Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Carter, Cespedes, Ethier

On this date in 2003, the Braves and Greg Maddux agreed to a one-year deal worth $14.75MM. It was the largest one-year contract in baseball history at the time, surpassing David Cone's one-year, $12MM deal with the Yankees in 2000. Here is the latest from around the baseball corner of the web…

• I-70 Baseball posted one of Gary Carter's last recorded interviews.
• District on Deck wrote about Carter's passing.
• Motor City Bengals interviewed Tigers prospect Jay Voss.
• Athletics Farm looked at how the Yoenis Cespedes signing impacts the A's roster.
• Through The Fence Baseball explains why A's GM Billy Beane signed Cespedes.
• Beaneball ran through all the Cespedes permutations.
• Full Spectrum Baseball broke down the A's crowded roster.
• Swingin' A's graded the Athletics offseason.
• Hardball Chat thinks missing out on Cespedes could be a positive for the Marlins.
• Blogging from the Bleachers wrote about the Theo Epstein compensation issue.
• Wahoo's on First says Asdrubal Cabrera's one-year deal is a steal for the Indians.
• Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness says Andre Ethier has a lot riding on this season.
• Red Sox Beacon believes the Red Sox improved through subtraction this winter.
• Twins Baseball Clubhouse examined the Twins bullpen (part one, part two).
• Call to the Pen says the Phillies shouldn't have signed Jonathan Papelbon.
• Crashburn Alley wrote about the Phillies' top storylines in 2012.
• Redbird Rants thinks the Cardinals may have too many ifs.
• House of the Bluebird took an in-depth look at Adam Lind.
• Shutdown Inning looked at the careers of recent Home Run Derby winners.
• We Are Baseball GMs tried to predict where the remaining free agents will sign.
• Seedlings to Stars says there's no such thing as a first base prospect.

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