When the Angels make room in the outfield, there will be a new Kingfish in town.
When confronted with the chance to take Yoenis Cespedes or a big-leaguer, who do big-league scouts and execs choose?
The Dodgers system has some depth but very little in the way of elite talent
It’s the return of Jason and a very long show as we have lots of prospect lists to discuss, as well as my unhealthy obsession with baseball media in the digital age. To help us conquer the latter, we enlist Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated to discuss the new world of breaking news and then to Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors about his position as the gatekeeper for breaking stories. It’s a fascinating subject, and both guests are up to the task. As always, there’s your emails and the goofy stuff, and set aside about three hours, as this is a long one.
Smart drafting has helped Toronto to cultivate one of the best systems in the game.
Playing in fall and winter leagues have helped some prospects to raise their stock heading into 2012.
The Nats lost farmhands in the Gio Gonzalez deal but still have a solid system
The show returns sans Jason, but official substitute host Jorge Arangure comes through with another yeoman performance. We go through your emails and discuss the news of the week, and then our Special Guest is Ike Barinholtz. A previous guest from Episode 20, Ike returns with some baseball news, as the comedian/writer will be a cast member on the upcoming season of Eastbound And Down. Then it’s the usually goofy stuff and Jorge coming to terms with Thanksgiving.
Not all of the players poised to break out are bonus babies and first-round picks.
Big-league graduations have depleted the system and made it one of the biggest question marks in the game.
The Reds depleted their farm a bit for Mat Latos, but he contributes to one of the top under-25 lists in baseball
A look at the out-of-nowhere, blockbuster deal that sent Jesus Montero to Seattle and Michael Pineda to New York
There aren’t a whole lot of nice things to say about this unhappy system.
And we’re back from the holiday break, and while there hasn’t been much baseball news, there’s still two hours of yammering. After going through your emails, featuring our new proven successful dating advice, we settle in for an hour or so of intense prospect talk, and then we’re joined by multi-media superstar Jay Jaffe to talk about Hall of Fame voting and what lies ahead in the controversial 2013 class. Then we have the usual goofy stuff, including our longest What Are You Drinking segment ever, as Jason gets mad.
There’s no question that some players just aren’t meant to play in the big leagues, but is there such thing as a Quad-A player?
A once-barren Mets system is beginning to look much better under Sandy Alderson