Here’s this week’s look around the baseball blogosphere:
- Chin Music Baseball heaps praise on Cardinals infielder Matt Carpenter, a potential National League MVP candidate.
- SaberBallBlog breaks down which teams are the best at using their bullpens.
- Big Three Sports regards Ichiro Suzuki, not Pete Rose, as baseball’s true hit king.
- Baseball Hot Corner submits a few Red Sox trade ideas.
- The Point Of Pittsburgh (1, 2) runs down some trade deadline scenarios for the Pirates.
- North Shore Nine wonders whether the Pirates can both buy and sell at the deadline.
- Cover Those Bases recommends the Braves shop right-hander Julio Teheran.
- Philliedelphia declares that the Phillies don’t have an All-Star-worthy player this year.
- Now On Deck presents ways for Major League Baseball to augment its All-Star skills competition.
- Infield Shift expresses contempt for bunting and points out that the five clubs atop the league in sacrifice bunts each have sub-.500 records.
- Rotisserie Duck takes a modern statistical look at the 1956 seasons of Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider.
- Bronx Bomber Blogger hopes the Yankees sign the Gurriel brothers.
- Notes From The Sally offers scouting reports on the Basabe twins, teenage Red Sox prospects who are currently with Class-A Greenville.
- Wayniac Nation is optimistic about Pirates outfield prospect Austin Meadows’ future.
- Outside Pitch MLB asks where the Nationals would be had they prematurely given up on red-hot second baseman Danny Espinosa prior to June.
- FantasyPros is buying Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton’s recent resurgence.
- Inside the ’Zona tries to pinpoint why Diamondbacks pitchers are struggling so mightily at Chase Field.
- Pirates Breakdown delves into lefty Jon Niese’s home run troubles.
- Jays From The Couch expects Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar to eventually pair league-average offense with his elite defensive skills.
- The Runner Sports profiles Astros outfield prospect Teoscar Hernandez, whom the team promoted to Triple-A last Sunday.
- isportsweb studies what’s in store for the Phillies this month.
- Jays Journal blasts MLB umpiring.
- Brew Crew Fever shoots down three trade deadline-related myths involving the Brewers.
- Halo Headquarters remembers former Angels owner Gene Autry.
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Terrible value for teheran and vizzy in that trade. Vizzy and a lower prospect like hursh gets that package. A Teheran package starts at moncada and builds from there.
If the Sox want pitching, they’re going to have to pay a LOT for it because their need is so pronounced and obvious. Teherans contract and performance merit that level of return.
I agree that the package proposed doesn’t get Teheran, but I also wouldn’t expect Teheran to fetch Moncada. Remember that the trade proposals were on a Red Sox website, so they were probably written with a Red Sox bias (They also grossly undervalued Danny Valencia). However, as great as it would be for the Braves to get Moncada or Benintendi in return, I can’t see than happening. (I actually don’t see the Braves trading Teheran at all). Both team officials and fans tend to overvalue their own players. To me, the sign of a good trade is when both sides feel like they lost something. One of my favorite parts of MLBTR is the trade discussions in the comments, but remember that these are fan-made scenarios. Let Yankees fans think they can get Schwarber for Miller. Let Red Sox fans think they can get Sonny Gray for Henry Owens. Because they will probably end up disappointed when they don’t happen that way.
Man that kid on the Red Sox blog page must be hittin the pipe hard…think his alter ego might be bigpapi4ever…those trades he proposed were just ludicrous…
Holy f**k those were downright terrible. My first thought when I seen that article was “is it even worth looking or is it just another typical fan trade”
Seattle needs to trade Seth Smith to Miami for Ichiro. OK not sure if that is enough but he needs to comeback and finish his career here wether it is this next or a few yearsbdown the road. He would be a great fill in to go with Cruz and Guti in RF and could DH when Cruz is it out there. Every time I talk bad about Smith he does something good like a grand slam today and hitting 4 HRs in 4 games against the Orioles, but he still is a guy I can’t say why but I don’t like. Anyway get Ichiro back to finish his career where it started in MLB and then on to the hall in an M’s hat.