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Fantasy Positional Tiers 2025: First Base
Not quite catcher, still shallow.
Roman's Reign Begins: How We Got To Anthony At No. 1
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The Balance | Baseball Prospectus
How a team treats its 40-man roster in the offseason can say a lot about them.
2025 Prospects: The Top 101, Sliced and Diced
The top 101 prospects, by the numbers.
2025 Prospects: The Top 101
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 Editor’s Note: The below list is searchable, sortable, and downloadable for your convenience. Full access to this article is for Baseball Prospectus subscribers. Sign up today to get access to insightful analysis for the discerning baseball fan. Super-Premium - $66.99 / yearPremium - $45.95 / yearPremium Monthly - $6.99 / monthBasic - Free
Peloteros que juegan en entidades sin impuestos estatales pagan un montón de impuestos estatales
keyboard_arrow_uptop Share: Traducido por José M. Hernández Lagunes (Iba a titular este artículo “El papel de los impuestos en los contratos de los jugadores”, pero con un título así supuse que no lo leerías. Gracias por hacer click). Corbin Burnes firmó con los Diamondbacks un contrato de seis años y $210 millones de dólares que incluye la opción de romperlo tras dos años.
Where Have All the First Basemen Gone?
It's easy for things to get sucked into a void.
State of the Position 2024: Catcher - Baseball Prospectus
We're kicking off the 2024 positional series with Tim's look at the state of the toughest position on the diamond: Catcher!
Claramente bateando envíos planos - Baseball Prospectus
keyboard_arrow_uptop Traducido por Marco Gámez Mientras la temporada baja avanza a paso de tortuga, me puse a hojear el libro de Ted Williams, La ciencia de batear. La primera regla de bateo de Williams era fácil: aprovecha un buen lanzamiento para batear. Todos los bateadores se benefician de esas sencillas palabras sagradas La segunda regla de Williams es un poco menos intuitiva.
Top 101: The Next Ten - Baseball Prospectus
Tragically, only 101 prospects can be included in the Top 101 list. But that doesn’t mean that others aren’t worthy of mention, just unworthy of ranking. Here are the next 10 prospects that didn’t quite make the cut, arranged alphabetically. Miguel Bleis, OF, Boston Red SoxBleis put together a breakout campaign in the Florida complex in 2022, no mean feat, and seemed poised to ascend to the top tier of outfield prospects with a strong Carolina League stint in 2023.
Candidates for the 2025 Top 101 - Baseball Prospectus
Jackson Ferris, LHP, Los Angeles Dodgers Adding Michael Busch and Yency Almonte to the big-league roster came at a heavy price for Chicago, costing them toolsy prep draftee Zyhir Hope and Ferris in the deal. Despite being drafted 47th overall, Ferris was paid mid-first-round money and given an aggressive first full-season assignment, skipping the complex and being placed into the Southern League as a teenager.
2024 Prospects: The Top 101, Sliced and Diced - Baseball Prospectus
Top | By Positions | By Organizations | By Ages | By Signed C (10) | 1B (5) | 2B (4) | 3B (6) | SS (19) | IF (5) | OF (25) | RHP (19) | LHP (7) | TWP (1) Age 18 (3) | Age 19 (8) | Age 20 (16) | Age 21 (22) | Age 22 (29) | Age 23 (13) | Age 24 (4) | Age 25 (5) | Age 26 (1) Top 10 (20) | 3rd Rd or Earlier (47) | 4th Rd or Later (11) | Int’l (23) Full access to this article is for Premium Baseball Prospectus subscribers.
Top 101: Prospect Pushback - Baseball Prospectus
A list of ten players that individual writers had above or below the final rankings.
2024 Prospects: The Top 101 - Baseball Prospectus
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 Editor’s Note: The below list is searchable, sortable, and downloadable for your convenience. Full access to this article is for Baseball Prospectus subscribers. Sign up today to get access to insightful analysis for the discerning baseball fan. Super-Premium - $66.99 / yearPremium - $45.95 / yearPremium Monthly - $6.99 / monthBasic - Free
PECOTA 2022: New Functionality for The Ax - Baseball Prospectus
The AX offers new adjustability on two major settings so that you can customize valuations to reflect your own specific outlook for the coming season. By default, The AX (see original intro article here) generates values using each player's 50th percentile PECOTA projection, and playing time estimates from BP's Depth Charts.
PECOTA 2022: 10 Hitters on the Rise - Baseball Prospectus
Ten names who are projected to exceed both their 2021 and career DRC+.
PECOTA 2022: Why Change the Story? - Baseball Prospectus
There are plenty of reasons why Trevor Story might not want to engage the idea of moving away from shortstop. There are also reasons it's worth considering.
Analyzing Platoon Splits for Shortstops in 2022 - Baseball Prospectus
Targeting platoons in DFS formats can be particularly useful.
Get to Know These Shortstop Prospects in 2022, Part 1 - Baseball Prospectus
The Royals have more than one good shortstop prospect.
Shortstop Throwdown: Francisco Lindor vs. Wander Franco - Baseball Prospectus
PECOTA projects them similarly, but should it?
Prospectus Feature: The Expected Contribution - Baseball Prospectus
Image credit: USA Today Sports Here at Baseball Prospectus, we talk a lot about so-called “deserved” runs, hoping to improve upon the raw outcomes traditionally used to evaluate player contributions. We’ve discussed why we think certain metrics do a better job of that— such as Deserved Run Average (DRA) for pitchers or Called Strikes Above Average (CSAA) for catchers—and offered various benchmarks to substantiate those views.
Short Relief: Walk Off Etiquette, and Real Men of Genius - Baseball Prospectus
Walk Off Etiquette By: Meg Rowley Last Wednesday, Mike Zunino walked off the Mariners against the Minnesota Twins with a two-run shot to deep right center field. As Zunino rounded the bases, and the Mariners assembled at home plate to celebrate, Robinson Cano began directing traffic. He moved Boog Powell over here, and Ben Gamel over there. He made sure the path to the plate was clear. It was a small moment, but it suggested that Cano had a plan. It suggested there is a way in which this is done.
Short Relief: A Half a Win is Half a Loss - Baseball Prospectus
While I was waking into the predawn hush of January 19th in Pennsylvania, the Auckland Tuatara and the Canberra Cavalry were entering the 12th inning of a strange game on the second-to-last weekend of the Australian Baseball League’s regular season.
State of the Position 2020: Second Base - Baseball Prospectus
Second base will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls, for the times they are a-changin'.
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