Padres Prospect Primer: Talent abounds After making his big league debut last year, Luis Urias stands atop a San Diego Padres farm system considered to be baseball’s best. See who else MiLB.com thinks will make an impact this season. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190328&content_id=305418260&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsPirates Prospect Primer: Infield of dreams Though righty Mitch Keller remains the club’s top prospect, infielders Ke’Bryan Hayes, Oneil Cruz and Cole Tucker headline an impressive group of youngsters rising through the Pirates system. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190328&content_id=305413752&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsGiants Prospect Primer: Bart runs express The Giants system is highlighted by top prospect Joey Bart making his full-season debut, while Ray Black, Tyler Beede and Chris Shaw prepare for the Major Leagues. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190328&content_id=305588474&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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Dan Straily Can Generate Solid Value With This Pitch Some baseball players are good at everything (looking at you, Mike Trout) and some aren’t good at much (looking at you, Chris Davis, though you did used to be good), but most fall somewhere in the middle. Generally, the average major league player has one or…
DetailsTop prospects opening 2019 in the Majors Fernando Tatis Jr. (Padres), Eloy Jiménez (White Sox) and Victor Robles (Nationals) lead the large crop of Top-100 prospects who will open the 2019 season in the Major Leagues. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190328&content_id=305729332&fext=.jsp&vkey=toolshed&sid=milb
DetailsBryce Harper responds after players vote him ‘most overrated’ Phillies slugger Bryce Harper was left speechless after learning he had been voted the most overrated player in baseball. The Athletic surveyed players around MLB on numerous subjects, and Harper, for the second straight year, was the top result for “most overrated player” in the anonymous…
DetailsFanGraphs 2019 Staff Predictions There were times this winter when it felt like the offseason would never end. But end it has, and on this, the morning of Opening Day, we engage in our annual tradition of asking our staff to open themselves up to future public ridicule and predict the year in baseball. Some…
DetailsRed Sox announce they have no answer for their biggest flaw The Boston Red Sox gave out all the information needed on who will start the season opener Thursday at Seattle, but they would not commit to somebody that would potentially end it. Alex Cora, the manager of the World Series champions, said Wednesday the…
DetailsAmbassadors for Change: Women in Baseball initiative In recognition of Women’s History Month, every week in March, we profiled a female leader in our industry. This week we are featuring the Women in Baseball initiative. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190328&content_id=305715310&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsBaseball Savant | baseballsavant.com If you haven’t been following the improvements to Baseball Savant, you’ve been missing out. Check out the Opening Day game previews. Happy Opening Day! Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/baseball_savant_baseballsavantcom
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