pitching development and how it is changed over Will's career. There's also a smattering of Chelsea talk as the boys find out Will is an ardent Chelsea fan.

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66:35

Episode 362 - Talking Front Off with Zack Scott

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/02/03

John and Russ are joined by Zack Scott, the former Acting GM for the New York Mets and Assistant GM for the Boston Red Sox. We get a bit of John fan girling over Koji Uehara to the man who brought him to Boston before they get on to the main topic of how a front office works in the offseason.

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64:51

Episode 361 - Looking Back In Anger

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/01/31

Russell is joined by Darius and Rob to look back on 2024 and decide some things which should be binned and things that should be kept. Then they look into 2025 and determine what they think will continue on and what new things will happen.

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57:49

Episode 360 - Kyle Boddy, Driveline Baseball

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/01/27

John and Russell are joined by the Kyle Bodd. Kyle is the Founder of Driveline and is currently the Special Assistant to Boston Red Sox PBO Craig Breslow. They talk about how driveline came to be, how teams and players have taken on board these new development methods. They also talk about how to coach and how to positively impact players.

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55:24

Episode 359 - Sasaki, FA Predictions & More

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/01/24

The team is back to discuss the Sasakit deal, the Dodgers and some FA chat about the players not signed yet. Then they chat about some sneaky picks for the season and then Ben goes full Traitors on us.

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50:35

Episode 358 - It's Banana Ball Time

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2025/01/17

John and Russell sit down to chat with with Tyler Gillum, the head coach of the Savannah Bananas. The Bananas are the talk of the baseball world with their barnstorming show growing bigger every year.Tyler talks through how this all came about, how they bring in players and how they plan out these amzing ideas.Come for some amazing anecdotes on the Bananas, stay for a pretty awesome discussion on life, passions and doing things for the fans.

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52:13

Episode 357 - World Series Player Draft

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2024/10/25

The team discuss briefly about how the Yankees and Dodgers made it to World Series, who stands a better chance of making the playoffs again out of the Mets and the Guardians.Before Russell makes Ben and Rob draft the players in the WS teams to discuss who has a better line up.

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67:30

Episode 356 - Postseason Prognostication and Prattle

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2024/10/03

The team are back to talk about postseason baseball. They discuss the wonder and the farce that was the Mets v Braves Monday double header and then talk through who is gonna all the ropunds of the play offs.Who do they they think are going to make it to the World Series, listen in to find out.

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44:36

Episode 355 - Blind Performance Review

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2024/09/12

Russell is back with Ben this time to talk a bit about the world of British baseball, the Mets and the Ohtani 50/50 chase. But they are mainly there to play a blind resume game, giving each other stat line on over and under performing players and seeing if they can guess who they are.

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57:04

Episode 354 -The Revenge of the Nerds

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2024/09/05

After whatever last weeks episode was Russell is joined by Darius tonerd out and discuss how do we farely evaluate players with diffferent skill sets. Using the Ohtani v Londor MVP Race and the Skubal v Clase CY Young discussion.They then also discuss some of the bat tracking metrics which have released by MLB this year on Baseball Savant.

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66:36

Episode 353 - Ben's Babe Bombshell

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2024/08/29

The team is back. John is johned by Rob, Ben and Russ to discuss the WBC, Votto's retirement, Jansen's playing for both sides and the wonder that is Judge.Followed byprobably the most legendary 2 Good 2 Bad ever.

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42:43

Episode 352 - Randy For Trades

Bat Flips And Nerds ·

2024/08/02

Rob, Darius and Ben convene to discuss the biggest moves from the recent trade deadline. From the sellers (hello Rays, Marlins, Blue Jays) to the buyers (yo Mariners, Orioles, Yankees) and a few extra in between.

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