Title: Advocating for the Best Player Available draft strategy
Date: May 21, 2014
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article argued that the Toronto Raptors should draft the best player available to them in the 2014 NBA Draft, regardless of position.
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Title: San Diego’s Historically Tenuous Trio
Date: May 16, 2014
Original Source: Fangraphs
Synopsis: This article looked at the horribly ineffective group of hitters the San Diego Padres had been using to begin the season.
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Title: It’s Time for the Raptors to Invest in a D-League Team
Date: May 14, 2014
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article suggested the Toronto Raptors need to invest in an exclusive D-League affiliate, a point I’d continue to try and drive home later in the summer.
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Title: Inside Jimmy Rollins’ Unlikely Resurgence
Date: May 13, 2014
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article looked at a surprising rebound from Jimmy Rollins, suggesting it wasn’t entirely real but not a complete fluke, either.
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Title: Does Coaching Stability Matter?
Date: May 12, 2014
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article tried to discern if coaching stability mattered to team success in the wake of Dwane Casey’s contract extension.
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Title: Wasted Pitches and the Pitchers Who Make the Most of Them
Date: May 9, 2014
Original Source: Fangraphs
Synopsis: This article looked at pitchers who throw the most pitches outside of a reasonable zone for possible strikes and examined which make the most of said offerings.
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Title: THIS IS BEYOND EXPLANATION (AND POOR PHIL KESSEL)
Date: May 9, 2014
Original Source: The Leafs Nation
Synopsis: This article raged against the Leafs’ decision to retain head coach Randy Carlyle and lamented the wasting of Phil Kessel’s prime.
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Title: Do Amir Johnson and DeMar DeRozan Crack the All-Time Raptor Team?
Date: May 9, 2014
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: Thie benefit of straightforward headlines? I don’t need to tell you what this article was about.
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Title: Chemistry and Culture Don’t Promise Continuity
Date: May 8, 2014
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article warned that the Raptors having good chemistry in 2013-14 didn’t mean much of anything for the offseason or for 2014-15.
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Title: Troy Tulowitzki: A Tier Of His Own
Date: May 6, 2014
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article was a tiered ranking of fantasy baseball shortstops as of the beginning of May, which saw Troy Tulowitzki ahead of everyone by a country mile.
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