This week in baseball blogs:
- 216Stitches analyzes this winter’s class of free agent starting pitchers.
- Pirates Breakdown asks if now is the time for the Bucs to trade Gerrit Cole.
- Jays From the Couch argues that Toronto should sign Lorenzo Cain.
- The Loop Sports explains how the Cubs could lure Shohei Ohtani in free agency.
- The Runner Sports (links: 1, 2) bids farewell to Carlos Beltran and weighs in on the AL MVP results.
- Camden Depot studies Adam Jones’ offensive turnaround from 2016 to ’17.
- Real McCoy Minor News spotlights Braves third base prospect Austin Riley.
- The 3rd Man In profiles and interviews South Alabama outfielder Travis Swaggerty, a likely first-round pick in next year’s draft.
- Bronx Bomber Ball submits its Yankees offseason plan.
- Mets Daddy names potential second base trade targets for the team.
- Angelswin.com (links: 1, 2) offers the next two parts of its offseason primer.
- The Point of Pittsburgh examines Pirates closer Felipe Rivero’s trade value in the event of a deal.
- Call To The Pen runs down players the Phllies could go after both this offseason and next.
- BP Toronto opines that this will be Ross Atkins’ busiest offseason yet as the Blue Jays’ general manager.
- BASEBALLDOCS fasts forward a year to Manny Machado’s potential trip to free agency.
- Clubhouse Corner’s Bernie Pleskoff offers his AFL scouting reports on Justus Sheffield, Victor Robles, Ronald Acuna, Austin Riley and Francisco Mejia.
- MetsMind looks at why Dominic Smith didn’t win the first base job in September.
- Off The Bench notes that the Phillies would still need to upgrade their rotation even if they acquired Giancarlo Stanton.
- The Giants Cove explains why the club should steer clear of Stanton.
- DiNardo’s Dugout (podcast) discusses the MVP choices, the Braves’ new GM hire and the trade the Mariners and Athletics made this week.
- Motor City Bengals proposes a Tigers-Mariners trade.
- Reviewing The Brew is concerned about the dearth of left-handed pitching in the Brewers organization.
- Sports Talk Philly doesn’t believe the Phillies are as bullish on outfielder Nick Williams as their fan base is.
- Good Fundies believes bullpenning would be an effective strategy for the Mets.
- Pinstriped Prospects has a Rule 5 primer for the Yankees.
- Jays Journal lists minor league free agents who would be worth pursuing for Toronto.
- The First Out At Third revisits preseason projections for the Brewers’ hitters.
- District On Deck writes about the Nationals’ new coaching staff.
- The K Zone talks with Dodgers outfield prospect Tyler Adkison.
- Rotisserie Duck shares some observations from this year’s edition of The Bill James Handbook.
- Chris Zantow rewinds to then-Brewers owner Bud Selig’s front office purge in November 1977.
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So when Ohtani comes to the Cubs, will he wear his #11?
Doubt it cause he will be on the Yankees and that’s Brett Gardner’s
He’ll wear #11 for the Mariners, that’s wide open.
Forsythe has 11 so he will probably wear 21
Hate to say it there’s a few spots on the Mariners that are wide open…
Forsythe wasn’t man enough to give his number to Yu. What makes you think he’ll give it to Ohtani?
The Cubs have a chip and a chair. Then they need to say a prayer.
#11 isn’t being used by the cubs.
A landing spot like Detroit for Dan Vogelbach makes a lot of sense for that dude is too good of a hitter to be a career AAA’er in my opinion!
He needs a chance with a team that can offer chances and the Tiggers fit that bill….
I know it is a small sample size but Vogelbach has looked totally lost at the plate. I believe he has put 1 ball in fair play and it was a can of corn that barely got out of the infield. He is not going to be an MLB 1st BM. His only chance to be on a roster spot is to be a DH you would think he would look better than that especially working with Edgar. I hated this trade and would love it if we got rid of him. He just fell deeper on the depth chart with the Healy trade. If we could get a player that would help next year that would be great.
Williams was a .1 WAR player with a 380ish babip I believe. I can see why the phils aren’t sky high on him. Hard for me to believe he rated as such a bad baserunner.
That Stanton issue hits it on the head, the giants if given the opportunity shouldn’t pick up Stanton…..
Longtime pirates fan and I have to say I think waiting until July makes sense. Strong FA market for pitchers might drive down his value. If you wait till a contender has a big need in July you
Might get more. Unless of course a team is willing to pay Big now for a full 2 seasons
Or he gets hurt and you get nothing.
This is true. I don’t think you can always make trades under the assumption the player will get hurt. Injuries happen yes, but trading a player because he MIGHT get hurt makes little sense.
The Pirates and the Yanks have hooked up on trades in the past and the New York has a lot of assets that would fit Pittsburgh…
*Yankees have a lot of assets that would fit the Pirates…
I wonder what the Yankees would be willing to part with for 2 years of Cole?
Could start with Andujar,Abreu,and maybe Acevedo. Definitely not Torres…
That’s 3 Yankee top 10 prospects,one that is a top 100 MLB prospect. The Pirates might want more but that’s a jumping off point…
I agree totally with everything Bronx Bomber Ball wrote except extending Didi at this time.