Two years ago today, both Stephen Strasburg and Giancarlo Stanton made their Major League debuts. Strasburg famously struck out 14 Pirates in his first career start and has pitched to a 2.46 ERA with 11.2 K/9 and 2.1 BB/9 in 157 innings and 28 starts since. Stanton went 3-for-5 against the Phillies in his debut and has hit .267/.349/.535 with 70 homers in the show. Here's the latest from the baseball corner of the blogosphere…
- Phillies Nation interviewed Cole Hamels and asked about his upcoming free agency. The interview begins at the 6:30 mark of the video and the free agency talk at 10:20.
- Pirates Prospects says Pittsburgh will have a tough time signing eighth overall pick Mark Appel.
- NASORB doesn't believe third overall pick Mike Zunino deserves Jeff Clement comparisons.
- Yanks Go Yard analyzed the Yankees' approach to this week's draft.
- 85% Sports wrote about a possible work-around in the new draft pool system.
- MLB Prospect Watch explored a possible return for Carlos Quentin.
- FanSpeak thinks the Orioles should consider trading for Justin Morneau.
- Sports of Boston wrote about a potential Kevin Youkilis trade.
- Red Sox Post listed three potential landing spots for Youkilis.
- BoSox Injection thinks the Red Sox should avoid Matt Garza.
- The True Fan's Sports Blog tries to figure out where Bryan LaHair will end up.
- Baseball Reality Tour lists some potential trade targets for contenders.
- Rising Apple listed some small changes the Mets could make to their roster.
- Warehouse Worthy listed some potential free agent targets for the Orioles.
- I-70 Baseball wonders if the Cardinals should buy or stand pat.
- The Daily Statesman thinks Shelby Miller could help the Cardinals' bullpen.
- Did The Tribe Win Last Night? mused about Jason Kipnis and the All-Star Game.
- Blog Red Machine wrote about Billy Hamilton's race towards history.
- MLB Reports wrote about Aroldis Chapman's unbelievable season.
- Lasorda's Lair is worried about the Dodgers without Matt Kemp.
- Call to the Pen thinks the end is near for Jim Thome.
- M.C. Antil listed the 40 best pitchers never to throw a no-hitter for the Mets.
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