Lonnie Chisenhall | 3B | Cleveland Indians | DOB: 10-4-88 | 6’1” | 200 lbs | B/T: L/R | 1st rd, #29 in 2008 | CLE #2 prospect according to Baseball America (2010) | MiLB Player Page How many times can “best swing in the minors” be repeated before a prospect catches the eyes of […]
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Michael Pineda and Brett Lawrie, Scouting the Unknown
July 14, 2010 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 23 Commentsby: Stephen
Minor League Players of the Week (ending July 11). Names like Peter Bourjos (LAA), Paul Goldschmidt (ARI)), Kirk Nieuwenhuis (NYM), and Clint Robinson (KC) should start becoming familiar to your lexicon, well at least the first three for sure. I’m nearly a week late and several [million] dollars short, but, as we all now know, […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?In the BP-esque All-Star game snubs op-ed’s, I’ve selected three – yes, three and not two like normal – minor league All-Stars who actually deserved that title. I couldn’t sleep at night knowing that I lied to commenter GopherDay when he asked if I would do a write up on Brett Jackson to which I […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Travis Wood and J.P. Arencibia, Scouting the Unknown
June 30, 2010 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 16 Commentsby: Stephen
Travis Wood | LHP-SP | Cincinnati Reds | DOB: 2-6-87 | 6’0” | 165 lbs | B/T: L/L | 2005 2nd rd. from H.S. | CIN #7 ranked prospect according to Baseball America (2010) | MiLB Player Page After a poor 2008 season caused by an injured shoulder, 2009 turned out to be a coming […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Zach Britton and Logan Morrison, Scouting the Unknown
June 23, 2010 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 11 Commentsby: Stephen
Zach Britton | LHP-SP | Baltimore Orioles | DOB: 12-22-87 | 6’2” | 180 lbs | B/T: L/T | 3rd rd. 2006 from H.S. | BAL #3 ranked prospect according to Baseball America (2010) | MiLB Player Page Equipped with a sinking fastball that sits between 88 to 92 mph and a four-seam fastball that […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Dan Hudson and Koby Clemens, Scouting the Unknown
June 16, 2010 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 22 Commentsby: Stephen
Today’s Scouting the Unknown is targeting a pitcher that is close to the majors. The hitter, well, is more likely to be up in September, if at all this year. Dan Hudson | RHP-SP | Chicago White Sox | DOB: 3-9-87 | 6′ 4” | 220 lbs | B/T: R/R | Drafted 5th rd. 2008 […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Mike Minor and Mike Trout, Scouting the Unknown
June 9, 2010 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 32 Commentsby: Stephen
What a week! The MLB Draft and Stephen Strasburg and Mike Stanton were promoted to the majors. After weighing my options, I decided on a few prospects that might take a little longer to reach the majors, with the pitcher the closest to making “The Show.” (I contemplated names like Freddie Freeman, Peter Bourgos, Eric […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?It’s June, and everyone is just waiting for the big name prospects to be called up. Definitely an exciting time. My friends in my competitive leagues keep asking me about Stephen Strasburg and what I think he’ll do. They always preface this with, “Honestly,” because they have come to know a critical point-of-view from my […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?By request of commentator Adam, Seattle’s Carlos Peguero is going to be detailed, along with Houston’s Jordan Lyles. With June 1st just around the corner, be ready to jump on a few players bandwagons if there is any space left – I know my leagues have been pushing women and children off the cart since […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Andrew Cashner and Jose Tabata, Scouting the Unknown
May 19, 2010 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 41 Commentsby: Stephen
Nearly a year ago, I wrote my first Scouting the Unknown raving about Andrew McCutchen and Neftali Feliz. A lot has changed since then besides three hundred some odd days. There are weekly SportsCenter updates on phenom Stephen Strasburg (ignoring Drew Storen who will be called up before him); weekly grumblings about keeping Buster Posey […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?For a reminder to all of those that have a short-term memory like a Kansas City GM, here is last week’s Minor League Park Factors, Part One. One thing of note before I start rambling, First Inning is a great minor league website that isn’t named MiLB dot com. They have current minor league Park […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?This is part one of two part series that should provide everyone with a contextual foundation for evaluating minor league players within their playing environment. I am by no means claiming to be a math major from FanGraphs or the next Bill James or even providing the statistically-based significance of each observation like Rudy would […]
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