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Breaking Down Keith Law’s 2013 Top-100 Prospect List

Posted in Baseball, Mets, Minors, MLB, Prospects, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , on February 5, 2013 | 1 Comment »

It’s prospecting season for the baseball media’s minor league evaluators, the highlight of which has become the annual ranking compiled by former Blue Jays executive and current ESPN contributor Keith Law. What follows is a breakdown of Law’s rankings along with commentary about some of the selections (for last year’s breakdown, click here). Keith Law’s […]

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If the Season Ended Today…

Posted in Baseball, Media, MLB, Yankees, tagged on June 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Baseball fans and writers are an impatient lot. Instead of letting the 162-game schedule run its course, many can’t resist skipping ahead to the end by drawing conclusions based on “if the season ended today”. The latest example of this rush to judgment comes from ESPN’s Wallace Matthews, who, based on the team’s first 50 […]

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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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Manny Being Manny in Pinstripes?

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged , on January 7, 2012 | 5 Comments »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) The Yankees should sign Manny Ramirez. There, I said it. Admittedly, that statement would have made much more sense five years ago, but even now, it’s an option worth exploring. Granted, the arguments against such a move are hard to refute. After all, not only does Ramirez still have a […]

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Secret Video Reveals ESPN’s Boston Bias

Posted in Baseball, Humor, Media, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged on April 1, 2011 | 5 Comments »

The Captain’s Blog has uncovered secret video of an ESPN staff meeting that helps shed some light on the curious unanimity of the network’s baseball predictions. When ESPN’s 2011 season forecasts were first revealed on its website, many in the industry were surprised to see that all 45 “experts” picked the Red Sox to win […]

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Sour Note from the SweetSpot: Neyer’s Reign at ESPN Ends; Helped Lead the Way for Many Bloggers

Posted in Baseball, Media, MLB, tagged , on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

One of the first lessons learned by a journalist is to never bury the lead. In his latest SweetSpot blog post about Bo Jackson, longtime ESPN.com analyst and godfather to a generation of baseball bloggers did just that (and so have I). The real news in Neyer’s post was the announcement that he is leaving […]

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