Prospectus Feature

Prospectus Feature: The Lawsuit Pitting 2,200 Minor Leaguers Against MLB

The introduction last week of a bill to exempt minor leaguers from overtime and minimum-wage standards didn't come out of nowhere. A look at what's at stake in Senne v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball this week.

Prospectus Feature: But What If It Did Count?

by Sam Miller, Rian Watt, and Meg Rowley 7/03

Imagining an All-Star game that was For The Win, not for the special interest groups (and fans).

Prospectus Feature: The Unbreakable Kimmy’s Hits

by Aaron Gleeman 7/01

Three months ago it looked like the Orioles' off-season signing was a failure before it even had a chance to fail. Not so much now.

Prospectus Feature: The 7,500 Apprentices

by Kate Morrison 7/01

Professionalism isn't something to pick and choose, though some might have you believe that.

Prospectus Feature: Bloom’s Taxonomy and the Domains of Baseball Learning

by Bryan Grosnick 6/30

A world of research and development has been put into the very problems and questions that baseball clubs face. Applying instructional design to player development.

Prospectus Feature: Baseball Brexit

by Trevor Strunk 6/30

How much "major change" should there be in baseball and what counts as enough "progress"?

Prospectus Feature: One Entire Season Of Baseball From the 1970s

by Rob Mains 6/29

If baseball was different, how different was it?

Prospectus Feature: The Road Ahead in Arlington

by Cat Garcia 6/29

The Rangers haven't been the team their record suggests. Here's why that's OK.

Prospectus Feature: Tulo’s Bat Is As Cold As The Rockies

by Aaron Gleeman 6/28

Troy Tulowitzki is still searching for his missing production 11 months after leaving Coors Field.

Prospectus Feature: How To Fight Crime

by Henry Druschel 6/27

What can the criminal justice system teach us about preventing baseballs to the dome?

Prospectus Feature: Baseball and the Chinese Room

by Trevor Strunk 6/24

Good play on the field is not just indistinguishable from the qualities of the people playing, but homologous to it.

Prospectus Feature: The Increasingly Lopsided Everybody-Wins Trade

by Aaron Gleeman 6/23

Fielder for Kinsler was supposed to be the fix for both teams' surpluses, but the 2016 season has put the clubs' returns in stark relief.

Prospectus Feature: Groundballs Through the Decades

by Rob Mains 6/22

Did groundball pitchers have the same impact in the past that they do today?

Prospectus Feature: Goin’ Down Slow

by Aaron Gleeman 6/21

Five years ago this summer, Jered Weaver signed a deal that would keep him in Anaheim through the rest of his prime.

Prospectus Feature: The Allure Of The First-Act Narrative

by Trevor Strunk 6/19

Zach Eflin and Jaimeson Taillon's stories began this month, and we all fill in the plots.

Prospectus Feature: Ichiro!’s Exclamation Point

by Aaron Gleeman 6/16

As Ichiro steps on Pete Rose's record, we deep-dive into his Japanese years to consider what he would have been like as an American prospect and young major leaguer.