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JShaferJacob Shafer

National MLB writer for B/R and general sports aficionado. Also dad and amateur BBQer, not necessarily in that order.

Latest Articles Written

Sorry, Freddie Freeman, Dodgers' Mookie Betts Is the Real 2020 NL MVP

MLB Trade Proposals That Would Shake Up the 2021 World Series Race

Every MLB Team's Biggest Hole to Fill Via Trade or Free Agency

Predicting MLB's Biggest Offseason Headlines

Top Landing Spots and Trade Packages for Indians SS Francisco Lindor Amid Rumors

Early Predictions for the Biggest Shockers of the 2020-21 MLB Offseason

Ranking All 30 MLB Teams as a Free-Agent Destination This Winter

Dodgers' Loaded Roster Primed to Buck MLB Trends, Repeat as World Series Champs

Way-Too-Early Predictions for the 2021 MLB Playoffs and World Series

Where Do the Dodgers Rank Among Greatest World Series Winners in Recent History?

Computers vs. Gut: Rays Pulling Blake Snell Gifts Dodgers 2020 World Series

Have the Rays Unlocked the Future of MLB Pitching?

Ranking the 10 Most Epic World Series Moments in MLB over the Last 20 Years

Mookie Betts, Clayton Kershaw Flash Dodgers' Lethal Edge over Rays in Game 1

Dodgers Head to World Series but Work Isn't Done—It's Title or Bust

Ranking the 10 Greatest World Series Champions of the Last 20 Years

Don't Blame Clayton Kershaw; Blame Dave Roberts and Dodgers Bats for Game 4 Loss

Dodgers' Ghosts of Playoff Past Swirling After Brutal NLCS Game 2 Loss to Braves

World Series 2020 Odds: Breaking Down Chances of Final 4 Teams Remaining

Tampa Bay Rays Are MLB's Playoff Villain Slayer