When evaluating two-way amateurs, big league teams come to a fork in the road.
A former pitching prospect takes another step towards major league outfields, while two former relief prospects continue their disturbing regression.
Pitching in college may not make for ‘safe’ picks in the amateur draft.
Both Snyder and Snider are making names for themselves at the plate, while the Devil Rays continue to develop the pitchers that will erase the team’s pitching-thin reputation.
Incentivizing performance is a controversial enough idea, but maybe it makes sense a rung or three down the ladder.
Some top picks start living up to their billing, and some really need to.
In the absence of no-brainer picks at the top of the draft, teams are scouting their potential choices with extra care.
Kevin scours the farm systems of the NL Central for sleepers and slow starters.
Far from the red-headed stepchild of the lineup, Bryan suggests that there are prospects past, present, and future at the keystone.
A former Rice star, a college slugger, and a frightening first-round disappointment–and seven more stories of progress or the lack of it down on the farm.
Kevin reviews some of the disappointments from the class of 2004. Which ones might still turn the corner?
Kevin checks in to see who has awoken early (and who’s still in bed) as the sun rises on the farms of the American League Central.
Seventeen-year-old phenom Carlos Triunfel is plying uncharted waters in a lower rung of the minor leagues that eats up teenagers.
Kevin has news on two players who could change the outlook of the NL Central, and a highly-touted player who isn’t exactly adapting to his new surroundings.
From the majors to A-ball to Division II Grand Valley State, Kevin takes you on a tour of what’s happening in the world of baseball.
Kevin tells you who to watch for down at the lowest rungs of the full-season baseball universe.