Prospect Retro Suggestions

by John Sickels on Jan 31, 2026 9:41 AM EST Comment 38 comments

i'm neck deep in a research project right now, but hope to restart some prospect retros very soon. Use this thread to suggest some names. PLEASE use the "search" function on the website to make sure your suggestion isn't someone I've already covered.

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I would like to see....

Russ Branyan
Jason Kubel
Adam Johnson
Luis Rivas
Ryan Spliboroghs
Matt Harrison

…Also really curious if Dan Carte can be a major leaguer—-if he is what would be a good comparison

"And we'll see you tomoorrow night!" Jack Buck

by Love Twins on Jan 31, 2026 10:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

+1 on Branyan

by Matt Rox on Jan 31, 2026 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Been done

Link

by Kaorikaze on Jan 31, 2026 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Wily Mo

Pena

by BobbyMac on Jan 31, 2026 10:09 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Brandon Webb

by BobbyMac on Jan 31, 2026 10:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps

Brandon Phillips
Jack Cust
Carlos Pena

by sagecoll on Jan 31, 2026 10:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

+1 on Cust

Very unusual path. Ideal candidate

by mseward on Feb 1, 2026 4:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

agreed

"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball

by flipgatey3 on Feb 4, 2026 5:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

CC Sabathia, Derrek Lee

Waiting for April.

by DC Royal on Jan 31, 2026 10:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

PLEASE use the "search" function on the website to make sure your suggestion isn't someone I've already covered.

https://www.minorleagueball.com/2007/3/12/143154/375

by larry on Jan 31, 2026 11:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Marlon Byrd.

"No... JD has been exposed as a kid who trades his remote-controlled helicopters for paper airplanes, then fails to consider the feelings of the paper airplane when he refolded it into a hat." -Telegraph.

by Kinslerhomer on Jan 31, 2026 11:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

the over 35 crowd

jeff kent
ken griffey jr.
pedro martinez
manny ramirez
jim thome
mike mussina

by larry on Jan 31, 2026 11:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Mark Teixeira

Tim Hudson
Nick Johnson
Jose Cruz Jr

by Kaorikaze on Jan 31, 2026 1:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

+1 on Hudson

and Mark Teixeira

by Little Lady on Jan 31, 2026 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Two I would love to see

Khalil Greene
Alex Rios

by HectorLuna on Jan 31, 2026 1:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

+1 on Rios

He is an interesting case in the way that he developed.

by tdot mariner fan on Jan 31, 2026 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

+2

on Rios

by rdf8585 on Jan 31, 2026 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

perhaps....

Derek Bell (Tor)
Kip Wells (Pit)
Ben McDonald (bal)
Jeff Kent

and how about prince vs cecil fielder smackdown? does that even makes sense?

by goggles pisano on Jan 31, 2026 1:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Eric Chavez

by scatterbrian on Jan 31, 2026 2:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Some to ponder......

Rick Ankiel
Matt Anderson
Josh Hamilton
Robinson Cano

Everett, Laird, Treanor, and E. Jackson. Print those WS tix now!

by sportznut3081 on Jan 31, 2026 8:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Smackdown

I’d like to see a prospect smackdown between Delmon Young and Jay Bruce.

by rwperu34 on Jan 31, 2026 10:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Mark Teahen

Intriguing(at least to us Royals fans), if not average player

by playingwithfire on Feb 1, 2026 12:01 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Mark Teahen

Interesting if not average player.

by playingwithfire on Feb 1, 2026 12:02 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

what about..?

Robinson Cano

by cjc9387 on Feb 1, 2026 1:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Josh Hamilton

Obviously always had the potential to be this good but a huge break in the middle of his career. I would be interested to hear what John thinks about a guy who showed tools can really overcome pretty much anything

by mseward on Feb 1, 2026 4:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Nelson Cruz

High end prospect, slumped in majors, surged this year.

A noob or n00b is someone that lacks intellegance or common sense, most people think that noob is a word used only in the online gaming world, but in reality it is becoming an ever popular word with teenage society.

a noob could be simply a level 100 running round shouting ‘’WTF DO I GO!?’’ or someone calling someone else a noob and then getting hit with a brick, anyone can call anyone a noob, but normally they are noobs themselves
-robert_d_wilfong

by cwhitman412 on Feb 1, 2026 8:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs