This week in baseball blogs…
- Chin Music Baseball ranks potential landing spots for J.T. Realmuto.
- The Point of Pittsburgh ponders whether signing Manny Machado would make economic sense for the Pirates.
- Sox On 35th reacts to the potential seven- and eight-year offers on the table for Machado.
- Around the Foghorn looks back at Farhan Zaidi’s transaction history with the Dodgers and what the Giants can expect from their new president moving forward.
- Angels Avenue breaks down Hansel Robles’ 2018 turnaround.
- Sports Betting Dime takes a look at the most likely suitors for Dallas Keuchel.
- STL Hat Trick doesn’t see Keuchel and the Cardinals as a logical match.
- Know Hitter proposes a Tigers-Marlins-Brewers trade featuring several familiar names.
- District On Deck focuses on the Nationals’ 2019-20 crop of free agents.
- East Village Times highlights starters the Padres could acquire via trade.
- CheckSwings introduces a prospect comparison system.
- Foul Territory asks if a strike is on the way.
- The Giants Cove observes that “Major League Baseball’s fiscal hammer is in firmly the hands of team owners and their representative, the Commissioner of Baseball.”
- The Runner Sports (links: 1, 2) rejects the notion that the Yankees are being cheap and profiles Astros pitching prospect Tanner Duncan.
- Mets Daddy believes the NL East is in the Phillies’ hands.
- Prospect Universe has some concerns regarding Boston’s farm system.
- Chipalatta examines the new challenges the Astros’ front office has faced this offseason.
- Jays Journal names Toronto’s all-time position player WAR leaders.
- Reviewing The Brew regards the Brewers and the Phillies as potential trade partners.
- Rox Pile sees similarities between the 2019 Rockies and the 2018 Red Sox.
- Tomahawk Take lists 10 ways the Braves can improve in 2019.
- Crawfish Boxes looks at the similarities between new Astros second base prospect Luis Santana and Jose Altuve.
- Mets Critic analyzes the additions to the projected Mets.
- The First Out At Third is bullish on the Brewers’ Yasmani Grandal addition.
- MLB & Fantasy Baseball Analyzed revisits some memorable trades.
- Call to the Pen (links: 1, 2) writes about the potential of the Phillies making a big splash in free agency, and ranks the Giants’ 10 best prospects
- Rising Apple offers an early look at the 2019 NL Cy Young race.
- Statsswipe has a piece on Jesus Aguilar’s 2018 season.
- Jays From the Couch notes that Kendrys Morales presents a roadblock to Toronto’s 2019 plans.
- Pinstriped Prospects (links: 1, 2) ranks the Yankees’ top five prospects at both first and second base.
- A’s Farm previews the possible opening day roster for the Athletics’ new Triple-A affiliate in Las Vegas.
- Wander Rays ranks the top 10 left-handed pitching prospects in Tampa Bay’s system.
- Rotisserie Duck names some interesting 2018 stat leaders.
- The Dugout Online shares some favorite no-hitter facts.
- Birds Watcher lists five Orioles prospects facing key seasons in 2019.
- SportsRadio 94 WIP (podcast) discusses the Phillies’ all-time dream team with Tom Stone, author of Now Taking the Field.
- Extra Innings UK covers recent Dodgers signee Markus Solbach, a native of Germany who just set a record in the Australian Baseball League.
- Everything Bluebirds makes a case for the Blue Jays to bring back John Axford.
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Max Scherzer has to be NL Cy Young favorite every year!
And Clayton.
Maybe when Kershaw proves he can make 30 starts a year again. Which he hasn’t done since 2015. I’d say he’s firmly out of the favorite discussio until further notice. Scherzer and Degrom have easily jumped him.
Bring on a strike….I’m with the owners on driving down market. Free agency one day will be fun again amd we can thank the owners.
The superstars just make way too much money. When is enough?
Exactly.
Wow. So you would rather the owners get more of the money the PLAYERS create? The players share of revenue is falling and you want the owners to get more. So I should go advocate for your boss to LOWER your hourly wage?
@Your I would certainly encourage your boss to lower your hourly wage—particularly if you’ve shown a consistent propensity to underperform. I’d also do it if the market underwent a correction on hourly wages. There might come a time to pony up more later, but I certainly wouldn’t pay you more just for the sake of it.
MLB just set its record for revenue. Salaries shouldn’t be going in one direction when revenues are going the other way…
JD, that’s your logic but not everyone’s.
JD what were the expenses? Do you even know? Maybe they broke a record for overall expenses. Better yet, why not use the revenue to create more jobs in Major League Baseball?
The problem for owners isn’t necessarily the money but that there’s team budget and a cap. The team needs to field a 49-man roster + front office + benefits + farm system.
So not paying Harper or Machado big money allows the team to get other players into the mix.
The problem isn’t players wanting more money. As long as owners keep jacking up ticket, parking, concession, and merchandise prices to increase revenue, the players and their agents will try to get a piece of the pie too. If the revenue is split 50/50 (give or take 1-2%) then this I don’t see a problem with salaries being whatever they are. My issue is that prices keep going up. It’s getting to a point where you have to be upper-middle class to go to a game with your kids. We, the fans, should go on a strike and I promise we’ll see Change real quick.
^Fanadvocate – yes. The fans are more powerful than they know.
Ya, those poor billionaires owners being taken to the cleaners by millionaire ball players.
Okay, so why do you even HAVE a side?
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but these blogs are from last week.
I see they corrected their error
This will be the 3rd sequential year that the Brewers make the projection algorithims look like they were calculated by 4th graders. Honestly, at some point you would think the sheer embarrassment would spur fangraphs and the likes to adapt. How often can they keep looking like fools before they lose all credability?
I really agree with you here. I’m a Braves fan and they don’t seem to get either of our teams well. You guys just added Grandel for SUCH a good deal but yet no love. This is coming from a total believer in metrics.