Tucson Mexican Baseball Fiesta
The Z-meter is our way of tracking the prospects we like. We keep track of stats for 25 players at a time, compiled from Baseball America, reader votes, and our own irrational sense of whimsy. A couple of the players who made it onto the meter via reader voting ended up starting their seasons in the majors, so Jason Heyward and Jenrry Mejia have the honor of being the first players on our Promotions...
One of the mistakes I often make when looking at minor league ballplayers is forgetting that not all of them will be major league superstars someday, no matter how high they were drafted or how much they tore up last season. This comes to mind today because Dustin Ackley, the second pick in last June’s draft, is currently hitting a robust .132 for the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. It’s less than...
As mentioned here the other night, today is the deadline for major league organizations to come to terms with the players they selected in June’s First Year Player Draft. Call me crazy, but this strikes me as one of the more exciting days of the summer. According to MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo, thirteen first-rounders remained unsigned as of early this afternoon: Stephen Strasburg (No. 1, Washington); Dustin Ackley (No. 2, Seattle); Donavan Tate (No. 3,...
