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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Free Agents, Yelich, Jays, Lynn, Astros, Cards

By Connor Byrne | February 3, 2018 at 8:40pm CDT

This week in baseball blogs…

  • Athletics Nation argues that this winter’s top free agents need to lower their asking prices.
  • Big Three Sports writes about the effects that a home park change will have on new Brewer Christian Yelich.
  • Jays From the Couch wants Toronto to sign Lance Lynn.
  • Astros County has an interesting idea for Houston’s rotation.
  • Musings Of A Baseball Addict takes an in-depth look at Eric Hosmer.
  • STL Hat Trick discusses the Cardinals’ offseason with Craig Mish of Sirius XM.
  • The Junkball Daily reveals which pitcher benefited from the friendliest strike zone from 2014-17.
  • Know Hitter makes four trade proposals involving the Marlins.
  • Camden Depot still sees hope for the 2018 Orioles.
  • The Point of Pittsburgh regards the Pirates and Blue Jays as logical trade partners.
  • Bronx To Bushville explores why the Brewers haven’t traded Domingo Santana.
  • The K Zone shares interviews with five top 100 prospects.
  • Chin Music Baseball lists seven relievers with a lot to prove this year.
  • The Giants Cove expects an interesting NL wild-card race in 2018.
  • East Village Times wonders if the Padres should sign a free agent starter.
  • The Loop Sports examines the future of the Cubs’ rotation.
  • Outfield Fly Rule advocates for higher wages for minor leaguers.
  • Baseball Takes contends that the Orioles do a poor job evaluating pitching.
  • The 3rd Man In profiles and interviews left-hander Konnor Pilkington, one of the top pitching prospects in this year’s draft class.
  • Pinstriped Prospects ranks the Yankees’ top 75 prospects.
  • Moiderer’s Row focuses on the state of the AL East.
  • Pirates Breakdown explains how the slow market is affecting the Bucs.
  • Mets Daddy proposes a trade that would send Asdrubal Cabrera to the Marlins for Starlin Castro.
  • Rox Pile names four important camp battles to watch for the Rockies.
  • Motor City Bengals predicts the Tigers’ 2018 lineup.
  • Dodgers Way projects the club’s bullpen.
  • A’s Farm offers updates on Oakland’s stadium plans and the team’s youth movement.
  • Everything Bluebirds is worried about the Blue Jays’ lack of starting pitching depth.
  • Rotisserie Duck uses Major League Equivalents to evaluate prospects.
  • Call to the Pen (links: 1, 2) opines that MLB should force Fred Wilpon to sell the Mets, and writes about the No. 2 spot in the Phillies’ rotation.
  • NY Yankees Digest debates the five greatest Yankees of all-time.
  • The Runner Sports (links: 1, 2) asks if the slow offseason will lead to a strike, and
    profiles Astros prospect Jack Mayfield.
  • Jays Journal highlights Toronto vets who have plenty to prove.
  • Great Britain Baseball celebrates its first Hall of Famer by examining Trevor Hoffman’s coaching stint for Britain during the WBC qualifiers.
  • Extra Innings UK reveals the comprehensive schedule of 2018 international baseball tournaments.
  • District On Deck makes five predictions on first-year Nationals manager Dave Martinez’s style.
  • Puckett’s Pond ranks the five best corner infield pairs in Twins history.

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18 Comments

  1. dynamite drop in monty

    8 years ago

    Anyone here remember TWIB NOTES?

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    • deuceswild

      8 years ago

      This Week in Baseball with the great Mel Allen.

      1
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      • Mikel Grady

        8 years ago

        How about that

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        Reply
  2. matthew102402

    8 years ago

    That Miami, Boston trade proposal with Barraclough, Bour, and Castro just has me rolling.

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    • Padres2019ha

      8 years ago

      What an idiotic proposal

      Reply
  3. Tom E. Snyder

    8 years ago

    I love the idea of tandem pitching for the Astros (Astros County). I’ve been pushing it since the postseason.

    Reply
  4. Bocephus

    8 years ago

    Five greatest Yankees:
    1. Babe Ruth
    2. Lou Gehrig
    3. Mickey Mantle
    4. Joe DiMaggio
    5. Yogi Berra

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    Reply
    • tycobb016

      8 years ago

      Yogi would warm up on deck swinging two bats, walk to the plate with them, take another swing and toss one to the bat boy as he got in the box.

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      Reply
    • nyy42

      8 years ago

      Ruth
      Gehrig
      Rivera
      MM
      Jeter

      Reply
  5. Paul Heyman

    8 years ago

    The marlins, royals trade proposal is just flat out funny. I don’t think the marlins would pay Ian Kennedy all that money left on his contract!

    1
    Reply
  6. shane

    8 years ago

    The Athletics Nation write up on free agents is really worth the read.

    5
    Reply
  7. redsfan48

    8 years ago

    Asdrubal Cabrera > Starlin Castro.

    Reply
    • simschifan

      8 years ago

      No he’s not

      Reply
  8. 66TheNumberOfTheBest

    8 years ago

    “Call to the Pen opines that MLB should force Fred Wilpon to sell the Mets.”

    How many people would buy a house in a place where the other neighbors could get together and force you to sell that house if they didn’t think your paint and lawn looked nice enough?

    What would it do to home prices if that happened?

    Unless it is something that will take money out of their own pockets like Donald Sterling (or Marge Schott, for that matter) the owners are not going to force anyone out. Doing so would harm the future sale prices of their own teams.

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    • 24TheKid

      8 years ago

      Can’t the HOA pretty much do that if they have one?

      Reply
      • Tom

        8 years ago

        It depends on the bylaws in the HOA, and even if one wanted to “force” an owner to sell, it would end up in court long before a realtor’s office.

        MLB cannot force Wilpon to sell, and they have no reason to anymore. The Mets are more financially solvent than they were when they should have been pressured to sell (in the years immediately following the Madoff scandal). Now there is no reason to force him to sell; it’s a private company, and just because fans do not like the way the company is being run means the owner has to sell.

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  9. Cardinals17

    8 years ago

    Sounds like a bunch of wishful thinking in all of these to me !!

    Reply
  10. andrewgauldin

    8 years ago

    That was a hell of a read from Astros County. Especially after reading the 4 trade proposals from Miami, that was a joke.

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