Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Yankees, Oil Can, Halladay, Mets

On this date 21 years ago, the Baltimore Orioles traded Ray Knight to the Tigers, only one year after signing the World Series hero as a free agent. The O’s received Mark Thurmond, who would go 1-8 in 1988 with an 85 ERA+. Knight would only play 105 games for the Tigers before retiring. With spring training now in full swing, several veteran free agents are still without contracts or guaranteed jobs and may be on the verge of retirement. Let’s take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere…

• More Hardball puts together a 25-man roster of veteran players in camps on minor league deals.
• 6 Pound 8 Ounce Baby Joba spoke with Yankees beat writer Bryan Hoch about a number of topics including what the will happen once the current contracts for Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter expire.
• Sully Baseball makes a case for a team, any team, signing Oil Can Boyd.
• The Phrontiersman takes a look at the possibility of the Phillies trading for Roy Halladay at some point during the season.
• Megamets argues for the Mets adding Dennys Reyes, over the other available lefty relievers.
• The Sports Banter puts together their own list of off-season winners.
• Midwest Sports Fans project the Twins opening day roster.

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