But I would like more involvement of you in the fanposts. I’m not trying to sound like a jerk, but most other SBnation forums have the moderators active posters. It would be great if you could engage in some conversation over on our side sometimes…

It’s not baseball season yet, but I really enjoyed those posts during the season and I’d like to see them continued in 2010.

As for the meantime, maybe you could do a couple of pre-season college posts about who you like going into the year and who you will be particularly interested in following.

I think there is a lot of disagreement over what certain statistical accomplishments mean especially in players’ first years. Maybe every so often (monthly or so would be nice), you could provide some insight on which players seem to truly rising in the eyes of minor league evaluators. I find that many times after only a few months, a player perceived to be weak or flawed in certain areas is vaulted up the ranks of minor leaguers because of new data (whether that be stats or new scouting). There seems to be plenty of instances where those few months of data outweigh all previous data (especially for players coming out of high school). It is hard sometimes for me to figure out which numbers are fluky and which numbers are a sign of serious improvement (or that the previous scouting was just not right). You could pick out a few players from the 1st couple rounds, some from the mid rounds and some true rising status players from the latter rounds. I think even at this point in the calendar, there are some serious debates over first year player performances and what they mean, so each installment could be pretty fresh and informative.

Possibly how some of the prospects who got decently sized bonuses did in the lower level leagues recently. Surprises, disappointments, guys to watch for, etc. A lot of them don’t get the press that draftees do so less is known about them until they get to the mid to upper level minors.

Players that you rated 5 or 6 years ago, now are likely to have 3 to 4 years of major league service. Take a look at say all the A- rated players for say 2003 or 2004. Which ones became A- or better major league players? Which did not? Any common threads for those that did not such as strike zone judgement.

Those were really good, and would love to see your feelings on guys who’s eligibility expired in ’09.

Every year just before the NFL Draft, I go back and look at the Draft from 10 years earlier. I look at all the first rounders and determine good/bad pick and what went right/wrong. I like 10 years for baseball, since even a high school pitcher will be in his late 20’s by that time and should have a solid track record and be through the injury nexus. 5 years after Kerry Wood was drafted he was the next Roger Clemens, 10 years after he was drafted he was more like the next Mark Fidrych.

I find it a fun, informative exercise for the NFL Draft, and I imagine it would be equally interesting here (if not moreso, given the high variability in the MLB draft with 18 year olds and far more projection at play)

I always enjoy the looks back at top prospect groups from years past. Like the 1993 top pitching prospect series from a few year ago. Something on top pitching prospects from 1999 or 2000 would be interesting, as that is long enough ago that most of those guys should have flamed out or made something of themselves.

I like the Sleeper Prospect posts you’ve done in the past, and I’ll echo part of doublestix’s comment above about preferring to see less heralded prospects in the Smackdown series. Guys like Stolmy Pimentel, Chris Dwyer, John Lamb, Zeke Spruill, Wilmer Font, Robbie Ross, or TJ House on the pitching side. Hitters like Logan Forsythe, Brent Morel, Chase D’Arnaud, Danny Espinosa, etc. The more we can learn about lesser known players the better for all of us I think. Maybe even more obscure names than these, I just threw out some guys I like and would like to see more in depth material on.

What I’d really like to see is Top 20 lists by position and even better, top 20 under 25 by position. I’d really like to see how you stack up, for example, the minors top 20 shortstops against each other.

I’d be curious to get your thoughts on where some recent prospects would rank with minor leaguers. For example, would Brett Cecil rank ahead of Kyle Drabek on the Jays? Would David Price rank ahead of Jennings or Hellickson?

I know Kevin Goldstein does this on Baseball Prospectus, but I’d like to see your rankings.

I’d really like to see a list of the top 100 25-and-under players, along with the top 10 at each position.