Cleveland Indians Top 5 Prospects
I’ve always mentally placed the Indians as one of the best-run organizations in baseball. Obviously this season isn’t going quite to plan (or my prediction, for that matter), but I would never lose hope for the future when you have leadership like the Indians do. Even better, when you have a well-run organization these top […]
Casey Blake traded to the Dodgers
Casey Blake has been traded to the Dodgers for prospects RHP Jon Meloan and C Carlos Santana. The Indians are sending cash to the Dodgers to help pay off the rest of Blake’s contract this year.
Blake is essentially what Xavier Nady is, except five years older. He can be counted on to produce position-average offense […]
Nady and Marte traded to the Yankees
According to a lot of sources (BP, Heyman, Rosenthal), The Pirates have traded Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte to the Yanks for Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, George Kontos and Phil Coke.
This is not a good trade for the Pirates, and I’m extremely disappointed. Ever since Neal Huntington took over for the Pirates, I’ve been very […]
Chicago White Sox Top 5 Prospects
The first two rankings were quite easy to do, as both teams have pretty good farm systems. That’s not the case with the White Sox. The system wasn’t good to start with, but after emptying it out in trades, it’s in pretty much shambles. Drafting Gordon Beckham is a good start, but there is A […]
Boston Red Sox Top 5 Prospects
Before the season, I said the Red Sox had the 3rd best farm system in baseball, behind the Rays and A’s. The graduations of Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury and Justin Masterson have probably dropped them a little, but with six players in the Top 100 this system is still very, very good.
1. 1B Lars Anderson
Who?: […]
Baltimore Orioles Top 5 Prospects
Everybody likes lists, right? So for the next… well… 17 years in all likelihood, I’ll be going over every team’s top 5 prospects, alphabetically and starting with the AL. Shall we?
1. C Matt Wieters
Who?: I suppose it’s fitting that we start this off with the #1 prospect, period. You’d think that I’ve verbally gushed over […]
2008 Mid-Season Top 100 Prospects
A lot can happen in half a season, even when it comes to long-term assets such as prospects. Besides the entry of the 2008 draftees, three months can greatly affect ‘veteran’ prospect rankings. They will not necessarily make or break a career, but all of the prospects had questions attached to their rankings, and many […]
Top 100 Prospects Review: The Top Ten!
Here we go, la crème de la crème. (What does that mean anyway? The cream of the cream? Huh?).
10. OF Travis Snider (Toronto Blue Jays)
Year In Review: Honestly, a bit of a disappointment. Skills-wise, Snider and LaPorta were rather similar prospects before the season started. They were both guys with a ton of power […]
Top 100 Prospects Review (20-11)
20. LHSP Brett Anderson (Oakland Athletics)
Year In Review: Anderson was reputed as having the highest ceiling of any player acquired in the Haren trade, and he’s lived up to that billing. Anderson throws all of his pitches with average velocity and excellent control, but the most important quality is that everything moves down, sharply. Anderson […]
The Harden Trade
There was a prospect trade involving the A’s. Did anybody think I wasn’t going to talk about this?
Christina Kahrl over at BP is far from a fan of this trade, but I think she’s looking at this the wrong way. Perhaps people’s hopes were brought up after Jayson Stark suggested a Harden package would have […]
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