Gabriel Bogart, Author at Baseball Essential

Bring The Freak Home! The Seattle Mariners Should Sign Tim Lincecum

Nov 7, 2015

American League West, Features, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners, Transactions

Tim Lincecum, of the San Francisco Giants, is a free agent. Breaking news, huh? I've read that both the Giants and Lincecum have interest in signing a new deal that would keep him in the Bay. While that may ...

An Exploration Into Why The 2015 Season Wasn’t A Total Bust For The Boston Red Sox

Gabriel Bogart

Nov 5, 2015

American League East, Boston Red Sox, Features, Opinions & Predictions

Many Red Sox fans, myself included, did a lot of bitching and moaning this last season. Any of us who read beyond a third-grade level and can handle even rudimentary sabermetric concepts, myself included, shoul...

Jacob deGrom Almost Became A Member Of The Boston Red Sox

Gabriel Bogart

Nov 3, 2015

Boston Red Sox, Headlines, New York Mets, Rumors

In a story that seemed to receive very little attention back in July, Peter Gammons reported a deal for Jacob deGrom in 2012 that never materialized. Then Red Sox' GM, Ben Cherington, apparently almost wrested ...

Is Jonny Gomes the New Eric Hinske?

Gabriel Bogart

Nov 2, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Baseball History, Boston Red Sox, Breaking News, Features, Headlines, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

During the 2007 season, Eric Hinske played 84 games for the Boston Red Sox. I hope I don't need to remind you which team won the World Series that year (here's a hint: the Red Sox crushed the Colorado Rockies i...

A Trade of Jackie Bradley Jr. For Shelby Miller Makes Sense

Gabriel Bogart

Oct 26, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Features, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions, Transactions

I hate myself for writing that headline. Surely, I'll have to take some time this week for 'crafting', so I can make a dartboard with my face on it. Maybe I'll start an Etsy page and sell them by the dozens to ...

A 2016 Boston Red Sox Wish List

Gabriel Bogart

Oct 25, 2015

American League East, Boston Red Sox, Features, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions

When I sat down to write this, for some odd reason, the song "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" popped into my head. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WI02_UJ1C6I You know what else I want? A re...

Fox Sports One Pre-Game Show: A Confessional Anecdote

Gabriel Bogart

Oct 21, 2015

Features, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason

For anybody with a pulse who's been alive longer than five years, Fox has not often been associated with quality programming. At least when it comes to news. Surely, there are also numerous detractors of their ...

Looking Ahead to the 2016 Boston Red Sox

Gabriel Bogart

Oct 18, 2015

American League East, Boston Red Sox, Features, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions

I realize that, as a Boston Red Sox fan, I'm kinda spoiled. Sure, there are the three championships this century. 2004 was a revelation; 2007 was a coronation; and 2013 was a sort of canonization. Then there's ...

RECAP: Mets Make Statement, Take 2-1 Lead Over Dodgers

Gabriel Bogart

Oct 12, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Postseason

Game 3 of the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets hadn't even started before the atmosphere became confrontational. In the pregame player and coaching staff ann...

Royals-Astros Game 4 Rollercoaster

Gabriel Bogart

Oct 12, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Postseason

About 13 minutes before the Astros finally got Mike Moustakas to record the first out in the top of the 8th inning on a strikeout, I had this thought: the @fangraphs Win Expectancy graph for @[email protected] i...

Author Gabriel Bogart