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Post Hype Prospect – Jay Payton
Not all Post Hype Prospects flame out and don’t reach the majors. Many Post Hype Prospects become useful major league players, even All-Stars, but fail to achieve prognosticated the level of success....
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Non-Hype Prospect – Heath Bell
It is often said that Americans love the narrative of the underdog. That is only partially true: the whole world loves the underdog. We root for the upset; we root for the improbable; we root for the...
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Cliff Lee v Matt Cain? Try Andy Benes v Bret Saberhagen
This morning I woke up to see the Internet a-buzzin’ about the Phillies/Giants game last night due to the extraordinary performances turned in by the pitchers, the Phillies’ Cliff Lee and the Giants‘...
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Post Hype Prospect – Phil Humber
On Saturday, Phil Humber threw the 21st perfect game in Major League Baseball history, throwing only 96 pitches to retire all 27 Seattle Mariners. Despite once being a top prospect, Humber’s path to...
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Non-Hype Prospect – Lucas Duda
Lucas Duda – Where did he come from? One of the most fascinating things in baseball prospecting, at least for me, isn’t the top prospect who becomes the great player (though that is pretty cool). For...
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Non-Hype Prospect – Johan Santana – @johansantana
As I walked back to my apartment from dinner Friday night, I noticed that I had a lot of text messages – a rarity as I do not text much – and I realized that Johan Santana had thrown the first...
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No Hitters – Quickest First No Hitter, Slowest to First, and So Much More
As the attention of the sports world turned to Flushing, New York (not New York, New York, no matter how many times Jon Miller incorrectly identified it) last week and Seattle Washington last night, I...
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Favorite Prospect Struggling? This could be a big problem.
Last week I wrote about a number of big prospects who struggled early in their careers but went on to be successful, from Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt to Matt Wieters. But a prospect struggling might be...
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Trading Deadline Trades: Good Deals or Buyer Beware
As the second half of the season begins, teams begin assessing their 2012 seasons with an eye on the future. Some teams go all in, picking up top players by dealing top prospects, some teams add bit...
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