This week’s spin around the baseball blogosphere:
- Brew City Sports Report views the Indians and Brewers as logical partners in a Jonathan Lucroy trade.
- AV Blogs: MLB 2016 lauds the Red Sox’s recent acquisition of left-hander Drew Pomeranz.
- Baseball MTJAG combats AV Blogs’ view on the Pomeranz deal and contends that the Padres won the trade.
- TPOP advises the Pirates to trade for White Sox southpaw Jose Quintana.
- A’s Farm chats with Athletics rookies Ryon Healy and Daniel Mengden.
- Jays From The Couch interviews Blue Jays infielder Ryan Goins.
- Inside the ’Zona opposes the idea of the Diamondbacks trading either Zack Greinke or Shelby Miller.
- Chin Music Baseball opines that president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski is doing exactly what the Red Sox hired him to do.
- Pirates Breakdown regards Angels righty Matt Shoemaker as a player the Pirates should pursue before the deadline.
- The First Out At Third analyzes which players the Brewers will trade and which they’ll retain at the deadline.
- Bleeding Royal Blue breaks down Royals left fielder Alex Gordon’s 2016 struggles.
- Wayniac Nation praises Athletics shortstop prospect Franklin Barreto.
- isportsweb searches for the Phillies’ next ace.
- FantasyPros comes up with some potential deadline deals and looks at their fantasy baseball impact.
- LA Dodger Report wonders if outfielder Yasiel Puig’s time with the Dodgers is winding down.
- Everything Bluebirds argues in favor of Major League Baseball reducing its 162-game regular-season schedule.
- Rum Bunter reviews the potential deadline targets the Pirates have scouted.
- Dan Grant of Same Page Team explains why the Blue Jays need to keep right-hander Aaron Sanchez in their rotation.
- BP Toronto breaks down Sanchez’s pitch usage.
- Philliedelphia asks if the Phillies could swing an offseason trade for Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon.
- Yanks Go Yard projects the Yankees’ 2017 lineup.
- The Runner Sports profiles Astros Double-A catcher Garrett Stubbs and likens him to an all-time franchise great.
- Blue Jay Hunter details the changes Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman has made to his delivery.
- Jays Journal sees a resurgent Stroman as the Blue Jays’ best possible deadline acquisition.
- Outside Pitch MLB names some sell-high candidates for the deadline.
- NatsGM talks with Chris Cotillo of SB Nation.
- Tomahawk Take laments the existence of the designated hitter.
- Chris Zantow revisits Hank Aaron’s 755th and final home run.
- Pinstriped Prospects highlights Yankees infielder Mandy Alvarez.
- Now On Deck ranks the league’s division leaders in order of which is likeliest to finish in first place at season’s end.
- Baseball Hot Corner ponders what’s next for Blue Jays first baseman/outfielder Chris Colabello.
- BaseballDocs puts together some potential deadline blockbusters.
- Halo Headquarters checks in on the offseason trade that sent Andrelton Simmons from the Braves to the Angels.
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