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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Pirates, Jays, Rockies, Yankees, D-backs

By Connor Byrne | February 11, 2017 at 8:40pm CDT

This week in baseball blogs:

  • Legends On Deck has a piece from free agent right-hander Jon Velasquez, who reflects on his baseball career to this point.
  • Pirates Breakdown interviews Bucs righty prospect Mitch Keller.
  • Clutchlings talks with Blue Jays director of player development Gil Kim.
  • Chin Music Baseball argues that the Rockies erred in not signing now-Rangers first baseman Mike Napoli.
  • Camden Depot regards Orioles righty Kevin Gausman as a breakout candidate.
  • Think Blue Planning Committee looks at the Dodgers’ roster in the wake of the Sergio Romo, Franklin Gutierrez and Chase Utley deals.
  • Inside the ’Zona previews the battle among Shelby Miller, Patrick Corbin and Archie Bradley for the final two spots in the Diamondbacks’ rotation.
  • Pinstriped Prospects ranks the Yankees’ top 50 prospects.
  • NYRDCAST projects Cardinals righties Carlos Martinez, Mike Leake and Lance Lynn.
  • BP Toronto and Blue Jay Hunter analyze the signed Blue Jays’ signing of reliever Joe Smith.
  • Outside Pitch MLB and District On Deck offer thoughts on the possibility of the Nationals acquiring White Sox closer David Robertson.
  • Call To The Pen (links: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) compares the Phillies to the National League East rival Marlins and Braves; ranks the NL East in a separate piece; focuses on the biggest positional logjams across the majors; and lists six unheralded Yankees pitchers primed to make impacts in 2017.
  • A’s Farm projects the Athletics’ Opening Day roster.
  • Jays From the Couch interviews Blue Jays right-hander Mike Bolsinger.
  • The First Out At Third picks the Brewers’ starting rotation.
  • Rotisserie Duck forecasts the best hitters of 2017.
  • Two Strike Approach: A Baseball Podcast previews this year’s Yankees.
  • World Series Dreaming touches on Major League Baseball’s potential pace-of-play rule changes.
  • The Runner Sports (links: 1, 2, 3) lists the Yankees’ top five outfield- and designated hitter-related storylines entering spring training; previews the Yankees’ rotation; and profiles Astros righty Cy Sneed.
  • The 3rd Man In talks with UC Irvine outfielder Keston Hiura, one of the highest-ranked prospects going into this year’s draft.
  • Real McCoy Minors chats with Athletics pitching prospect Cody Stull.
  • Jays Journal names four Toronto prospects set to make their big league debuts in 2017.
  • Mets Daddy writes that left-handed reliever Josh Smoker needs to develop his slider.
  • The K Zone is pleased with the Dodgers’ decision to re-sign Utley.
  • MLB Reports highlights five teams that could either end up as contenders or pretenders this year.
  • The Point of Pittsburgh assembles a staff based on the best pitching seasons of individual Pirates since 1989.
  • Rascals Of the Ravine (links here) breaks down Dodgers fanfest.

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