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Author Brandon Shrider

Brandon Shrider

Brandon is a 2015 graduate of Bowling Green State University. After studying sport management and journalism, he is currently working to earn the opportunity to cover a Major League Baseball beat. He is currently a sports reporter for The (Findlay) Courier and the Sentinel-Tribune and is a contributing writer here at Baseball Essential.

Cleveland Indians: Who is Jose Ramirez?

Brandon Shrider
Apr 22, 2016
Cleveland Indians, Features
Since Jose Ramirez debuted with the team in 2013 the Cleveland Indians have pieced together three consecutive seasons better than any other year since their 96-win season in 2007. In that time he has only playe...

Cleveland Indians — Five things We’ve Learned Through Five Games

Brandon Shrider
Apr 13, 2016
Cleveland Indians, Features
Francisco Lindor continues to make case for the "best shortstop in baseball" tag Lindor is leading the Cleveland Indians with a smooth .368 AVG, including the most hits and runs. His raw power might not matc...

Who Should Be the New York Mets’ Ace? Not Matt Harvey.

Brandon Shrider
Apr 5, 2016
New York Mets, Opinions & Predictions
Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Matt Harvey is very good at what he does. The former No. 7 overall pick in the 2010 draft quickly silenced rumblings of a potential move to the bullpen by striking out 156 batters a...

2016 Atlanta Braves: New Story, Better Ending

Brandon Shrider
Mar 9, 2016
Atlanta Braves, Features, Spring Training
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The 2015 edition of the Atlanta Braves was like Home Alone without Macaulay Culkin. Law & Order: SVU without Christopher Meloni. That '70s Show without Topher Grace. Or Star Wars, just Star Wars. Unwatch...

Cincinnati Reds: 2016 Offseason Report Card

Brandon Shrider
Feb 9, 2016
Cincinnati Reds, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions
Cincinnati is not just coming off a seasonally bad year in 2015. The city's beloved Redlegs had a historically bad year last season. Sporting a dismal 64-98 record, the Reds finished with the second-worst recor...

Indians have the pitching, but are they wasting it?

Brandon Shrider
Feb 3, 2016
Cleveland Indians, Features, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions
Cleveland sports leave fans shaking their heads in disgust plenty more often than waving their arms in jubilation. Financial limitations often force sporadic success, and routine letdowns have become the city's...

Cincinnati Reds Top 20 Prospects

Brandon Shrider
Jan 15, 2016
Cincinnati Reds, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Prospect Reports
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Source: Elsa/Getty Images North America Three years ago the Reds were winning the National League Central with 97 wins and prospects appeared to be merely trade-bait for the next crucial piece to put them o...

Five Tough Questions for the Cleveland Indians in 2016

Brandon Shrider
Jan 13, 2016
Cleveland Indians, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions
Source: Jason Miller / Getty Images North America The Cleveland Indians are coming off their third consecutive .500-or-better season, but have seen its win total dip from 92 in 2013, to 85 in 2014 to then 8...

Five Burning Questions for the Cincinnati Reds in 2016

Brandon Shrider
Jan 12, 2016
Cincinnati Reds, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions
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Source: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images North America Barring some herculean performances from myriad unheralded players, the Reds and their fans know their place in 2016: Near and maybe at the bottom. Now see...

Pittsburgh Pirates Top 20 Prospects

Brandon Shrider
Jan 8, 2016
Features, Headlines, Minor League Baseball, Pittsburgh Pirates, Prospect Reports
Credit: MLB.com Until three years ago the Pittsburgh Pirates had underwhelmed for quite some time. OK, let's actually call it what it was. The Pirates were terrible, the laughing stock of the league rather,...
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