This week in baseball blogs:
- Cleveland Indians Perspective compares the American League Cy Young front-runners, the Tribe’s Corey Kluber and the Red Sox’s Chris Sale.
- Outfield Fly Rule tries to find out what’s in store for highly touted Braves outfield prospect Ronald Acuna.
- The K Zone shares an offseason interview with Phillies rookie sensation Rhys Hoskins.
- TheIntrepidSTL analyzes the struggles of Cardinals starter Mike Leake.
- The Giants Cove explains why the club is currently in such a poor state.
- Pirates Breakdown rates first baseman Josh Bell‘s rookie season among the best in franchise history.
- Clubhouse Corner’s Bernie Pleskoff discusses the prospect trio of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Nick Senzel and Kyle Tucker.
- Big Three Sports scouts Padres prospects Fernando Tatis Jr. and Adrian Morejon.
- Sports Talk Philly says time is running out for Phillies third baseman Maikel Franco.
- MetsMind and Mets Daddy have pieces on left-hander Steven Matz‘s disastrous season.
- Elite Sports NY talks to a scout who believes young Yankees hurler Freicer Perez is the premier pitching prospect in their farm system.
- The Loop Sports suggests a move to the bullpen for White Sox prospect Carson Fulmer.
- North Shore Nine asks what the Pirates have in utilityman Adam Frazier.
- Blue Jays from Away writes about the experience of attending a Jays-Cubs game at Wrigley Field.
- Stats Swipe examines the defensive performances of a few notable center fielders.
- Camden Depot notes that the Orioles weren’t the only team to give up on Angels right-hander Parker Bridwell.
- The Point of Pittsburgh believes Pirates manager Clint Hurdle should step down for his own sake.
- The Runner Sports (links: 1, 2) delves into the possibility of the Yankees moving Aaron Judge down in the lineup and looks at the Astros’ connections to the Negro Leagues.
- Jays From the Couch is bullish on righty Joe Biagini work from Toronto’s rotation this season.
- A’s Farm checks in on the Athletics’ minor league pitching prospects who have performed the best this season.
- MLB Sweet Spot evaluates a bullpen without labeling it in order to differentiate between fact and bias.
- Reviewing the Brew lists the top 10 candidates the Brewers could promote in September.
- BP Toronto and Jays Journal look at the Blue Jays’ potential September call-ups.
- Bronx Bomber Ball names 10 players the Yankees could call up next month.
- Ladodgerreport argues that manager Dave Roberts didn’t help Rich Hill‘s cause in the left-hander’s perfect game bid against the Pirates on Wednesday.
- DiNardo’s dugout (podcast) talks about Hill’s outing, the Yankees-Tigers brawl and whether Major League Baseball has or will ever have an NBA-like super team.
- Call to the Pen writes that the Phillies’ rookies are making their late-season promotions count.
- Puckett’s Pond wonders who should serve as the Twins’ fifth starter down the stretch.
- Pinstriped Prospects has a scouting report on young Yankees outfielder Evan Alexander.
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Extra Innings scouts the top prospects and former professionals at the European Championships.
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Championship teams don’t worry about who’s going to win the Cy Young award at the end of August, I guess when you’ve gone this long without winning the title any trophy will do
Just because some internet blog ran article about a silly award like the Cy Young doesn’t mean the team is worried about it one bit. I guess when they’ve gone this long without winning the title no trophy but the championship will do
What actual team is worried about a Cy Young award in August?
All I see is a fans blog which, if you bothered to read it, is written largely to pat the Cleveland hitters on the back for their treating Sale like a batting tee this season.
And why wouldn’t blogs talk about the performances of the top players like that? MLBTR has such a post up at this very moment, pondering who will be the NL MVP
Your post being so off the mark leaves me thinking you’re likely just a bitter Sale fan trying to lash out. Not sure what your point could have possibly been otherwise
Yes I am a Red Sox fan, but I’m far from lashing out, my city has won 10 titles in the last 15 years, Cleveland? Participation trophies only
I do love your field manager though
Gold star for you and Boston…Don’t need to be a douche with the unsolicited bashing.
Well you’re obviously not talking about the article linked here, and blatantly, randomly trying to attack Cleveland for some odd unknown reason. Add in the fact you don’t seem to have a point at all, and yeah, lashing out is the only thing which fits what you are doing.
As far as your city? Lets just say fans of clubs with 85 year losing streaks hardly have grounds to point fingers at anyone else. But to take it a step further and pitifully try to lash out at a city which holds both the Defending AL Champs and Defending Eastern Champs? When both your Red Sox and Celtics were not only eliminated, but even straight humiliated by said AL and Eastern Champs?
this made me moist
He’s 1000% right…
Just because some internet blog ran article about a silly award like the Cy Young doesn’t mean the team is worried about it one bit. I guess when they’ve gone this long without winning the title no trophy but the championship will do
“But with Hurdle yet to sign the extension that is waiting for him, he still has a chance to break free from King Nutting’s clutches.”
The victim mentality of so many Pirates “fans” would be really funny if it wasn’t so sad and PATHETIC.
They literally hate the team because the owner won’t lose money or take it out of his own pocket to subsidize the team. They want the Cubs payroll at AAA ticket prices and cheap beer and if the team owner won’t give it to him, he’s evil.
Angry, entitled, economically illiterate baseball welfare queens.
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