But I’d be interested in a sort of meta post. That is, has anything in the last year altered your approach to covering prospects? Have the success or failure of certain players, or groups of players, pushed you to reconsider any aspect of your approach? I’ve noticed a stronger bias against scouting reports in your short one-liners; that is, young, lower-level guys who have bad years are seen as evidence that we shouldn’t over value guys without statistical records, but the same could be said about guys (like say Ian Kennedy or Nick Evans) who get high grades because of their stats, but whose performance at higher levels reveals why the scouting reports were more lukewarm.

Anyway, I’d enjoy and be interested in a “State of Sickels’ Approach” address.

michael bourn v. brett gardner.

Also, I would be interested at a list of the worst HR hitters in baseball today (or in history)

Such as Jason Tyner, Juan Pierre, Duane Kieper…..

on Marc Newfield. It’s something I’ve wanted to see for a few years.

His stock has just plummeted, even though his BB, K, and ISOP are in line with what they always were, and only his BABIP being massively lower. Is he a bounceback candidate? Do you still believe in him?

I don’t think that you’d need to do one on say Price, Anderson, Porcello, Matusz or Hanson—guys who have done generally what could have been expected and/or were the very top prospects—but guys like Cahill, Holland, Latos, Romero, Cecil would be great. Whose stock has risen/fallen in your eyes?

best fastball, curve, power, etc