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Will WBC Pride Give Way to CBA Greed?

Posted in Baseball, CBA, Draft, International, MLB, WBC on March 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Leave it to Bud Selig to crash his own party. By all but the most cynical accounts, the World Baseball Classic has been a success, and, in no region has that been more true than the Caribbean. As Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic get ready to [...]

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Yahoo!’s Passan Prints the Legend, but Yankees Have Done OK Developing Pitchers

Posted in Baseball, Draft, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on February 20, 2013 | 4 Comments »

The trouble with compiling data for the purpose of proving a point is sometimes the final analysis doesn’t match the pre-conceived notion. When this occurs in the world of science, the hypothesis is rejected. In sports writing, however, facts need not get in the way of a good story. In a recent article at Yahoo! [...]

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Players, Yankees To Benefit Most from New Free Agency Rules

Posted in Baseball, CBA, Draft, Free Agents, Hot Stove, MLB, Yankees on November 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) When the details of baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement were revealed last year, it looked as if the players’ association made most of the concessions, albeit ones that impacted amateurs not yet in the union. However, less than two weeks into the off season, that no longer [...]

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MLB Holds First Draft Lottery; Process Refinement Needed; Potential Impact Substantial

Posted in Baseball, CBA, Draft, MLB, Yankees on July 19, 2012 | 3 Comments »

There have been many wrinkles brought about by Major League Baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement, and one of the most significant unfolded yesterday afternoon. Without much fanfare, MLB held its first supplemental draft pick lottery. Unlike its NBA cousin, which awards the top selections in the entire draft, baseball’s Competitive Balance Lottery doled out additional [...]

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Is Too Much Being Made “Over Draft”?

Posted in Baseball, Draft, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on June 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Dante Bichette Jr. is almost universally considered one of the top prospects in the Yankees’ farm system, but around this time last year, he was being labeled “an overdraft”. When the Bronx Bombers selected the third baseman with the 51st pick in last year’s draft, many “scouting experts” criticized the decision, but now, some of the [...]

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A Further Look at Keith Law’s Organizational Rankings

Posted in Baseball, Draft, Mets, Minors, MLB, Prospects, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , on February 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, ESPN’s Keith Law released his annual list of the game’s top-100 prospects. Although the real value is in the individual player write-ups, there were also some interesting trends gleaned from breaking down the ranking by variables such as franchise, position, and age. So, today, we also take a closer look at Law’s organizational list. [...]

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Breaking Down Keith Law’s Top-100 Prospect List

Posted in Baseball, Draft, Mets, Minors, MLB, Prospects, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , on February 9, 2012 | 6 Comments »

Note: This post has been revised to correct an error. In the original version, Red Sox prospect Xander Bogaerts was assigned to the Reds. All other assignments have been verified, and the chart and relevant text have been updated. Prospecting has become a big part of being a baseball fan, and at no point is [...]

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