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Notable Quotables: Kansas City Royals Organization All-Stars
Robert Emrich / MiLB.com In talking with Royals director of player development Scott Sharp regarding the club’s recent Organization All-Stars story, there were plenty of quotes that just couldn’t be...
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Notable Quotables: Thoughts on the Top 100 – 21-30
By Jake Seiner / MiLB.com The Minor League season has come and gone, and sadly, that means Notable Quotables will be heading into hibernation until the games start up against next spring. We’ll still...
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When Zimmer got his zap
By Josh Jackson / MiLB.com This offseason Josh Jackson is looking at some of the top prospects who prepared for professional ball by spending time in a collegiate wood bat league, considering how those...
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Five names to watch in the Rule 5 Draft
By Sam Dykstra/MiLB.com Wednesday was a big day in Minor League circles, and that was pretty evident on Twitter alone, as seen by the feeds of Adam Duvall, Stefen Romero and Tucker Barnhart. These were...
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Differentiating between MLB.com, Baseball Prospectus top prospect rankings
By Sam Dykstra/MiLB.com Prospectphiles continued their rejoicing, followed by debating, on Monday with Baseball Prospectus’ Jason Parks releasing his top 101 prospects list. That comes a little less...
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Chronicles of the Lost: Top-100 prospects for whom 2014 is a lost season
Kevin Pataky/MiLB.com By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com Byron Buxton, No. 1 overall prospect, Twins No. 1 Injury: The inspiration for this post, as you might have guessed. Twins general manager Terry Ryan...
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Progress report: Evaluating the graduates from MLB’s top 50
By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com As it does before every season, MLB.com released its 2014 ranking of the top 100 prospects in the game in March. As the season progressed, some of these players “graduated”...
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AL Wild Card teams, A’s and Royals, represent two stories in roster construction
(AP Photo) By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com After 162 games of regular season play, they’re both here for one game. The Royals (89-73) and A’s (88-74) will duke it out Tuesday night in the American League...
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How they got here: The roster constructions of the Giants, Cardinals, Royals,...
By Sam Dykstra/MiLB.com With the League Championship Series slated — and I use that word hesitantly, given the precarious weather forecasts in both Baltimore and St. Louis — to begin Friday, it’s an...
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The youngest players on Class A rosters
By Jake Seiner / MiLB.com There are a lot of ways to analyze baseball prospects. If you’re a Major League team, you have a staff of scouts who scour the country evaluating swings, deliveries, stuff,...
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