This week in baseball blogs:
- Minor League Ball uses advanced stats to evaluate Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge.
- Baseball Hot Corner argues that the Mets should trade Matt Harvey.
- The Point of Pittsburgh and Pirates Breakdown each have pieces on Bucs right-hander Gerrit Cole.
- Camden Depot, using wins above replacement, names four ways to define an ace.
- Notes From The Sally scouts Phillies Single-A outfield prospect Mickey Moniak, the top pick in last year’s draft.
- Big Three Sports explains why Red Sox ace Chris Sale can save Cy Young voting.
- Now On Deck contends that Trey Mancini is vital to the Orioles’ future.
- The 3rd Man In interviews and profiles one of the best prospects in this year’s draft, left-hander MacKenzie Gore.
- BP Toronto believes the Blue Jays’ Roberto Osuna is back in elite closer form.
- Bronx Bomber Ball and Call To The Pen each pay tribute to Derek Jeter.
- District On Deck wants the Nationals to give Jayson Werth a contract extension.
- A’s Farm talks with right-handed prospect Logan Shore, who was the team’s second-round pick in last year’s draft.
- Outside Pitch MLB analyzes the Brewers’ rotation.
- Call To The Pen (links: 1, 2) applauds the Tigers’ decision to pull Francisco Rodriguez from the closer role and looks ahead to 2018 for the Phillies.
- Jays Journal wonders what Toronto should do with out-of-options infielder Ryan Goins once Troy Tulowitzki comes off the disabled list.
- Pinstriped Prospects ranks the Yankees’ top 50 prospects.
- Clubhouse Corner focuses on the Mets’ injury woes.
- Everything Bluebirds writes about the possibility of the Blue Jays signing Doug Fister.
- Mets Daddy points out that, despite all the turmoil, the Mets have played better of late.
- The Tenth Inning Stretch profiles newly acquired Twins left-hander Kevin Chapman.
- The Runner Sports spotlights Astros right-handed prospect Trent Thornton.
- When Sid Slid shares its latest Braves prospect hot sheet.
- Die Hard NYY suggests the Yankees can solve their first base problems from within.
- Clutchlings regards Danny Jansen as the Blue Jays’ catcher of the future.
- Rotisserie Duck presents “71 Reasons I Love Baseball.”
- Baseball Hot Corner opines that the impatience of fans, not pace of play, is the sport’s problem.
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Reasonable?
Braves get: Yelich and Barraclough
Marlins get: Ian Anderson, Acuna, another mid level prospect.
No, that’s an awful deal for the Marlins.
Not even reasonable ahahah
And this is why people think Braves’ fans are nuts. No, that’s not reasonable whatsoever.
MLB ready talent is needed to pry Yelich away from the Fish.
That would never happen. I would bet Swanson or Albies would have to be involve to get Yellich
Send Harvey to Boston… for Matt Barnes
Pass.
Not gonna lie, there hasn’t been anything in baseball that has ever made me as mad as the Verlander-porcello Cy young event last year. Totally messed up.
I know people are still stunned by that but the simple fact of the matter is there was NO clear favorite for AL Cy Young last year. Porcello basically won because he wasn’t the least favorite choice. It was a toss up entirely. A solid argument could have made for Verlander or Kluber or Porcello. Any stat that could be brought up about one could be countered by a different one by any of the others. So get over it.
Want to whine about a Cy Young year, try 2005 Bartolo Colon winning over Mariano Rivera or Johan Santana.
I have to agree with this. Admittedly a Red Sox fan, but any of the three could have one. It was quite a coin toss, with each pitcher mentioned above having a shot. Porcello won, and I suppose it’s one of those moments votes really counted, vs. any one particular statistic that would have.
Baseball Hot Corner, Frank Pimentel says i his article: “If the Mets are serious about trading Harvey, they will undeniably have many takers for his services,” Of course I’m no GM but, I’m thinking just “Stay away from this guy…”
At such a young age, he’s already shown a loss in velocity, he’s injury prone, he’s currently suspended for breaking team rules but worse, his overall off-field actions have owners, management and his peers openly vexed over his childish, self serving “act”.
He may be worth it to a team in “win now” mode who is known to overpay for someone risky that may put them over the edge.
The irony is that Mets would need to trade now because in a month there will be other pitchers on the block better than he is. But since the Mets aren’t out yet that would be a mistake.
I’ve said for a while the Mets need to trade Harvey after this year because they can’t afford to resign him anyway
2016 Aaron Judge: Too small a sample size to say this is who he is.
2017 Aaron Judge: This is who he is.
“Baseball Hot Corner opines that the impatience of fans, not pace of play, is the sport’s problem.”
“It’s not our product. It’s our customers. Our customers suck. They need to change.”
Good luck with that, Man.
This
Just curious to know: what would Yankees fans think an acceptable offer for Gerrit Cole would be?
Oh so many Johnny Superscouts