The Washington Nationals stole the headlines for the second year in a row at the MLB amateur player draft, selecting 17-year old Bryce Harper with the #1 overall pick, a year after tabbing that Strasburg guy in the same slot. LeBryce has been scouted since before he could drive, and the young catcher-turned-outfielder is so [...]
Posted by Doug Thorburn on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 7:48 pm
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…throughout the past decade. Since it can take years to find out how teams fared in making their draft selections, it doesn’t make much sense to hand out draft grades for Tuesday’s draft. But it is possible to take a look back at the past decade and assess whether teams have been successful or whether [...]
Posted by Eric Polsky on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 2:57 am
Filed under Eric Polsky, Featured, Main Page, Minor League News, Prospects · Tagged Aj, Albert Pujols, Arizona Diamondbacks, Batting Average, Carlos Quentin, Draft Grades, Draft Position, Draft Selections, Homerun, Jason Bulger, Justin Upton, Max Scherzer, MLB, Mlb Draft, Mlb Team, Pollock, Schlereth, Shooting Blanks, Slugging Percentage, Triples Doubles, True Value, Walks
Just as I have done the past few years, I have uploaded and attached the new Top Prospects Compilation file to this blog posting. Prospect rankings from Baseball America, BP’s Kevin Goldstein, and MiLB.com are just some of those that you’ll find in the file.
The Excel workbook contains several tabs at the bottom representing each [...]
Posted by Joe Hamrahi on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Filed under Joe Hamrahi, Main Page, Prospects · Tagged Baseball America, Blog, Bp, Compilation, Excel Workbook, Goldstein, Milb, Prospect List, Tabs, Top Lists, Top Prospects, Xls
The Cleveland Indians are in full rebuild mode, having traded away homegrown stars CC Sabathia, Victor Martinez, and Cliff Lee in the last 22 months. The front office has focused their efforts on surrounding USDA prime player Grady Sizemore with a core of young talent on the rise, led by fellow outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. The [...]
Posted by Doug Thorburn on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Filed under Doug Thorburn, Main Page, Minor League News, Prospects · Tagged Arb, Asdrubal Cabrera, Baseball Analysts, Carlos Santana, Casey Blake, Chris Perez, Cleveland Indians, Clubhouse, Consensus, Defensive Position, Dodgers, Grady Sizemore, Justin Masterson, Lake Erie, Marson, Matt LaPorta, Obp, Outfielder, Pa Avg, Slg, Trade Deadline, Usda, Valbuena, Victor Martinez
Baseball Daily Digest’s minor league correspondent Paul Bugala witnessed the beginning of the Stephen Strasburg era in Altoona, Pa. on April 11. The following are a couple video highlights.
Strasburg’s first batter.
Strasburg hits a double.
Posted by Paul Bugala on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Filed under Main Page, Minor League News, Paul Bugala, Prospects · Tagged Altoona Pa, Baseball Digest, Baseball League, Correspondent, Debut, Era, Minor League, Strasburg, Video Highlights
Top-level menu link (“MLPs”) now takes you directly to the 2010 MLPs: http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/ml/
The top 100 full-season hitters (as sorted by approximate Runs Created per Game) are now posted, including phenom Jason Heyward. Stay tuned for pitchers, more hitters, and more options for selecting the players you want to see.
MLPs – Major League Prime Projections – [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Filed under Main Page, Minor League News, Prospect Views, Prospects, Rob McQuown · Tagged Baseball, Benchmarks, Game, Level Menu, Major League, Mcquown, Menu Link, Minor League, Ml, Pitchers, Proprietary System, Three Seasons, Variance
Just as I have done the past few years, I have uploaded and attached the new Top Prospects Compilation file to this blog posting. Prospect rankings from Baseball America, BP’s Kevin Goldstein, and MiLB.com are just some of those that you’ll find in the file.
The Excel workbook contains several tabs at the bottom representing each [...]
Posted by Joe Hamrahi on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12:07 am
Filed under Joe Hamrahi, Main Page, Prospects · Tagged 17 March, Baseball America, Blog, Bp, Compilation, Current, Excel Workbook, Goldstein, Milb, Prospect List, Revisions, Tabs, Top Lists, Top Prospects, Xls
In working on some stuff for the site, I ran into a link to a top-50 position players list I’d published 2 years ago: link. There are many ways to dissect something like this, and I think I can deservedly pat myself on the back for ranking Desmond Jennings the 7th-best position player prospect [...]
Posted by Rob McQuown on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Filed under Main Page, Prospect Views, Prospects, Rob McQuown · Tagged Adrian Cardenas, Andrew Mccutchen, Angel Villalona, Baseball America, Beau Mills, Cannon Arm, Drew Stubbs, Elvis Andrus, Gomez Ss, Gorkys Hernandez, Hector Gomez, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joey Votto, Jose Tabata, Kosuke Fukudome, Lung Hu, Nick Weglarz, Nolan Reimold, Ryan Kalish, Taylor Teagarden
Just as I have done the past few years, I have uploaded and attached the new Top Prospects Compilation file to this blog posting. Prospect rankings from Baseball America, BP’s Kevin Goldstein, and MiLB.com are just some of those that you’ll find in the file.
The Excel workbook contains several tabs at the bottom representing each [...]
Posted by Joe Hamrahi on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 4:10 am
Filed under Joe Hamrahi, Main Page, Prospects · Tagged Baseball America, Blog, Bp, Compilation, Current, Excel Workbook, Goldstein, Milb, Prospect List, Revisions, Tabs, Top Lists, Top Prospects, Xls
Just as I have done the past few years, I have uploaded and attached the new Top Prospects Compilation file to this blog posting. Prospect rankings from Baseball America, BP’s Kevin Goldstein, and MiLB.com are just some of those that you’ll find in the file.
The Excel workbook contains several tabs at the bottom representing each [...]
Posted by Joe Hamrahi on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 12:09 am
Filed under Joe Hamrahi, Main Page, Prospects · Tagged Baseball America, Blog, Bp, Compilation, Current, Excel Workbook, Goldstein, Milb, Prospect List, Revisions, Tabs, Top Lists, Top Prospects, Xls
