SB Nation boasts some of the best baseball blogs around.  Each team has one, and there are blogs devoted to sabermetrics, minor leagues, fantasy baseball, scouting, and transaction rumors.  Since it's a slow day in Mets-land, here's a quick look at recent posts from around SB Nation that ended up on the Applesauce cutting room floor:

NL East

• Braves - Talking Chop: Javier Vazquez and Jair Jurrjens were good enough to make the All-Star Team, but their chances were unfairly hurt by their poor W-L records.
  
• Marlins - FishStripes:  The title says it all - "Will Luis Ayala Solve The Bullpen Problems? (hint: um, no)"
  
• Nationals - Federal Baseball:  FB interviewed first time All-Star Ryan Zimmerman.
  
• Phillies - The Good Phight: USA Today Baseball Weekly profiled TGP for its "Bloggin' Baseball" feature.  It's on newstands through tomorrow.
  

NL Central

• Astros - Crawfish Boxes:  Vote for your favorite Astros uniform in history.
  
• Brewers - Brew Crew Ball:  Brewers pictures of the week.
  
• Cardinals - Viva El Birdos:  What's going on with Ryan Ludwick?
  
• Cubs - Bleed Cubbie Blue: This FanPost has 58 recs.  See if it reminds you of someone else.
  
• Pirates - Bucs Dugout: Garrett Jones, who homered off Pedro Feliciano last week, is not as good as it seems.
  
• Reds - Red Reporter: A recent game recap, noteworthy for the Dusty Baker photo caption.
  

NL West

• Diamondbacks - AZ Snakepit: Mark Reynolds, Justin Upton and Dan Haren are projected to finish the season with some awesome numbers.
  
• Dodgers - True Blue LA: Manny Ramirez = Ricky Vaughn.
  
• Giants - McCovey Chronicles: MC is justifiably obsessed with Pablo Sandoval.
  
• Padres - Gaslamp Ball: With the trade of Scott Hairston to the A's, the Padres have officially given up on the season.  I liked this from the post: "I understand the Padres have absolutely no chance of doing anything this year, hell everybody knows that except Heath Bell."
• Rockies - Purple Row: An incomplete list of Rockies entrance music.  We should compile this for the Mets.
  

AL East

• Blue Jays - Bluebird Banter: Handicapping the AL Rookie of the Year race.
  
• Orioles - Camden Chat: Nothing worse than when the Red Sox, and their fans, come to town. 
  
• Rays - DraysBay: The worst at-bat of the season, courtesy of Dioner Navarro.
  
• Red Sox - Over The Monster: This FanPost was rec'd a bunch of times, but I don't really understand it.
  
• Yankees - Pinstripe Alley: The Francisco Cervelli Facts, similar to the Lastings Milledge, Cole Hamels, and Matt Wieters Facts.
  

AL Central

• Indians - Let's Go Tribe!:  Link is to the front page - LGT has changed its tagline to "CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" in honor of Shin-Soo Choo.
  
• Royals - Royals Review:  Analysis of every team's actual record and expected record using WAR.
  
• Tigers - Bless You Boys: Magglio Ordonez is having a rough go at it this season.  Could he be the next Sheffield?
  
• Twins - Twinkie Town: Who should play 2nd base for the Twins?
  
• White Sox - South Side Sox:  The White Sox were quiet on international signing day and that's a good thing.
  

AL West

• Angels - Halos Heaven: The daily "A Day At The Park" comic celebrates being in 1st place on the 4th of July.
  
• Athletics - Athletics Nation:  A look back at the World Series Champion 1989 A's, featuring a collection of newspaper clippings from that year.
  
• Mariners - Lookout Landing: We aren't the only ones annoyed by our team's manager.
  
• Rangers - Lone Star Ball: Rob Neyer, R.J. Anderson, and Rangers writer Evan Grant gave their two cents this week on Kevin Millwood, with Grant's opinion dissenting.  LSB recaps it here - interesting stuff if you're in a meta mood.
  

General

• Sabermetrics - Beyond The Boxscore: Comparing the UZR's for the 2008 NL playoff teams.
  
• Minor Leagues - Minor League Ball: John Sickels profiles Brian Bannister in his ongoing "Prospect Retro" series.
  
• Fantasy Baseball - Fake Teams: Should the D-Backs trade Dan Haren?  Yes, they should - to the Mets for Daniel Murphy, straight-up.
  
• Scouting - Driveline Mechanics: The Vernon Wells contract was never a good idea for the Blue Jays.
  
• Transaction Rumors - MLB Daily Dish: It doesn't seem like Derek Jeter is very open to playing any position except shortstop.