Julio Urias, the Dodgers, and the History of Teenage Pitchers
For all her conspicuous virtues and manifest talents, late singer Aaliyah was almost certainly mistaken in her assertion that age “ain’t nothing but a number.” It is a number, that’s true, but it’s a...
View ArticleFanGraphs Audio: Mostly Prep Stuff with Kiley McDaniel
Episode 558 Kiley McDaniel is both (a) the lead prospect analyst for FanGraphs and also (b) the guest on this particular edition of FanGraphs Audio — during which edition he discusses some Atlanta-area...
View ArticleThe Fringe Five: Baseball’s Most Compelling Fringe Prospects
The Fringe Five is a weekly regular-season exercise, introduced a couple years ago by the present author, wherein that same author utilizes regressed stats, scouting reports, and also his own fallible...
View ArticleA Mexican League Pref List
Before beginning in earnest, it’s essential or nearly essential for the reader to know that this post for FanGraphs.com on the internet relies on an improbable set of assumptions. One of those...
View ArticleThe Fringe Five: Baseball’s Most Compelling Fringe Prospects
The Fringe Five is a weekly regular-season exercise, introduced a couple years ago by the present author, wherein that same author utilizes regressed stats, scouting reports, and also his own fallible...
View ArticleThe Fringe Five: Baseball’s Most Compelling Fringe Prospects
The Fringe Five is a weekly regular-season exercise, introduced a couple years ago by the present author, wherein that same author utilizes regressed stats, scouting reports, and also his own fallible...
View ArticleChecking in on Last Year’s First-Round Hitters
With the amateur draft just around the corner, I thought it would be worthwhile to check in on some of the players selected early on in last year’s amateur draft. At this point, most of these players...
View ArticleJeff Hoffman Surprisingly Polished in Return from Surgery
The Blue Jays’ farm got stronger last week, as last summer’s first-round pick, right-hander Jeff Hoffman, made his pro debut for High-A Dunedin. Hoffman was in the mix to go #1 overall last year until...
View ArticleFanGraphs Audio: Draft Prospect Michael Matuella
Episode 566 Michael Matuella is both (a) a junior right-hander at Duke and also (b) among the upcoming amateur draft’s likely first-round selections. Lead prospect analyst Kiley McDaniel spoke with him...
View ArticleBrady Aiken’s Medicals Are Out, Situation Is Still Cloudy
Last year’s first-overall draft pick, left-hander Brady Aiken, didn’t come to terms with the Astros because of a difference regarding what the physical showed about the condition of his elbow, despite...
View ArticleFanGraphs Audio: Kiley McDaniel Naturally Analyzes the Draft
Episode 572 Kiley McDaniel is both (a) the lead prospect analyst for FanGraphs and also (b) the guest on this particular edition of FanGraphs Audio — during which edition he discusses some early-round...
View ArticleKiley McDaniel Prospects Chat – 6/16/15
11:05 Kiley McDaniel: Dropping in a little early today since I’m hitting to road to drive to Florida right after today’s chat. St. Lucie v Clearwater, then begins a week at PG National with lots of...
View ArticleBoston’s Trey Ball Coming Along Slowly, Still Has Upside
It has been almost exactly two years since the Red Sox made high-school left-hander Trey Ball the seventh-overall pick in the 2013 draft, the first southpaw off the board. Needless to say, such a high...
View ArticleCollege Team USA Loaded with Draft Talent as Usual
As dependably as Earth orbits the sun, so too is USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team stacked with premium talents that later find themselves atop teams’ draft boards. Each summer, Team USA plays a...
View ArticlePhillies’ Sleeper Righty Franklyn Kilome Has a Velo Spike
Phillies 6-foot-6 righty Franklyn Kilome works from a high 3/4 slot and has the size, arm speed, pitches, and mentality that you want in a starting pitcher. He has shown a huge jump not only in...
View ArticleKiley McDaniel Prospects Chat – 7/7/15
12:03 Kiley McDaniel: Kiley is here and he’s slightly sunburned from some day HS tourney games yesterday 12:08 Comment From Bob Benson Last week in his chat, Cameron mentioned that you two had...
View ArticleKiley McDaniel Prospects Chat – 7/14/15
12:05 Kiley McDaniel: I’m back home after a day full of BBQ and travel delays yesterday. Have an article I’m wrapping up on interesting pro prospects I’ve seen recently and the oft-teased big prospect...
View ArticleHoffman and Reyes Among Minors’ Most Intriguing Arms
I’ve teased in the last few chats that some big updates on the various prospects lists will be out in a few weeks, but I wanted to address some of the most-asked-about prospects I’ve recently scouted...
View ArticleNationals Righty Lucas Giolito Impresses, As Expected
Anyone who follows prospects knows that Washington Nationals pitching prospect Lucas Giolito comes with considerable hype. After being in consideration for the first overall pick in the 2012 draft...
View ArticleCorrea, Bogaerts and the Development of Power
The adage that power is the last tool to develop floats around every year when trying to explain why a certain prospect has or has not realized his raw power in game situations. When I first heard the...
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