On this day in 1976, the Athletics released outfielder Billy Williams, marking the end of his Major League career. Williams played all but two of those seasons with the Cubs, hitting 392 of his 426 home runs for Chicago. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987. Here’s this week’s look around the baseball blogosphere.
- Dodgers Digest looks at Los Angeles’ new front office.
- WHYGAVS previews the Pirates’ offseason.
- McCovey Chronicles notes that Hanley Ramirez‘s willingness to play third base could affect the Giants.
- Crashburn Alley reviews Ruben Amaro’s performance in 2014.
- USS Mariner examines the way the Mariners think about Michael Saunders.
- Lookout Landing lists Kyle Seager‘s best defensive plays of the 2014 season.
- Pinstripe Alley looks at Max Scherzer as a potential free agent target for the Yankees.
The Yankees have to be after Hanley, I can’t see Cashman passing the opportunity to overpay another player out of his prime.
That Mariners blog is worth the read. A discussion about how management can play a role in the perceived and perhaps actual success of players, especially, in light of a week that saw such huge shakeup in management for the Dodgers, seems timely as free agents are choosing their landing spots.
That Scherzer piece is very shallow. Don’t see Scherzer making sense. They need offense way more than they need pitching. Sure Scherzer may cost the most, but he isn’t the best fit for them. He is way on the high end of fly balls.
He had the 9th highest FB% of qualified pitchers, and that is definitely someone that the Yankees should stay far away from. And the 3 years Scherzer has been really good he saw a big jump in fly balls. It didnt’ work with Hughes, and it’s not a great plan here.