Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Strasburg, Cordero, Swisher

On this date 25 years ago, B.J. Upton was born. The second overall pick in the '02 draft, Bossman Junior made his big league debut in 2004, but will be arbitration-eligible for the first time following this season. The Rays prefer to lock up their young players to long-term deals, but there has never been an indication that Upton is willing to sign long-term. With the signing deadline for most draft picks now past, let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere…

• The Biz of Baseball looks at how the slotting system held up with this year's draft (not very well).
• Capitol Avenue Club declares the winners and losers of this year's draft.
• Nationals Pride notes that the Nationals are two-for-two in their decisions affecting Stephen Strasburg.
• Center Field Gate likes the Stephen Strasburg deal, but wants to see what Strasburg can do before getting too excited.
• Sully Baseball notes that Stephen Strasburg needs to get past Betty White before he is worth $50M.
• Around the Majors looks back the Reds' decision to give Francisco Cordero a $46MM contract.
• 6 Pound 8 Ounce Baby Joba revisits the deal that brought Nick Swisher to the Yankees.

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