We’re proud to present the Baseball Prospectus Top 40 Prospects for 2002, as compiled by Rany Jazayerli. Complete analyses of these players, and more than 1,500 others, are available in Baseball Prospectus 2002. Hank Blalock, 3B, Texas Rangers Josh Beckett, RHP, Florida Marlins Sean Burroughs, 3B, San Diego Padres Nick Johnson, 1B, New York Yankees…
Joe Posnanski is an optimistic guy. If you follow the Royals–or any part of the Kansas City sports scene–you already know this. Joe Posnanski sees the world through a different shade of glasses than most people do. Where you and I see the Carolina Panthers, 1-15 on the year, he might see the 1989 Dallas…