The Braves, Cardinals, Orioles, and Rangers will make baseball history later today, when they participate in the first ever Wild Card play-in games. The winner of the NL match-up moves on to face the Nationals while the AL winner will advance to play the Yankees. Here is the latest from around the baseball blogodome…
- M.C. Antil wrote about a first impression made by Chipper Jones.
- MLB Reports wrote about the Indians' decision between Terry Francona and Sandy Alomar Jr.
- Wahoo's on First explains why the Indians should not fire GM Chris Antonetti.
- Phillies Nation isn't sure that Ryne Sandberg is the answer for the Phillies.
- 85% Sports looks at what Dan Haren is worth on the open market.
- Rays Colored Glasses wonders if James Shields has made his last start as a Ray.
- Discipline of Uecker looks back at the career of Ben Sheets.
- Kings of Kauffman thinks it's the perfect time to covert Joakim Soria into a starter.
- MLB Injury News says Mike Adams' injury might have cost him a long-term contract.
- Blue Jays Plus believes it's time for GM Alex Anthopoulos to get Toronto into the postseason.
- Rising Apple wrote about some players the Mets may trade this offseason.
- U.S.S. Mariner says it's time for the Mariners to raise payroll.
- Climbing Tal's Hill goes back to review the Mark Melancon trade.
- Seedlings to Stars wrote about the good and bad of Julio Teheran.
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” but when healthy, Lowrie is a middle of the order bat that can hit
twenty plus home runs and play a premier position with above average
defense at shortstop.”
That article on Lowrie is full of sentences exactly like that.. WHY does Houston think Boston traded him in the 1st place? HE CAN’T STAY HEALTHY!!
I still would have preffered to keep him though. Would have been a solid SS to have while Igleasis is still developing.
They needed a closer at the time.. Probably figured didn’t have the money to spend on one, had that ill conceived idea to convert Bard into a SP and hadn’t made the Bailey deal yet.. It wasn’t a “bad” deal on the surface really.
I liked Lowrie, but he never is going to be healthy and Weiand is nothing.. I doubt he is ever even a back end SP in the NL. Melencon has a chance of being a fair 8thIP guy, maybe just a middle reliever. The worst deal they made was the Bailey one and it hasn’t come to fruition yet..Wait until Miles head gets a little more type space here..
Head was the **1** guy myself didn’t want to see go in that deal and he CRUSHED at High A and AA for Oakland and guess what position he plays??? 1b.. Something Boston needs…
If Dan Haren is only worth 8 million then i think he would love a 3 year 36 million deal with a 4th year option. However, i think that blog post undervalues his past performance.
Hey Mets why don’t we develop our young players and let them contribute. Why would we even think about trading our young hitting and pitching when they are still affordable? Really need to have a plan here.
Moving Soria to the rotation might be exactly what the Royals need. Adding him to a mix that could include veterans like Guthrie, Hochevar, and Chen and young guys like Duffy and Montgomery could make for a pretty strong rotation. If they could lure someone like Dan Haren in as well, then they’d really be cooking with gas.