Prospects

By now you may have heard that the Red Sox farm system was rated 18th out of MLB’s 30 teams by ESPN Insider’s Keith Law, but the worse news is that he ranks Boston last in the AL East. Among all 30 MLB teams, Toronto finished #2 and Tampa #3, jus...

* In order to make room for newly signed reliever Francisco Cordero (whose one-year, $4.5 million contract is one of many that makes the Twins' Matt Capps signing look like an overpay), the Blue Jays designated 26-year-old outfielder Darin Mastroiann...

Keith Law listed his Top 100 prospects (Insider-Only) for 2012 and we find the following of particular importance:#46 - Jonathan Singleton#60 - George Springer#78 - Jarred CosartNotably, Anthony Gose was #59. And here (also Insider-Only), Law ranks t...

Jonathan Mayo has his Top 20 prospects in the NL Central, and yes, there are some Astros on it - namely Jonathan Singleton as Mayo's #1 1B prospect, and George Sprigner the #3 OF prospect.And in this article, Mayo has his organizational preview (with...

While many, like me, are holding out hope that the Twins can find a way to compete in a 2012 season where the odds are stacked pretty heavily against them, we must acknowledge that there's a good chance the big-league club won't catch the number of b...

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  Not every player in the Royals’ farm system comes from a major university or big-time prep high school.  There are some who come from small towns and little known universities such as the one in northeastern Missouri where the campus of...

Over the past few months media forums throughout the baseball world offer up list counting down the top 10 or 20 prospects in each organization.  Most of these lists bear caveats indicating the writer has never seen the prospects in question, they a...

Every season we see some players emerge out of nowhere and greatly elevate their stock. Sometimes that player rides the parade of accolades into the majors, like Starlin Castro did. Sometimes that player has a breathtaking minor league surge cut shor...

Marlins president David Samson briefed reporters today on a variety of topics, from the health of Hanley Ramirez and Josh Johnson to the team’s plans for Yoenis Cespedes and Juan Carlos Oviedo. But the most amusing item Samson shared had to do...

Casey Kotchman is heading to the Indians, according to Jon Heyman, after putting together a pretty good season in Tampa. The last time Kotchman sported an Angels jersey … [visit site to read more]...

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