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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Figgins, Halladay, Uggla

On this date 31 years ago, Red Sox free agent pitcher Luis Tiant signed a two-year, $875K contract with the Yankees. After eight seasons and 122 wins with Boston, Tiant would go 21-17 with the Yankees before finishing his career with the Pirates and Angels. With this year's free agents looking for new homes, let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere...

• UmpBump attempts to determine how much Chone Figgins is worth.
• The Phrontiersman warns that giving up Cole Hamels is too much for Roy Halladay.
• We Should Be GMs analyzes the Phillies roster and suggests some names to fill the holes.
• Camden Crazies looks at what Dan Uggla would mean for the O's and what he might cost.
• Twins Overlook looks back at the Johan Santana trade and compares the pieces that are left and what the Twins could have gotten from the Red Sox or Yankees.
• Nick's Twins Blog thinks Adrian Beltre is the missing piece to the Twins infield.
• Dock of the Rays likes the idea of swapping Pat Burrell for Milton Bradley and wonders if throwing in Andy Sonnanstine can entice the Cubs to add more money.
• Feeling Dodgers Blue says L.A. needs two pitchers and breaks down the pros and cons of the available talent.
• Dodgers Rumors feels Brandon Phillips would fit nicely at second base for the Dodgers.
• Blogging Mets breaks down the Mets' needs and is not very optimistic.
• The Pinstriper projects the Yankees 25-man roster for next season.

Cork Gaines writes for RaysIndex.com. If you have a suggestion for this feature, Cork can be reached here, and followed on Twitter here.

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