This week in baseball blogs:
- BP Toronto argues that the Blue Jays should try to acquire the majors’ home run leader, Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton.
- The Sports Tank is relieved the Red Sox didn’t trade for third baseman Todd Frazier last month, as failing to do so paved the way for the already fruitful Rafael Devers era.
- MLB Sweet Spot shares a long-term projection for Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge.
- Inside the ’Zona writes about outfielder J.D. Martinez’s performance since the Diamondbacks acquired him from the Tigers last month.
- The Redbird Daily delves into Cardinals righty Mike Leake’s woeful stretch of starts.
- Outfield Fly Rule projects the Braves’ top 30 position player prospects.
- Puckett’s Pond has a Twins offseason wish list.
- District On Deck is concerned about the Nationals’ defense.
- PhoulBallz interviews Phillies director of player development Joe Jordan.
- MetsMind analyzes Yoenis Cespedes’ “frustrating” year.
- The Point of Pittsburgh wants more sliders and fewer fastballs from the Pirates’ bullpen.
- A’s Farm looks ahead to 2018 for the Athletics.
- The Giants Cove fasts forward to next year’s San Francisco squad.
- Call to the Pen details some possibilities for the Phillies’ 2018 rotation.
- Jays From The Couch assesses Roberto Osuna’s value.
- The Runner Sports (links: 1, 2) takes a look at struggling Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman and notes some similarities between Astros second baseman/outfielder Tony Kemp and Hall of Famer Joe Morgan.
- Mets Daddy opines that first baseman Dominic Smith should play against left-handed pitching.
- Motor City Bengals names potential candidates for the Tigers’ final 40-man roster spot.
- Pirates Breakdown wonders what it will mean if the Bucs miss the playoffs again.
- Clubhouse Corner’s Bernie Pleskoff offers his thoughts on the Hall of Fame and its voting process.
- Rotisserie Duck tries to sell analytics to baby boomers.
- Everything Bluebirds explains how Major League Baseball failed Blue Jays right-hander Aaron Sanchez.
- Jays Journal wonders if Sanchez and teammate Marcus Stroman are feuding.
- Camden Depot focuses on how Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander’s activation will affect the rest of the lineup.
- Elite Sports NY believes a lack of playing time is hurting Yankees utilityman Tyler Wade’s development.
- PhilliesNation highlights some of the team’s under-the-radar prospects.
- Ladodgerreport lauds the Dodgers’ two-out hitting.
- Underthought and Call to the Pen looks at the stolen base in today’s MLB.
- Now On Deck notes that the Orioles are in a tough spot in the AL wild-card race.
- Pinstriped Prospects features a scouting report on Yankees infielder Ricky Surum.
- Extra Innings profiles walk leader Mark Teahen and other former big leaguers in Italy.
- Sports Talk Philly asks which members of the Phillies’ World Series-winning 2008 team will go on the franchise’s Wall of Fame.
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As far as Pirates blogs go, where the majority are usually Front office apologists of the highest order, pirates bdown consistently has a very neutral, objective outlook. Good for them
Most Pirate blogs? You don’t get out much, do you? 🙂 Quite a few good ones out there.
Odd. All of the blogs I have seen talk about the Pirates’ front office with a hatred so visceral you’d think Neal Huntingdon sent them video of himself naked with their wives.
Thank you for the laugh…lol…Good stuff bud.
Enjoyed the Braves post – good comps.
Yeah, I liked the position player comparisons much more than the pitching prospects comparisons…
That blog typically does excellent work, but I thought some of the pitching comparisons for the Braves prospects were a little lazy..For example, there was more than one AJ Burnett comparison, and Touki was compared to Pedro Martinez, even though the author stated he thought Touki’s future was in the bullpen…So yeah, Touki’s comparison obviously made ZERO sense whatsoever..lol…
Interesting though that the author decided to go with Lamb for Riley…Right now, I’m not sure exactly who I’d compare Riley with, I’d honestly probably go with Mike Moustakas..
RunDMC, or anyone else that’s familiar with the Braves farm and their prospects, for that matter, do you or you guys have any comparisons, you would like to share?? It can be either for the pitchers or hitters…
(FYI, the pitching comparisons’ article I’m referencing, comes from the same blog. If you continue to scroll down through the player comparisons, you should see a link that highlights the pitching comps..)
Impressive A’s young talent… Of course, one of questions is when are they going to be competitive again… Only time will tell…
the BP Toronto blog is a waste of time. it’s much about “the jays should get insert superstar here”.
but after all the reasons why ends with probably doesn’t have the capital or front office willing to do it.
What on earth could they even offer the Marlins!? Jays need to restock the farm, not deplete it even further. It’s going to take all of their top five to land Stanton. And then they have to deal with that Vernon Wells-Esque boat anchor of a contract, not to mention Stanton would never agree to come to Canada over the west coast.
I doubt it would take all of the jays top 5 talent to get Stanton. If they took on his entire contract, a deal around vlad JR would get it done. It’s a moot point though because he isn’t going to waive his NTC to go to Toronto.
Taking on Stanton’s entire contract and giving up Guerrero would get Shapiro and Atkins fired immediately
The A’s should trade for Giancarlo Stanton. The new stadium may be appealing to someone who is from California and has a no trade clause to waive
arte Moreno should just say screw tax and trade Calhoun, Heaney, and cowart for Stanton and Gordon taking on all the money. then you either have an insane top 4 in the lineup or you have a youngish long term piece allowing you to deal trout for the motherload.
Interesting proposal…just thinking about Trout and Stanton in the same line-up…
I’m curious, would anyone bat them back-to-back?? I really don’t think I would, personally.
I’d probably have a fairly quick, line-drive, contact guy batting 9th, and then your typical lead-off, quick, high OBP hitter batting 1st. Then, I would insert Trout batting second in the line-up, then I’d have my 3rd best power/contact combination hitter batting in the 3 spot of the line-up, and then I’d bat Stanton in the 4 spot…
The main reason, I would do this is, because I think it would greatly assist that 3-hole hitter. Trout will hit and get slightly pitched around regardless, so that really doesn’t matter, BUT that 3-hole hitter would tend to see much better pitches with Stanton hitting behind him. I tend to think it would allow the #3 hitter the chance to really excel, but then again, this is all hypothetical and wouldn’t ever happen…so it doesn’t really matter…lol
Anyways, just a thought…