Places like ESPN.com and MLB.com are great sources for baseball news and scores, but they don’t always go as in-depth as they could. Here are 7 of my favorite niche baseball sites. I frequent these blogs and sites several times a day. They cover topics such as trade rumors, prospects, statistics, and more. You’ve probably heard of a few, but certainly not all of them. So here are my 7 favorite baseball sites:
- MLB Trade Rumors — By far the best source for trade and free agent rumors. The site is run by Tim Dierkes and is always the first place to find the latest rumor news. They post several stories a day (almost too much to keep up with), and provide several other features such as a weekly chat and a weekly blog rundown.
- Fangraphs – There are two aspects that I love about Fangraphs: their blog and their stats. Fangraphs provides awesome analysis with their daily blog posts, and they have statistics for every player that you won’t find anywhere else — stats like UZR, wOBA, and WAR.
- Cot’s Baseball Contracts — Cot’s Baseball Contracts has the most thorough and up-to-date contract details for every player of every team. If I ever want to find out how much a player is getting paid or how long until he becomes a free agent, I head to Cot’s.
- Baseball Reference — Baseball Reference is another great source for finding player and team statistics. They also have nearly every Minor Leaguer’s stats.
- Minor League Ball – John Sickels is constantly sharing his take on the top prospects in baseball. Right now, he’s going through his top 20 prospects for every team. If you want to learn about the top prospects in the game, John has the skinny.
- Circling the Bases — Another great sources for the latest rumors. Good writing and interesting topics come with each blog post.
- MLB News and Rumors — Why bothering visiting all of these sites when I can visit just one? MLB News and Rumors takes the RSS feeds from the top baseball blogs and sites and puts them into one place. They have sections for news, prospects, rumors, analysis, and more. They even have pages for each team’s top blogs. The site is also a great source for finding new baseball blogs.
That’s it. I hope you enjoy these websites as much as I have.
I use Baseball Reference all the time, and I love Circle the Bases, too. I’ll have to check out Fangraphs. I’m always looking for new and interesting baseball blogs and websites.
Comment by Bill Miller — January 18, 2010 @ 8:38 pm