Archive for the 'Prospects' Category

Eliminating the draft would make baseball better, primarily for its young players.

From Arizona to New Hampshire, Blue Jays pitching prospect Patrick Murphy has seen the path of his career bend almost as much as the break on his signature curve.

The Cape Cod League isn’t the only worthwhile summer college baseball action.

With defense all the rage behind the dish, can we identify which minor league backstops are boosting their prospects of reaching the majors?

A new way to look at FanGraph’s prospect board.

How predictive are minor league stats regarding groundball pitchers and longball hitters?

The Braves have had a tumultuous time of late and the team has been terrible, too. But there might be hope.

Switch-hitting slugger Francisco Mejia is a player to know.

One player best illustrates the contrast between pure scouting and pure statistical evaluation.

An encouraging step toward designing a reliable fielding metric for minor leaguers.