On this date in 2000, Rickey Henderson reached agreement on a deal with the Mariners, Leo Panetta of NationalPastime.com writes. Henderson, who was released earlier in the year by the Mets, hit a lead-off home run in his first at-bat for Seattle. Here’s this week’s look around the baseball blogosphere..
- Baseball Essential took a closer look at Shelby Miller.
- Yankees Unscripted looked back at the Yankees’ offseason trades.
- Blue Jays Plus broke down a recent Aaron Sanchez–Xander Bogaerts match up.
- Camden Depot delves into the MASN dispute.
- Rays Colored Glasses examined the factors that led to surgery for two Rays pitchers.
- The Point of Pittsburgh analyzed whether the Pirate pitchers will be due for regression.
- AZ Snakepit examines the Diamondbacks’ infield and what they should do about it.
- Maniac Ball is looking ahead to the MLB draft.
- Outside Pitch celebrated Clayton Kershaw’s 100th win.
- Astros County welcomes Lance McCullers Jr. to the bigs.
- Royals Blue says KC fans might just have to put up with Omar Infante.
- Rumbunter took a hard look at Jung Ho Kang.
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“Xander Bogaerts is a speedy, solid fielding shortstop. His bat is worth about 85% of the production of the average player, which isn’t bad for a middle infielder. He hits well enough to stay employed at the Major League level.”
Pretty much everything in that description with regards to Bogaerts is incorrect in the article linked above, which leaves anyone to wonder just how much the (probably) Jays fan even knows about the game itself, or even Sanchez/Bogaerts?