This week in baseball blogs…
- theScore profiles Mookie Betts and discusses the Red Sox superstar with some of his teammates.
- Astros County examines the outstanding work of Houston’s rotation.
- The K Zone researches the best ways to build a winning team.
- The Runner Sports believes the Yankees will make an attempt to sign Bryce Harper in the offseason.
- Clubhouse Corner talks with Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli.
- Viva El Birdos details the change in approach Cardinals first baseman Jose Martinez has made this season.
- Know Hitter, Hardball Via Hardcore and Foul Territory Baseball each react to Robinson Cano’s suspension.
- FSH Baseball delves into Matt Kemp’s productive season thus far and predicts how he’ll fare for the rest of the year.
- SportsTalkPhilly.com asks if it would make sense for the Phillies to reacquire Cole Hamels from the Rangers.
- BP Toronto breaks down how Seung Hwan-Oh, John Axford and Tyler Clippard have altered their pitch mixes to succeed as their stuff changes, and discusses the subject with Axford and Clippard.
- The First Out At Third focuses on Brewers outfielder Domingo Santana’s 2018 power outage.
- MLB & Fantasy Baseball Analyzed expects Ozzie Albies’ excellent numbers to regress significantly as the season advances.
- Mets Daddy opines that the club has begun laying the foundation for a Jacob deGrom trade.
- Pinstriped Prospects chats with former outfielder Nick Swisher about his new role with the Yankees.
- Rox Pile seeks a first base bat for the Rockies.
- Motor City Bengals sees the Tigers and Mariners as logical trade partners.
- The Loop Sports explains why the White Sox need to start showing improvement in the win-loss department.
- Camden Depot wonders how much longer the Orioles can pencil the struggling Chris Davis into their everyday lineup.
- Chin Music Baseball isn’t worried about the Indians’ mediocre start.
- STL Hat Trick analyzes the difference between young Cardinals hurlers Alex Reyes and Jordan Hicks.
- Jays From the Couch advises Toronto to move on from Kendrys Morales.
- Call to the Pen (links: 1, 2) names five potential replacement for injured Nationals catcher Matt Wieters and assesses the Phillies’ starting options after Aaron Nola and Jake Arrieta.
- The Sports Banter has an outside-the-box idea for how the Mets should approach this year’s draft.
- Notes from the Sally scouts Rangers outfield prospect Bubba Thompson.
- Bronx Bomber Ball offers an update on the Yankees’ top 10 pitching prospects.
- The Point of Pittsburgh wants to know when people will start showing up again to watch the Pirates.
- RSNStats looks at the rare feat of going 6-for-6 in a game, something George Springer did earlier this month.
- The 3rd Man In profiles and interviews LSU outfielder/draft prospect Zach Watson.
- Rotisserie Duck looks back at the past 20 No. 1 overall draft picks.
- The Giants Cove sees big problems with the team’s farm system.
- The Sports Tank credits Red Sox manager Alex Cora for some of J.D. Martinez’s success so far this season.
- Everything Bluebirds hopes the Blue Jays give more third base time to Russell Martin, thanks to fellow backstop Luke Maile’s early season output.
- Believeland Ball lists three reasons why Indians fans should care about this year’s draft.
- The Pinch Runner writes about the rise of Tommy John surgery.
- The Runner Sports (links: 1, 2) responds to Twins catcher Jason Castro’s season-ending injury and profiles Astros pitching prospect Joshua James.
- Rising Apple constructs a lineup of the Mets’ all-time worst hitters.
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OK time for the Bi-Weekly debate on whether the Yankees should go after Harper.
Noone knows cause its all a matter of opinion but who do you think will get a bigger contract. Harper or Machado?
That was a question on MLB tonight Friday. If I was gonna guess it would be Harper but not by a ton. People fantasize about that one great season, his tools, the hype since he was a kid, and what could be. Either one is gonna back the truck up.
He has 2 excellent seasons under his belt (with the bat, at least), and even his “bad” ones are well above average – again, speaking of his offensive. He’s currently rocking a .907 OPS with a .228 batting average, coming off a ridiculously low .194 BABIP. One his numbers start to normalize, he’ll likely be supporting another 1.000+ OPS season, or close to it. His floor/ceiling combo is just ridiculous, especially for a 25 year old.
And that doesn’t even touch on the off the field stuff. He’s one of the most marketable players in the game right now.
I just don’t know how anyone thinks he can stay healthy playing center field. I foresee -12DRS and injury prone.
If he signed with the Yankees he wouldn’t be playing CF.
I think Harper still, but Manny is doing his best to make it a legitimate conversation. If he wasn’t playing horrible defense at SS, he’d have a better argument.
A good defensive SS with the bat he’s swinging this year would be $$$$.
Please find another blog source for the Giants. Dyer is a buffoon
Yeah he’s really bad isn’t he?
I like how he presumes Ramos won’t be called up till he’s 24 cause the Giants always keep their players buried in the minors, then in his next paragraph he talks about Arroyo who was promoted last year at the age of 21…..um
Yes, and how Arroyo was “inexplicably traded”. They got an all star third baseman and arroyo has hit .200 in AAA so far. Longoria is frikkin good
Arroyo,was no big loss, but Longoria hasn’t been an All-Star since 2010, and he’s just not very good anymore..
Ok
In reading the article on Chris Davis, does he have the worst contract in baseball right now?
As an Oriole fan i think its a horrible contract. He says in interviews there paying him to hit home runs. Im still waiting. Jason heyward has another bad contract.