Suggestion Thread

I think it would be interesting if you did prospect retros on the first four pitchers on the 2006 pitchers prospect list, all super successful (Verlander, Liriano, Cain, Billingsley).

How about a Prospect Retro Family Smackdown combo piece? Justin vs. B.J. comparing which brother seemed to progress more quickly, which is closer to/more likely to live up to the hype laid on each, and which will have a longer MLB career. Or other comparisons, I’m having a bit of trouble trying to word specific topics when combining Retros and Smackdowns. Help anyone?

Now that he is playing baseball for sure.

This may be too far out of your comfort zone, but I’d be interested in seeing you do a write up on him, and to find out where he would rank on the top 50 list.

I love the idea of positional rankings; even if we could cobble them together from your existing grades, it’s still interesting to hear them from you.

I also love the new career profiles (And older retros): the biggest void in baseball writing that I see now is that gap between exceeding 130 AB+ and 50 IP+ and being established as a known, somewhat consistent quantity in the majors. I’d love to see rankings of the guys below 26 (off the top of my head) who still have upside……….Guys like Travis Snider and Matsuz come to mind immediately: we obsess over them ’til they get to the bigs, then, poof……

What about a piece that ties in the true historical angle you seem to be searching for John. Kinda looks like a retro piece on a guy from another era, like a Bob Feller type, and comparing/contrasting his style to a player say, from the last ten years or so that reminded you of similarities to Mr. Feller. Just an idea, not sure if I explained it very well.

starting with Mark Prior, who still brings teh tears to teh eyes.

As everyone already knows, I think the catching position is far and away the most important on any team. So, with that being said, maybe you could do an in depth interview with some minor league catchers. Here are a few ideas. Lets start with a few from So. Cal. and see what they have done this off season to prepare for a successful 2011 season. Maybe Austin Romaine, Kyle Skipworth, Cameron Garfield (sorry about the name spelling). Would be great, thanks.

Perhaps a look at prospects on whom we have little more than a scouting report, guys who you like but on whom we have little or no pro data

Jacob Turner vs. Zach Wheeler

Take past prospect and smackdown them with current prospect. For example, Jason Bay vs. Brandon Guyer.

Coupled with his inability to stay healthy, Donovan Tate’s poor numbers seem to make him look like a bust in the making. Has there ever been a player who was so tools heavy (like Tate) who stumbled so much out of the gate?