Jon Rimmer, Author at Off The Bench

485

Arizona Diamondbacks

How Important Are “Productive Outs”, Really?

Chics - and wins - dig the long ball.

11.1K

Seattle Mariners

Mariners Follow Different Process in Late September after George Kirby’s Comments

Earlier this month, Seattle starting pitcher George Kirby entered the bottom of the seventh inning against Tampa Bay with a 4-2 lead....

10.3K

Research

On Hinchcliffe Stadium

After over two decades of calling the campus of Montclair University home, the New Jersey Jackals of the Independent Frontier League started...

5.5K

Oakland A's

MLB Legacies: Tony Phillips

There is plenty of discussion among modern baseball fans and media about how to properly evaluate big league baseball players. Although we’ve...

5.6K

1

Miami Marlins

Let’s give Kim Ng credit for the Miami Marlins

We’re almost at the halfway mark of the 2023 MLB season and to no one’s surprise, the Astros, Yankees and Dodgers have...

7.7K

1

AL East

Do Not Fire Aaron Boone

The New York Yankees, they of the $270 million dollar payroll and “Evil Empire” moniker, entered action on May 2nd in sole...

18.8K

Hall of Fame

The Babe and Showtime Have Nothing on Bullet Rogan

Shohei Ohtani’s extraordinary ability and production have given baseball fans plenty to talk about over the past five years. He’s been a...

21.0K

National League

What Happened to Didi?

This past Thursday the Phillies announced that they were parting ways with shortstop and 11-year MLB veteran Didi Gregorius by giving him...

11.3K

1

AL West

So…. Joe Maddon

Earlier this season I wrote here about the comical extent to which MLB owners lack self-awareness. On June 7th, former Los Angeles...

10.7K

1

Colorado Rockies

The Absolute Worst Great Season Ever

Dante Bichette entered the 1999 season as a four-time All-Star and a Silver Slugger winner who’d received MVP votes in four different...

11.0K

2

AL Central

A Unique Perspective On the Josh Donaldson- Tim Anderson Situation

You’re a reader of Off the Bench Baseball so you’re surely aware of the incident(s) between Tim Anderson and Josh Donaldson that...

12.1K

2