Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Yanks, Bucs, O’s, M’s, Astros, ChiSox, Phillies, Jays

This week in baseball blogs:

• Bronx Bomber Ball lists five moves general manager Brian Cashman has made that have fueled the Yankees’ resurgence this season.
• North Shore Nine delves into Pirates utilityman Adam Frazier’s blistering start to the season.
• Camden Depot considers an Orioles-Athletics trade centering on Trey Mancini and Kendall Graveman and an O’s-Marlins swap consisting of Mancini and Dan Straily.
• Extra Innings: Baseball Around the World speaks with Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano about the World Baseball Classic.
• Big Three Sports asks if the Astros are starting a ground-ball revolution.
• Outside Pitch MLB contends that scuffling White Sox southpaw Jose Quintana still has time to revive his trade value.
• Sports Talk Philly argues that the Phillies haven’t gotten enough from the players they received in trading reliever Ken Giles to the Astros in 2015.
• Banished to the Pen points out that Braves right-hander Julio Teheran isn’t faring well at the team’s new ballpark.
• The Point of Pittsburgh suggests the Pirates were right to cut the cord on Francisco Liriano when they did, while Everything Bluebirds addresses the left-hander’s poor performance with Toronto.
• The Swinging Strike compares Orioles righty Dylan Bundy and Nationals righty Stephen Strasburg.
• The Runner Sports (links: 1, 2, 3) opines that Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner is too valuable to trade, profiles Astros first base prospect Yordan Alvarez and names potential picks for the A’s at No. 6 in the draft.
• Reviewing The Brew regards this as a make-or-break year for Brewers righty Jimmy Nelson.
• Fueled By Sports ranks the 10 biggest busts in major league history.
• The 3rd Man In and Baseball MTJAG offer first-round mock drafts.
• Call to the Pen (links: 1, 2, 3) points out that tanking isn’t foolproof and looks at the Phillies’ middle infield options for 2018.
• Pirates Breakdown believes that center fielder Andrew McCutchen has hit rock bottom.
• BP Toronto and Jays From the Couch look ahead to the trade deadline for the Blue Jays.
• Welcome To Tim Street focuses on Phillies right-hander Vince Velasquez’s 2017 struggles.
• Mets Daddy wonders which of the team’s lefty-swinging 30-home run hitters will be the odd man out when injured left fielder Yoenis Cespedes returns.
• Notes From The Sally scouts Marlins lefty pitching prospect Braxton Garrett.
• PhoulBallz talks with Phillies second base prospect Scott Kingery and his Double-A manager, Greg Legg, about the success Kingery has had this year.
• Real McCoy Minor News interviews Rockies infield/outfield prospect Mylz Jones.
• Clubhouse Corner looks inside the role of a closer.
• Motor City Bengals is optimistic about the Tigers’ bullpen.
• AngelsWin breaks down the importance of this year’s draft for the Halos.
• Pinstriped Prospects sees Wake Forest first baseman Gavin Sheets as a potential draft pick for the Yankees.
• RSNStats recaps the Red Sox’s three-game sweep of the Rangers.
• Jays Journal writes about free agent catcher Dioner Navarro, whose wife nearly passed away during the offseason.
• Rotisserie Duck notes that it’s possible for a player’s real-life contract status to affect his fantasy value.

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