Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Encarnacion, M’s, Greinke

Five years ago, Padres left-hander Randy Wolf took the hill in spring training with his brother Jim serving as the home plate umpire.  However, that didn't help the pitcher much as he struggled in a 6-2 loss to the Brewers.  That marked the only time that this happened because even though Jim has served as the third base ump in a regular season game with Randy on the hill, he is not assigned to call balls and strikes when his brother is pitching.  Here's this week's look around the blogosphere..

• House Of The Bluebird analyzes Edwin Encarnacion's leap forward in 2012.
• Prospect Insider says the Mariners are better than you think.
• Halos Daily re-evaluated the Zack Greinke trade.
• I R Fast looked at Michael Roth's Pitch F/X data.
• Baseball Stooges ranked the top five GMs in baseball.
• Kingdome Of Seattle Sports projected the Mariners' Opening Day lineup.
• The Shea Faithful explains why Matt den Dekker needs more seasoning in the minors.
• Phillies Nation wonders what should be done with Yuniesky Betancourt.
• Pinstripe Pundits wonders if Brennan Boesch is a good fit for the Bombers.
• The Doubleday breaks down Stuart Sternberg's recent comments.
• Marlin Maniac spoke with Jason Collette of Baseball Prospectus.
• Rox Pile has some pitchers that the Rockies could target.
• The Tribe Daily talks Ubaldo Jimenez.
• Kings of Kauffman explains why the Royals can beat out the Tigers this year.
• MLB Reports delivers the Brewers' state of the union.
• Baseball Big Brother Project presents a tale of two clocks.
• The Daily Statesman writes that Matt Adams is now left in an awkward position.
• Blog Red Machine wonders if Cesar Izturis will make the cut in Cincinnati.
• Couch Side Show looks at the top fantasy third basemen.
• Baseball Hot Corner says this could be the year of the Brandons in San Francisco.
• On The Way Home asks if Greinke is worth the money for the Dodgers.

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