This week in the baseball blogosphere…
- Bleeding Royal Blue believes Angels center fielder Mike Trout should be the front-runner for American League MVP.
- Jays From the Couch shoots down the possibility of the Blue Jays acquiring Reds first baseman Joey Votto.
- Chin Music Baseball analyzes the Cy Young race in the National League.
- Sports Heaven asks if Orioles closer Zach Britton is the favorite to win the AL Cy Young Award.
- Pinstripe Pundits weighs the pros and cons of the Yankees trading catcher Brian McCann.
- TPOP blames the Pirates’ somewhat disappointing season on their ownership, not general manager Neal Huntington.
- BP Toronto opines that commissioner Rob Manfred’s latest rule change proposals could harm pitchers.
- Innings Eaters doesn’t see the Giants’ Buster Posey as the clear-cut best catcher in baseball.
- Rotisserie Duck highlights the importance of pitch framing.
- The Runner Sports profiles Astros right-hander Collin McHugh.
- Call to the Pen expects Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to opt out of his contract after the season.
- Jays Journal delves into rest-of-season possibilities for Aaron Sanchez.
- Outside Pitch MLB is impressed with a couple of the Yankees’ young pitchers.
- isportsweb looks ahead to the Phillies’ 2017 rotation.
- Brew Crew Fever breaks down what the Brewers’ roster could look like in 2017.
- Clubhouse Corner interviews former major leaguer and current Astros television analyst Geoff Blum.
- Wayniac Nation chats with Yankees second-round pick Nick Solak.
- A’s Farm checks in on nine young pitchers the Athletics have acquired over the past year.
- Pirates Breakdown wants Pittsburgh to deploy Felipe Rivero, not Tony Watson, as its closer.
- Now On Deck doesn’t exactly expect righty Chris Tillman’s injury to cripple the Orioles.
- Off The Bench Baseball compares the Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks and the Mets’ Jacob deGrom.
- Halo Headquarters pays tribute to former Angels right-hander Nick Adenhart.
- Yanks Go Yard praises the recent play of Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks.
- Notes From The Sally names the top performers in the South Atlantic League.
- Brew City Sports Report explains what makes the rebuilding Brewers worth watching.
- NYRDCAST points out that the Cardinals are on track to do something they haven’t done since 1911.
- Camden Depot regards the National League as inferior to the American League.
- Everything Bluebirds challenges “old-school” thinking in baseball.
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Trout MVP!? So your telling without Trout this Angel team would be 35 games out of 1st rather than 20??? Okay…. Lolzzzz
Best player award? Sure, give it to Trout. MVP…. No way!
So trout is to blame for the whole pitching staff getting hurt and the lack of management to build a team around him. Ok.
Who said that? Not me. You may want to reread my post again clown. Pitching was not even brought up….. Amazing how many clowns assume these days.
MVP is the North American sports universal term for best player. Interpret it however you wish. It could go to the best player in the league or it could go to the best player on the best team or be decided upon completely differently. It is most often reserved for hitters and is most often the hitting equivalent of the Cy Young Award (award for best pitcher). Assuming that the ‘clown’ voters base their decisions on the player that performed best this season, Trout would probably win the award…..
But you already knew that.
MVP is not the term for best player in North American sports. Dead wrong in any major USA sport. Be it NBA, MLB, or NFL…. MVP is for the most valuable player, be it why it’s simply called MVP. It’s really just that simple.
Your comment adds nothing to the conversation, my replies end here.
Name calling certainly helps the discussion
Don’t get made because your wrong Kayrall. Learn from it and become a better smarter person from it.
* mad. * you’re.
haloshane please stop saying lolzzzzz
NL is better. The al is lucky they have a dh
Very much this.
What facts are you basing that off of or is that just your opinion? AL has more World Series titles, one less all star game win and has dominated interleague play since it started.
Altuve should be AL MVP
Agreed. Altuve is such a good ball player.
Yep!!
Agree.
I think Altuve has a really good chance. It will also be interesting to see how Ortiz does in the voting.
as much as I think it should be trout I know he won’t get it cause the Angels stink this year. That being said, altuve is my second pick for al MVP. the guy does everything for a contending team. Altuve or Donaldson will probably end up with it
Donaldson should be MVP again! 3 homers today and is heating up even more at the most important time of the season.
The last month could determine Donaldson’s MVP standing. The thing that is helping him as much as his great #’s is how the Jays have done with Joey Bats being all but a waste of space this season. Donaldson has played a huge role in having the Jays near the top this summer.
How has Bautista been a waste of space? He’s still well above average lol
You’re right. He’s been on the DL well above the league average this year.
Trout should not be penalized for playing with awful teammates
Exactly! The “he can’t win mvp because he wasn’t on a winning team” argument is so dumb.
My favorite player, Goldy, lost to McCutchen in ’13 and then to Harper in ’15, guess why?
He lost to Harper because Harper had a one of the best hitting seasons of all time
as much as he shouldn’t, voters have proven that they will get punished
I’m a Jays fan and i’d LOVE to see JD repeat! That being said I think Altuve deserves it. The guy hits everything.