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The Meaning of the Royals Having the Number One Ranked Farm System
Today, for whatever reason, was the reveal day for Baseball America's farm system rankings, coinciding with their 2011 book shipping. This is a big day for the Royals (and an even bigger day for Baseball America of course), a coronation of sorts within the scouting/drafting/player...
Mets Farm Q&A With 'Baseball America' Editor Jim Callis
'Baseball America' Executive Editor Jim Callis was kind enough to give me some time last week and answer some of the most burning questions surrounding the Mets minor league system. The following was our chat: As an 18 year old currently batting .373 in Hi-A, has Wilmer Flores clearly moved...
Notes On Baseball America's Top 10 Mets Prospects
As you undoubtedly saw in the fanshots or somewhere else yesterday, Baseball America released its top 10 prospects list for the Mets, with Adam Rubin reprising as the author of the write-up and subsequent chat. Rubin's article didn't provide much insight into the ranking, but the chat cleared a few...
Baseball America ranks Nolan Arenado, Chris Balcom-Miller as #8, #9 prospects in Pioneer League
In their just-released Pioneer League Rankings, Baseball America ranked Nolan Arenado #8 and Chris Balcom-Miller #9 in their top-20 rankings. You need to be a subscriber to read their scouting reports, but Nolan Arenado has future power potential and Chris Balcom-Miller gets compared to, um, Jason...
Carlos Gonzalez Scouting Review
The Colorado Rockies recalled OF Carlos Gonzalez, and new manager Jim Tracey promised he would get five starts per week. Whether the Rockies are a better team with Gonzalez playing ahead of Ryan Spillborghs, Seth Smith or Dexter Fowler is a question that will be answered soon enough. As I have...
Who Is Jake Fox?
The Chicago Cubs recalled former catching-prospect-turned-defensive-liability Jake Fox from AAA Iowa at the time he was leading the minor leagues in HRs with 17 and the team desperately needed some offense. Given the gaudy numbers (.423/.503/.886), I wanted to go back and see what Baseball America...
The Washington Nationals And The MLB Hot Stove: Does Adam Dunn Want The Washington Nationals To Want Him?
(Yesterday's Federalbaseball.com Headlines) - "The Washington Nationals Called Biggest Losers By USA TODAY..." by e chigliak "So, Are The Nats Better Off?" - by Nats News Network "War and Remembrance: the 2008 Nats" - by Doghouse Adam Dunn Does Not Want To Play In DC? But Zimmerman...
Top 10 National League Prospects
With Baseball America's 2009 Prospect Handbook shipping soon, the top prospects entering this season are soon to become common knowledge. However that doesn't mean I can't try to guess some of the Top 10 beforehand. What the book may not list is the top prospects broken down by league. That is...
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