Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Glasnow, Goldschmidt, Harper

Here’s this week’s look around the baseball blogosphere:

• The Point Of Pittsburgh analyzes why the Pirates haven’t yet promoted elite pitching prospect Tyler Glasnow and determines that their decision to wait, although painful now, will pay long-term dividends.
• NatsGM has a podcast interview with FiveThirtyEight writer Ben Lindbergh, the author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work,” which details the experience Lindbergh and Baseball Prospectus’ Sam Miller had running the baseball operations of an independent league team last year.
• About Sports chats with ESPN’s Buster Olney.
• Jays From The Couch highlights what has gone wrong offensively for Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin this year and provides an answer regarding whether panic is in order.
• Inside The ’Zona features a similar piece concerning Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, who hasn’t quite been himself early this season.
• Super Two Sports applauds Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper’s “Make Baseball Fun Again” campaign.
• BP Toronto sees Fantex as good for players and bad for front offices.
• Chin Music Baseball names the six most disappointing players of the young season.
• The Runner Sports explains that it might make sense for the Astros to promote dominant Double-A pitching prospect Joseph Musgrove to the majors, noting that the team set a precedent last year by bringing up two now-prominent starters from that level.
• Pirates Breakdown wonders why the Bucs are shifting less this year, which correlates with (and could be partially to blame for) a downturn in performance by their pitchers.
• MLB DFS Weather examines what the weather projections for this summer could mean for offense around baseball.
• OutfieldFlyRule lists ways Major League Baseball can reach out to the next generation of fans.
• Camden Depot offers an outside-the-box way for the Orioles to fix their biggest flaw: their starting pitching.
• Same Page Team goes 25 deep with the Blue Jays and delves into the struggles of shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and reliever Brett Cecil.
• Big Three Sports profiles the Pirates’ two best pitching prospects – the aforementioned Glasnow and Jameson Taillon – and provides insight on when the two will make their major league debuts.
• Think Blue PC interviews Dodgers pitching prospect Chase De Jong.
• Pinstriped Prospects writes that 26-year-old Double-A pitcher David Kubiak is living the dream as a member of the Yankees organization.
• Outside Pitch MLB is perplexed by the underrating of Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts.
• Innings Eaters weighs in on whether the rebuilding Braves should trade first baseman Freddie Freeman.
• Sports Heaven looks at Giants ace Madison Bumgarner’s chances of going down as the best hitting pitcher in the history of baseball.
• RSN Stats evaluates some of the numbers the Red Sox have put up during their solid start.
• FantasyPros doesn’t think there’s anything fluky about Mets outfielder Michael Conforto’s early season excellence.
• Notes From The Sally scouts Giants right-hander Phil Bickford.
• Chris Zantow reminisces fondly on the 10th anniversary of then-Brewer Bill Hall’s Mother’s Day walk-off home run in 2006.
• Baseball Hot Corner believes more playing time is in order for Blue Jays first baseman Justin Smoak.
• The Wayniac Nation explains that the surprising Phillies must not lose sight of the future.
• isportsweb investigates what’s in store for those Phillies in May.
• Jays Journal has a favorable opinion of Blue Jays backup catcher Josh Thole.