This week in baseball blogs…
- Chin Music Baseball names eight players who could beat Bryce Harper’s record-setting payday.
- Fish Stripes advises the Marlins to cut Wei-Yin Chen.
- A’s Farm talks with Athletics catcher prospect Sean Murphy.
- MLB & Fantasy Baseball Analyzed takes a look at 10 hitters who could surprise in 2019.
- The Dugout grades the Pirates’ offseason.
- Hardball Via Hardcore outlines Seattle’s strategy and timeline for contention.
- Chipalatta lists 10 reasons the Astros can return to being world champions.
- Jays From the Couch wonders when prospect Bo Bichette will make his major league debut.
- The Point of Pittsburgh, Mets Critic and Mets Daddy each weigh in on the majors’ rule changes.
- Th3rdManIn.com predicts the Brewers’ season-opening roster.
- Rising Apple has five 2019 goals for Noah Syndergaard.
- Call to the Pen (links: 1, 2) runs down possible destinations for Craig Kimbrel and explores the concerns in the Phillies’ rotation.
- Clubhouse Corner’s Bernie Pleskoff gives his scouting reports from Arizona.
- Notes from the Sally previews the Lexington Legends, who are the Royals’ South Atlantic League team.
- The Giants Cove writes that the team “definitely” isn’t rebuilding.
- Rox Pile names four things it has learned from Rockies spring training.
- Baseball Prospect Journal covers prospects who are rising and falling in draft boards.
- Nydrcast highlights the Cardinals’ salary obligations.
- Foul Territory wonders what the Braves are doing.
- Phillies Nation debates how many All-Stars the team will have this season.
- The Runner Sports (links: 1, 2) looks at Yankees who have gotten off to slow starts this spring and revisits the unusual career of ex-MLB hurler Mark Lemongello.
- Everything Bluebirds focuses on the Blue Jays’ left field battle.
- statsswipe interviews Brewers TV statistician Mike Falkner.
- East Village Times welcomes the Padres’ newfound “edge.”
- Baseball Rabbi (podcast) discusses Scott Rolen’s Hall of Fame case and offers a preview of the NL Central.
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