This week in baseball blogs…
- Know Hitter makes cases for 20 teams to pursue Manny Machado in free agency.
- Chin Music Baseball (links: 1, 2) highlights the 10 best and worst players of 2018.
- The Point of Pittsburgh tries to find a match between the Pirates and Diamondbacks on a Robbie Ray/Nick Ahmed trade.
- Bronx To Bushville looks ahead to the Yankees’ offseason.
- Jays From the Couch shares an offseason plan for Toronto.
- SportsRadio 94 WIP analyzes 13 left-handed pitching options the Phillies could pursue this offseason.
- Motor City Bengals looks at outside first basemen the Tigers could go after in the coming weeks.
- RSNStats stacks the Red Sox up against their potential World Series opponents.
- Rox Pile names three key questions that will shape 2019 for the Rockies.
- Friars On Base examines the Padres’ upcoming Rule 5 decisions, while Pinstriped Prospects does the same for the Yankees.
- Rising Apple takes a look at best- and worst-case scenarios in 2019 for Steven Matz.
- Call to the Pen explores some of the offseason obstacles Phillies GM Matt Klentak will face.
- Bluebird Banter names the best moments of the Blue Jays’ season.
- Foul Territory opines that, despite their ALCS loss, the Astros have the makings of a dynasty; meanwhile, The Runner Sports argues this year’s elimination only makes last season’s championship more special.
- Mets Critic notes that the average MLB player is getting younger.
- Baseball Rabbi discusses the Yankees’ dilemma with Miguel Andujar, among other topics.
- Everything Bluebirds wonders how much more the Blue Jays can improve their farm system.
- The K Zone interviews White Sox minor league catcher Casey Schroeder.
- MLB & Fantasy Baseball Analyzed observes that Yankees-Red Sox has historically been a “one-sided rivalry.”
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The article about the proposed Pirates/DBacks trade states that Arizona has committed to a full tear-down, which is completely false.
If AZ is committed to a full blown rebuild, that would have warranted multiple articles in MLBTR before now.
Here’s an idea for Pittsburgh. Undo the archer trade and send those guys for ray and Ahmed. Send 2 of those guys for that pair. Keep the third. Too bad that’s jot an option.
If DeGrom, Syndergaard and Wheeler are healthy going into next season, Matz doesn’t really have a high bar to clear to be useful. He posted a 3.40 ERA/3.39 FIP in 2016, and that’s realistically attainable with small cuts to his walk and HR rates. I do wonder how his stuff would play in the bullpen though, after seeing how Lugo and Gsellman – two other guys with marginal stuff – generally looked better as relievers.
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Reynaldo Lopez shouldn’t be considered to be one of the worst pitchers.
After Machado’s antics , I know longer want the phillies to get him. He belongs with the dodgers or yankees.