Draft Retrospective: Harper, Machado, Olt in 2010
By Ashley Marshall With the 2013 MLB Draft starting Thursday, we thought we’d take the next few days to run down how some of the more intriguing picks out of the top rounds from the last few Drafts...
View ArticleDraft Retrospective: Best yet to come from 2011
With the 2013 MLB Draft starting Thursday, we thought we’d take the next few days to run down how some of the more intriguing picks out of the top rounds from the last few Drafts have fared. On Monday,...
View ArticleThe Fresh Prince of the Southern League
By Josh Jackson What’s that old Roy Campanella quote? The one about needing to be a man to play in the big leagues, but also needing to have a lot of inner little boy? I found myself thinking about...
View ArticleTen first-half climbers: Midwest League
By Jonathan Raymond We’re about halfway through the Minor League season, so we’re going to start identifying 10 prospects from each full-season league who significantly improved their stock through the...
View ArticleNotable Quotables: Another Seager Minor Leaguer
By Jake Seiner / MiLB.com Mariners prospect Justin Seager on the influence of brothers Kyle and Corey (Seager collects four hits, four RBIs): “Both have definitely been a huge help. I was still in...
View ArticleNotable Quotables: Where there’s smoke…
Tennessee hitting coach Desi Wilson on Javier Baez’s leg kick (Baez smokes two more long balls): “He didn’t shorten it. It’s just real slow right now. Real slow and getting down on time. He’s...
View ArticleTop draft debuts: Honorable mentions
Justin Rinaldi/Rinaldi Photos By Jake Seiner/MiLB.com Over at MiLB.com, I wrote about some of the top offensive performers from the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, noting which players had the best...
View ArticleNotable 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...
View ArticleNotable Quotables — Thoughts on the Top 100: 1-10
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 again next spring. We’ll still...
View ArticleKivlehan finding consistency
By Josh Jackson / MiLB.com Patrick Kivlehan, who hit .303 with 16 homers and 90 RBIs between Class A and Class A Advanced last year, did not have a smooth transition to the Double-A level when he moved...
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