Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Alomar, K-Rod, Lamb

On this date in 1990, Major League Baseball locked out its players after the two sides were unable to come to terms on a new Basic Agreement. Ultimately, commissioner Fay Vincent was able to get both sides on the same page and a new deal was hammered out on March 19th. Much of spring training was lost and Opening Day was pushed back by about a week, but, of course, things could have been a whole lot worse.  Here’s this week’s look around the baseball blogosphere..

• Did The Tribe Win Last Night caught up with Sandy Alomar.
• The First Out At Third pitted Francisco Rodriguez against Jonathan Papelbon.
• Inside The ’Zona penned a love letter to Jake Lamb.
• Yankees Unscripted previewed Jacoby Ellsbury in 2015.
• Camden Depot has some ideas to fix the draft.
• Screwball Baseball measured the worth of a home run.
• Dodgers Today feels that Andre Ethier could thrive in a bench role.
• Baseball Essential discussed Josh Donaldson’s arb hearing.
• A’s Farm checked in with Oakland assistant GM David Forst.
• Outside Pitch projects the Reds’ performance for 2015 and beyond.
• SF Giants UK braces for life without Pablo Sandoval.
• Baseball Hot Corner spoke with Blue Jays prospect Devon Travis.
• Blue Jay Hunter looks at a pair of extension candidates.
• Baseball News Source says the Yankees made the smartest decisions this winter.
• Banished To The Pen discussed Rickie Weeks’ underlying value.
• Dodgers Nation foresees patience in L.A. this year.
• World Series Dreaming wants to make baseball more accessible for African-Americans.
• The Point of Pittsburgh ranked the top prospects in the Bucs’ system.
• Outside Pitch previewed the Reds.
• Diamond Nines previewed the Royals.
• Heatwaved looked at the D’Backs’ outfield.
• Statliners says offense is at a premium.