This week in baseball blogs…
- The K Zone, Pinstriped Prospects (links: 1, 2) Jays Journal and Good Fundies react to the Giancarlo Stanton trade.
- District On Deck argues that Yu Darvish wouldn’t be a worthwhile investment for the Nationals.
- 216Stitches analyzes this winter’s class of free agent infielders.
- The Loop Sports is bullish on the Cubs’ signing of Tyler Chatwood.
- BASEBALLDOCS wonders if the Orioles would be able to trade Manny Machado and still compete in 2018.
- DiNardo’s Dugout (podcast) discusses Chatwood, Machado, and weighs signing J.D. Martinez versus trading for Stanton.
- BP Toronto interviews Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro about relationships with the media and the difference between traditional and digital media.
- Sports Talk Philly previews the Winter Meetings from the Phillies’ perspective.
- Blue Jays Beat profiles free agent Alex Cobb.
- The First Out At Third names free agent targets for the Brewers.
- Big Three Sports has some concerns about Starling Marte.
- Clutchlings talks with Blue Jays assistant general manager Andrew Tinnish about the team’s international signings this year.
- Shellshocked (podcast) talks prospects and potential acquisitions for the Braves.
- Off The Bench believes signing Danny Valencia would make more sense for the Red Sox than splurging on Eric Hosmer.
- Call to the Pen writes about young Phillies J.P. Crawford, Jorge Alfaro and Scott Kingery.
- Reviewing the Brew sees the Brewers and Royals as potential trade partners.
- Pirates Breakdown doesn’t regard free agent Jaime Garcia as a logical target for the Bucs.
- World Series Dreaming focuses on some potential Cubs moves.
- The Runner Sports (links: 1, 2, 3) wonders how the Twins will respond to the Stanton and Shohei Ohtani moves from AL rivals, doesn’t see a Kyle Schwarber-Yankees match, and profiles an Astros prospect.
- Everything Bluebirds thinks the Blue Jays should consider swinging a deal for Nick Markakis.
- Know Hitter is pleased with the Tigers’ Leonys Martin signing.
- Clubhouse Corner highlights American League prospects on the cusp of the major leagues.
- Real McCoy Minor News offers updates on some Dominican Winter League notables.
- The Point of Pittsburgh believes that Tyler Glasnow‘s struggles could be fixed if both sides stopped being stubborn on pitching philosophies.
- Jays From the Couch is optimistic about Toronto’s Aledmys Diaz acquisition.
- Musings Of A Baseball Addict makes a Hall of Fame case for Billy Wagner.
- East Atlantic Look hopes Tim Lincecum returns to the big leagues.
- A’s Farm runs down the organization’s minor league coaching staff for 2018.
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The only reason why someone would hope Tim Lincecum returns to the majors is because they don’t like the guy, and enjoy watching him get shelled.
Yeah he’s toast
Once he cut his hair and stopped smoking weed, his pitching went downhill from there. He used to be great.
I’m sure it was the weed that made him great.
Actually, he lost his fastball a half a year before he started to get hit the following season. You see, the competition struggled in those few months more with his reputation than with his stuff. I told some relatives he was on the way out that offseason. They were in disbelief.. He started to put up pedestrian numbers. He cut his hair long after that. The weed I don’t know about.
Even if in terms of paying what you get for, I just don’t see the Red Sox settling for Danny V. I feel as though with these big teams, it becomes a d*** measuring contest. New York gets BDS, DD is going out and getting Hosmer. You have to please the fan bases.
Click on my blog. I argue that the Nationals would be a poor choice for Yu Darvish.
Pass. I prefer not to give clicks to blogs. I did read the description though and imagined what the article was like.
Darvish will most likely sign with Angels I bet.
Honestly, I think that the Everything Bluebirds article is somewhat laughable. I can definitely see Markakis being traded to Toronto, but the article exaggerates his value overall. And the “desperate to restock the farm system” part is hilarious, since even though the loss of the international prospects does sting a bit, the Braves still have a strong farm system after their loss.
Yes, while many have speculated about a possible fit for Markakis in Toronto in no way would he fetch very much of a return.
The BaseballDocs blog reminds me of a webpage I created when I was about 16. Man, if that’s all it takes to get linked on a site like MLBTR maybe I ought to be blogging…
I assume the blog regarding Schwaber and the Yanks was written prior to the Stanton trade. Obviously the Yanks wouldn’t have the space for him now.
My God can they stop with the Stanton stories. Bring on the winter meetings