Prospect Talk
The Verdict on Two Breakout Prospects: Thompson and Musgrove
As part of our never ending quest to identify top prospects before our leaguemates, here are a couple of starting pitchers that you may want to put in your offseason acquisition plans. The first one is a guy you have probably heard of. His stock has been up and down
Digging for Diamonds: Finding Value in Last Year’s Draft Class, Part Four
As we discussed in the introduction post to this series, more and more dynasty leagues are rostering upwards of 150-200 minor leaguers these days, and some ridiculously deep leagues (like a few that I’m involved with) roster double or triple that amount. Often times performances from the previous year’s draft class
The Verdict on Three Breakout Prospects: Two Reeds, Two Reds
Let’s take a look at some additional prospects who have emerged from obscurity this season. I did this a couple weeks ago as well (Three Breakout Prospects to Target: Mateo, Martes, Robles). Depending on the depth of your league, these guys might still be available right now but not for long.
Digging for Diamonds: Finding Value in Last Year’s Draft Class, Part Three
We as discussed in the introduction post to this series, more and more dynasty leagues are rostering upwards of 150-200 minor leaguers these days. Often times performances from the previous draft class go largely unnoticed before the end of the calendar year when various prospect lists come out and some prospects that
Digging for Diamonds: Finding Value in Last Year’s Draft Class, Part Two
If you missed last week’s introduction post, shame on you, but I’ll be nice and summarize what we’re trying to touch upon with this series of posts. There is a lot of value to be found this time of the year in reviewing the previous draft class as more data
Digging for Diamonds: Finding Value In Last Year’s Draft Class, Part One
Now that the short-season leagues are in full swing, we are able to get a much better look at the 2014 draft class as a whole. This time of the year is a great time to try and find some undervalued players who might not be owned even in 16
Prospects Poppin’: Who Is Victor Robles?
Trust and value your sources. Doing so is obviously of great importance when delving into the world of prospects, particularly since it’s impossible to keep track of the roughly 9,712 different minor league players currently getting a paycheck to play baseball. Whether it’s John Sickels of Minor League Ball, Keith Law of ESPN
Scouring Midseason Prospect Rankings
We’ve reached the middle of July, which is when most prospect purveyors update their respective lists to reflect the multitude of changes that have occurred since the beginning of the season. As we’ve touched on before, it is extremely important to stay abreast of the constant changes in the valuation
Midseason Catching Prospect Check-In
It’s hotter than the surface of the sun where I live and I’m going on vacation in three days, so let’s skip the pussyfooting around and get right down to business. Several of the top catching prospects made it to the majors this year and/or exhausted their rookie eligibility, including Blake
Perusing Futures Game Pitchers
Let’s get our jump to conclusions mat out and make some rash judgments based upon hitters getting one or two at-bats playing in their first game in front of a more than a few thousand fans — or even better — let’s make some sweeping generalizations regarding starting pitchers who are