This week in baseball blogs…
- Reviewing the Brew puts together a Brewers-Mets trade centering on Jacob deGrom.
- Armchair All-Americans analyzes Zach Eflin’s successful first half of the season.
- Rockies Redux argues that the club should consider trading DJ LeMahieu.
- Motor City Bengals explores trade scenarios involving Tigers lefty Matthew Boyd.
- Jays From the Couch polls readers on who’s the better trade chip – Marcus Stroman or Aaron Sanchez.
- Chin Music Baseball identifies six impending free agents who need to get back on track.
- Fish Stripes talks with Marlins pitching prospect Pablo Lopez.
- The Giants Cove wonders if either the Dodgers or Mets will do anything major prior to the trade deadline.
- Pirates Breakdown wants the Bucs to sell.
- Call to the Pen (links: 1, 2, 3) previews the trade deadline for the NL East; sees the Rays and Nationals as logical trade partners; and names potential July trade targets for the Phillies.
- Underthought (links: 1, 2) re-examines preseason win projections for both leagues.
- Everything Bluebirds reacts to the Blue Jays’ decision to trade Steve Pearce.
- Off The Bench advises the Dodgers to trade for Marlins reliever Kyle Barraclough.
- Joker Mag breaks down the success of the Rays’ bullpen experiment.
- District On Deck grades the performances of the Nationals’ offensive players.
- Infield Shift takes a look at the Braves’ bullpen and the job security of manager Brian Snitker.
- The Pinch Runner and Foul Territory each have pieces on Brewers slugger Jesus Aguilar.
- MLB & Fantasy Baseball Analyzed uses BABIP to find hitters who could improve and others who might regress.
- Pinstriped Prospects previews the Yankees’ upcoming Rule 5 decisions.
- Rising Apple focuses on the three key members of the Mets’ new decision-making hierarchy.
- Rox Pile looks at how Carlos Gonzalez has turned things around since a slow start.
- Bucs Dugout sees more questions than answers with this year’s Pirates.
- Bronx to Bushville looks back on the moves the Brewers did and didn’t make during the offseason.
- BP Toronto is optimistic about young Blue Jays hurler Ryan Borucki’s future.
- PhoulBallz chats with former major leaguer/current Phillies Triple-A bench coach Wes Helms.
- Think Blue Planning Committee talks with Dodgers pitching prospect Zach Pop.
- The K Zone interviews Mets outfield prospect Patrick Biondi.
- Camden Depot shares its view on controversial prospect Luke Heimlich.
- North Shore Nine (podcast) discusses the state of the Pirates and the players they should be shopping at the trade deadline.
- Fansided wonders if Bryce Harper could end up on the block this season.
- The Runner Sports ponders the future of Astros outfield prospect Myles Straw.
- Mets Daddy calls team owner Jeff Wilpon “a petty and despicable man” for his treatment of Sandy Alderson.
- Blue Jays From Away writes about Toronto’s minor league pitchers who could be with the club in 2019.
- Bat Flips & Nerds explains why next year’s London Series between the Yankees and Red Sox matters in the UK.
- The Point of Pittsburgh revisits some articles from the season’s first half to see if the analysis holds up.
- Chris Zantow rewinds to 1977, when the Brewers drafted Paul Molitor.
- Good Fundies flashes back to the Mets’ attempt to play longtime catcher Todd Hundley in left field.
- Rotisserie Duck lists some memorable baseball quotes.
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#1, 2, 6 and 23 prospects in the Brewers system sounds about right for DeGrom to me. He won’t be cheap nor should he be.
Swap out Hiura and Burnes and put in Santana and another prospect outside the top 10 and I’ll accept it
I second this, y’all can have chacin too
I have to assume your post is meant as a joke, but unless that other prospect is Yelich, you can stop dreaming about DeGrom in a Brewers’ jersey now. There is no way Santana and Ray are the headliners in a potential DeGrom trade.
I’d give that package to the Mets. Huira is the only one I care about. Burnes hasn’t been great this year and we are not short starting pitching. Ray isn’t great and zach is just ok. I like every prospect a lot but two full years after this year where we could actually win the World Series would be great
Infield Shift- when you say phrases multiple times like “I think” and “seems to me”, it really is just YOUR opinion. “I think”(me), it’s a stupid article written by someone that is currently wearing pajamas that his aunt gave him at Easter.
While I dont like the idea of trading Boyd, cudos to Motor City Bengals for listing potential targets that are not household names, and even looking at a trade proposal put forth by Mariners fans.
To get someone like DeGrom it is going to be very costly. The Brewers have a really nice team right now and DeGrom could be the difference. I really don’t see the Mets dealing with the Yankees so the Brewers could sweep in and get DeGrom. Prospects are just that prospects and while it hurts to watch prospects go you don’t get a chance to win very often and DeGrom is a difference maker.
if the brewers make this move, I think they win the central over the cubs.
If we didn’t need a 2B so much I’d be more alright with losing Hiura. If we can get Merrifield and Degrom I’d be happier. Unlike other teams we don’t need bullpen upgrades so if we focused on those instead and called up Nottingham we could maybe win the pennant, because pitching, especially bullpen pitching, wins the playoff series.