If you’ve spent more than five minutes reading this site, you probably know that I rely heavily on Baseball America’s prospect lists. One of the many things I looked at after buying this year’s Prospect Handbook was last year’s Top 30 list for every team – actually, the Top Ten – and where they ended up in 2010. Each of those 300 players fit into one of five categories. In order of frequency: Deceased:...
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Giants Prospect Angel Villalona A Murder Suspect
Saturday night, a 25-year-old man named Mario Felix de Jesus Velete was shot to death in the Dominican Republic. Earlier today, a suspect, 19-year-old Angel Villalona, voluntarily turned himself in to local police. The fact that Villalona is a person of interest in this case is noteworthy because he is a person of interest to this blog, a top Baseball America prospect (#33 in 2008, #44 in 2009) two years running. Villalona made his...
Fill Out Your Omaha Brackets – NOW!
I love brackets. Obviously, the best time for brackets is March, when college basketball puts on its easily-graphed single-elimination tournament. But Baseball America has put together a pretty decent bracket contest for college baseball’s difficult-to-graph, round-robin/best of three/double elimination June contest. Since the College World Series is starting very, very soon, head on over to BA and join up. Your guess about who wins is as good as mine. [Baseball America - College Baseball...
I’m an Observant Fellow, Obviously…
You may remember that Brian and I finished the season last year with a meet-up at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Brian had his former boss Tim Wiles take me on an insider’s tour of the archives, and I wrote two articles about the fascinating experience. A short one ran on ESPN: the Magazine’s website, and I sold a much longer one to Baseball America, which was a real thrill for me. The only...
Mark and Rocco
This offseason, the top two players on Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list in 2003 signed contracts that will place them squarely in the middle of basball’s greatest rivalry. The first player, Mark Teixeira, agreed to an eight-year, $180 million deal with the Yankees. His agent, Scott Boras, negotiated a full no-trade clause and an annual salary of more than $20 million until 2016. The second player, Rocco Baldelli, became a member of the...
Now Batting For The Tampa Bay Rays…
The Tampa Bay Rays made a controversial decision at the end of spring training, sending top prospect Evan Longoria to AAA Durham despite an excellent performance in the Grapefruit League. As various blogs pointed out, the move was likely based not on Longoria’s playing ability, but for financial reasons: keeping him in the minors for even a couple weeks impacted the length of time before he would ultimately be eligible for arbitration, free agency,...
Now Batting, For The Boston Red Sox…
He wasn’t quite amazing enough to earn a spot on Eric’s weekly prospect watch, but it might be worth noting that the Red Sox purchased the contract of shortstop Jed Lowrie from Pawtucket today. Lowrie, rated by Baseball America as Boston’s fifth best prospect (Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Lars Anderson, and Justin Masterson are the names in front of him), takes the place of Mike Lowell, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with...
Where Can We Find Top Prospects In 2008?
One of Extra P’s stated goals for this season is to track some of baseball’s top prospects as they play minor league ball and try to get to The Show. On that note, here are the Top 10 prospects according to Baseball America and their initial destinations for 2008: 1. Jay Bruce, OF, Cincinnati Reds – Louisville Bats (AAA) 2. Evan Longoria, 3B, Tampa Bay Rays – Durham Bulls (AAA) 3. Joba Chamberlain, RHP,...
Baseball America Minor League Players of the Year, 1981-2006
As Extra P. noted earlier this week, Cincinnati Reds farmhand Jay Bruce took home Baseball America’s Minor League Player of the Year award following a season in which he hit .319 with 26 homeruns and 89 runs batted in at three minor league levels. Bruce wasn’t rewarded for his excellent season with a September call-up, so Reds fans have yet to see what the 20-year-old can do to major league pitching. His victory, however, prompted me...
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