Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Orioles, Red Sox, D-backs, Jays, Bucs, Phils, NY

This week in baseball blogs:

• Now On Deck delves into the feud between the Orioles and Red Sox.
• Inside the ’Zona examines the Diamondbacks’ payroll situation, while BP Toronto does the same with the Blue Jays’.
• Extra Innings: Baseball Around The World chats with Mariners shortstop Jean Segura about the World Baseball Classic.
• Big Three Sports focuses on the quality (or lack thereof) of baseball broadcasts and the sport’s pace-of-play concerns.
• The 3rd Man In offers a detailed mock draft.
• North Shore Nine weighs in on whether Pirates owner Bob Nutting is a hero or a villain.
• Camden Depot wonders if Orioles righty Dylan Bundy will emerge as the franchise’s first post-Mike Mussina ace.
• Clubhouse Corner writes about the emergence of a new core in the Big Apple.
• Chin Music Baseball analyzes Red Sox ace Chris Sale’s early season dominance.
• PhilliesNation highlights a potential service time issue with highly touted shortstop prospect J.P. Crawford.
• The Point of Pittsburgh marvels at how right-hander Ivan Nova has turned his career around in Pittsburgh.
• The Unbalanced checks in on the longest home runs of the season thus far.
• Sports Heaven argues that Angels center fielder Mike Trout’s defensive play is overrated.
• Rising Apple isn’t confident that the Mets will be able to withstand their onslaught of injuries.
• The Runner Sports recaps the Yankees’ April.
• Outside Pitch MLB observes that Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel has regained his elite form.
• Sports Talk Philly opines that the Phillies should consider extending righty Jeremy Hellickson.
• Pirates Breakdown places the blame on the Bucs’ players for the team’s sub-.500 start.
• PhoulBallz talks with Phillies Single-A pitching prospect Trevor Bettencourt, who was part of a combined no-hitter Saturday.
• MetsMind and Mets Daddy have separate pieces on outfielder Michael Conforto.
• Everything Bluebirds makes a case that catcher Russell Martin is the Blue Jays’ most important player.
• Die Hard NYY is bullish on Yankees Double-A pitching prospect Chance Adams.
• The Runner Sports (links here) profiles Astros righty prospect Akeem Bostick and a pitcher the team could target in the first round of this year’s draft.
• When Sid Slid shares its latest Braves prospect hot sheet.
• Call To The Pen looks at what’s ahead for the Phillies this month.
• Pinstriped Prospects breaks down some potential picks for the Yankees in the upcoming draft.
• District On Deck ranks Nationals manager Dusty Baker’s top five quotes from April.
• Rotisserie Duck names the greatest players to wear single-digit uniform numbers.
• Chris Zantow revisits the day then-Brewer Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career RBI record.
• MLB451 takes a look at the history of No. 2 in the Yankees organization as they prepare to retire it in honor of Derek Jeter.
• Jays Journal lists the walk-up music of Toronto’s hitters.

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