Suggestion Thread

by John Sickels on Jun 20, 2025 8:29 PM EDT

OK, ladies and gentlemen. Draft season is finally behind us, so I need some suggestions for stuff you would like to see. I'll start doing Top 20 prospect list updates sometime in July, and we will do Prospect of the Day and Minor League Notes on a daily basis, but I want to mix in some features too before the Top 20 updates start. Make some suggestions.

I'll try to do an AQA sometime soon but it would probably have to be on a weekend. I have some interview possibilities. Suggest subjects for Career Profiles or Not a Rookies, and any other feature-type deal you would like to see.

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Career profile for Jose Reyes

by Metfan on Jun 20, 2025 9:10 PM EDT reply actions

The comment didn't show up on mobile, so sorry if this is a repost

but something on Willy Mo Pena.

by jackyz on Jun 20, 2025 9:27 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Complex Leagues

With the Arizona and Gulf Coast leagues opening today, maybe a quick hits piece on some guys to watch in each?

by realitypolice on Jun 20, 2025 9:28 PM EDT reply actions

+1

by OrangeBravo on Jun 20, 2025 9:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

+1

go long with extenze...i do

by angelsownredsux on Jun 21, 2025 2:52 AM EDT up reply actions

It would be great if you could separate the wheat from the chaff in the short season leagues....

There can be so many great performances from so many anonymous guys, it would be great to get an idea of which young guys are actually cementing some prospect status.

by okteds on Jun 20, 2025 10:53 PM EDT reply actions

+1

go long with extenze...i do

by angelsownredsux on Jun 21, 2025 2:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Jered Weaver Career Profile

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by mathisrocks5 on Jun 20, 2025 11:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

+1

by CaptainHowdy on Jun 21, 2025 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions

+1

go long with extenze...i do

by angelsownredsux on Jun 21, 2025 2:53 AM EDT up reply actions

+1

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by Kerm on Jun 21, 2025 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions

I was going to suggest this as well.

So yeah, +1.

by Woodman663 on Jun 21, 2025 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions

Top First Basemen Remaining in the Minor Leagues

The prospect rankings at this position have been absolutely decimated with the recent MLB promotions of Smoak, Belt, Hosmer, Rizzo, Freeman and Trumbo.

Is Goldschmidt now the #1 first baseman in the Minors? Alonso? Where does Jonathan Singleton rank? Is Matt Adams a top 10 first base prospect right now? Chris Marrero?

by Kapellmeisters on Jun 20, 2025 11:23 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

not that many great ones left

Goldy of course is #1, Alonso is up there, but he might not even be Top 50

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by mathisrocks5 on Jun 21, 2025 12:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I'll take a shot...

1. Paul Goldschmidt
2. Yonder Alonso
3. Brandon Allen
4. Jonathan Singleton
5. Matt Adams
6. C.J. Cron
7. Chris Marrero
8. Cody Hawn
9. A.J. Kirby-Jones
10. Ben Paulsen

by Kapellmeisters on Jun 21, 2025 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Mike McDade should be somewhere on that list

by The_Bunk on Jun 21, 2025 2:46 AM EDT up reply actions

I agree, Mike McDade is a very exciting 1st Basemen for New Hampshire, lots of power and good defense.

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by Joseph Kirby on Jun 21, 2025 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Good point. I prefer Cody Hawn, but would have no problem ranking McDade ahead of Kirby-Jones.

by Kapellmeisters on Jun 21, 2025 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Neither of your two assertions is accurate.

by realitypolice on Jun 21, 2025 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions

how

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by mathisrocks5 on Jun 21, 2025 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions

A couple of things

I second the idea of players to watch in Rk/SS leagues, as players quickly become forgotten when they haven’t played…

Also, I’ve asked for this a couple of times, but how about a profile on 4th OFs, or what makes a 4th OF, or guys who had the 4th OF profile and have succeeded. I mentioned Cowgill and Lough specifically before the season started. Both have had solid years. Are they still 4th OFs?

by killa on Jun 20, 2025 11:40 PM EDT reply actions

I'd like to see a retrospective of Miguel Cairo

by tootle on Jun 21, 2025 12:20 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Not a Rookie...

Andrew Miller?

by Kapellmeisters on Jun 21, 2025 12:22 AM EDT reply actions

Potential Prospect of the day players

Neil Ramirez (Tex - SP)
Jorge Alfaro (Tex - C)
Luke Jackson (Tex - SP)

Potential profiles (pardon my spelling please)
Bartolo Colon
Mitch Moreland
Jeff Francour
Jauquine Arias

Other suggestions would be to cover the IFA (as already suggested), top catching prospect outside of Bryce Harper, as that seems to be an area of weakness across the board if I’m not mistaken, maybe shine a little light on how teams evaluate IFA’s, particularly when dealing with players that play multiple positions and pitch (Profar comes to mind)

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by Eric Prince on Jun 21, 2025 12:22 AM EDT reply actions

Bryce Harper is an OF prospect

Top catching prospects would include Montero, T.Sanchez, G.Sanchez, D’Arnaud, Grandal, Mesoraco…

by Kapellmeisters on Jun 21, 2025 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions

*meant Montero. idk why i said harper?......

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by Eric Prince on Jun 21, 2025 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Where have you been?

Montero isn’t even #1. That honor goes to Mesoraco. Meso, D’Arnaud, G. Sanchez are 3 guys off the top of my head who are better than him. Montero is as overrated as they come.

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by mathisrocks5 on Jun 21, 2025 2:05 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I've been working

and looking for more work. way too busy to keep as in touch with prospects as I’d like these days.

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by Eric Prince on Jun 21, 2025 4:10 AM EDT up reply actions

BJ Upton

Career Profile or Not a Rookie, whichever style is deemed more applicable.

by dbreer23 on Jun 21, 2025 1:44 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Not a Rookie: Starlin Castro

Why? I believe the answer would be “because he’s awesome.”

Maybe a piece on rookie of the year candidates (and their futures)…a performance update on the legit college prospects in the CWS tourney (I saw Whinston and Garvin pitched really well, as did the UNC LH)…Not a rookie/Smackdown hybrid Justin Upton vs. Heyward….career profile on the soon to be forever underrated Carlos Beltran….something on how Brett Jackson is going to be a top tier CFer because it turns out he’s got alot of skills as a hitter…also on how underrated he is…guys with <2 years in the minors who really stand out as future top prospects (The Next Next Wave)…Off topic: Best Comedian Alive…A “wtf is up with Matzek” piece…Not a rookie: Matt Garza….An update on Perez vs. Banuelos….something about how Matt Harvey will be the NL version of Verlander…oh and a not a rookie on Verlander, possibly. One of these would be fine too.

by SenorGato on Jun 21, 2025 3:37 AM EDT reply actions

Oh and IFAs.

by SenorGato on Jun 21, 2025 3:39 AM EDT up reply actions

MiLB League Profiles

I’d still LOVE to read your thoughts on all or most of the respective MiLB leagues, I posted this in the last suggestions thread and it got 3 agreements from other readers so I think others would find this useful also, doesn’t have to be incredibly in depth, but even 3 lists, 1 for hitters leagues, 1 for neutral leagues, and 1 for pitchers leagues would be a big help ( i also understand some leagues are neutral but have hitters parks in them so i don’t know if that can be distinguished within the peice or series but i am sure a lot of us get confused and misconstrue numbers based on us not understanding what type of league or ballpark some prospects are playing in)

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by Dominatio on Jun 21, 2025 7:34 AM EDT reply actions

Two ideas

by ADLC on Jun 21, 2025 8:12 AM EDT reply actions

And here they are

Not a Rookie/Prospect Retro on two guys that have been sent down this month, Snider and Coghlin.

Also, how about a look back at your April/May prospects of the day.

by ADLC on Jun 21, 2025 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions

Jordany Valdespin - is the hot June a tease or the beginning of a real breakout?

by rlwhite on Jun 21, 2025 8:18 AM EDT reply actions

What in the hell happened to Tyler Matzek?

Can he be fixed? Did the Rockies really screw him up by changing his delivery/mechanics? Does that person still have a job? Is his velo down as reported? Is he injured? WWJSD (what would John Sickels do)?

by Traindogger on Jun 21, 2025 8:21 AM EDT reply actions

Eye openers

Guys who’ve opened eyes this year with their performance and jumped up prospect lists. People like Altuve, Goldy, etc. Perhaps speculation on how they’ve improved their game this year and what it means for their future.

by eastin on Jun 21, 2025 9:19 AM EDT reply actions

All Trout, All Day

Well, not quite. As a big Angels fan I’m obviously anticipating the arrival of Mike Trout. I’d love to see an article that asks the question: When is the right time to bring up a top prospect? Particularly very young ones, like Trout?

The history of 19-year olds succeeding in the big leagues isn’t all that spectacular, but many that get some at-bats in their age-19 season do very well in their age-20 season, so I’m thinking that at least 100 PA for Trout this year would be a good thing. Or maybe more? What do you think?

by Angelsjunky7 on Jun 21, 2025 10:08 AM EDT reply actions

I really really hope they bring up Trout next year to replace Bourjos

and make Bourjos trade bait or 4th OF. Bourjos just isnt going to hit enough, and Trouts defense is almost as good.

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by mathisrocks5 on Jun 21, 2025 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I disagree...sort of

I hope they bring Trout up in September, give him 100 PA, then make him the regular LFer next year next to Bourjos. Then I hope they try to trade one or more of Wells, Hunter, and Abreu…Wells isn’t going to happen (unless it is for an equal or worse contract like Zito or Werth), but Hunter could happen, or maybe Abreu. If they can’t ship one of those guys they can always make Bourjos the 4th outfielder for 2012 and rotate him with Wells and Hunter, as well as being a late inning defensive replacement.

But Bourjos is worth keeping at CF if he can continue hitting around a .700 OPS…his defense is just that good. But I think he could end up hitting .290 with an OPS close to .800, if everything goes right. He deserves more time.

That said, if someone offered something interesting for Bourjos, I wouldn’t be crushed to see him go.

by Angelsjunky7 on Jun 21, 2025 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions

A clever option

The Angels could also try to fold Wells into a Weaver trade, something like:

Weaver and Wells to the Yankees for Brett Gardner, Jesus Montero, Betances, and Banuelos

The trade is really Weaver for that haul of young players, but the Yankees are sweetening it up by taking Wells off the Angels’ hands.

I don’t think Reagins is crafty enough to pull something like this off, however.

by Angelsjunky7 on Jun 21, 2025 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions

The Yankees wouldn’t give up Montero + Betances + Banuelos for Cliff Lee… why would they for Jeff Weaver?

by Kapellmeisters on Jun 21, 2025 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions

*Jered Weaver.

(Yanks ALREADY made the mistake of trading a bunch of solid prospects for JEFF Weaver.)

by Kapellmeisters on Jun 21, 2025 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Especially if they have to give up Gardner and take on Wells contract

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by King Billy Royal on Jun 22, 2025 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions

What about a draft class vs draft class smackdown?

Best starting lineup / entire team from different draft classes and your prediction on who wins in a best of one / best of seven series?

by unspider on Jun 21, 2025 10:38 AM EDT reply actions

Enough with all the draft stuff…

by Kapellmeisters on Jun 21, 2025 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Career profile: Darryl Strawberry

This former #1 overall pick was one of the most hyped prospects ever. “The black Ted Williams.” I’d like to read about how he he graded as a pre-draft prospect, as a prospect in the Mets system, and how his career progressed. Obviously drug use will part of his decline. I’m curious to know if scouts believed that he still had plus tools as he declined.

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by Russ on Jun 21, 2025 10:42 AM EDT reply actions

Doc and the Strawman

What about a piece on Doc and the Strawman? These 2 guys had baseball in the palms of their hands and let it all slip away.

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by King Billy Royal on Jun 21, 2025 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Chad Cordero

John, given that he announced his retirement earlier today, how about a Prospect Retro on Chad Cordero? It was a briefer career, but the highs were certainly highs, and ISTR that he always seemed to over-achieve compared to the scouting reports.

by Kirkie on Jun 21, 2025 10:54 AM EDT reply actions

Your opinion on teams banning pitches would be interesting

Seeing that the Jays have just locked up Drabek’s cutter. Do pitchers benefit from being forced to use other pitches, or does losing their best pitch for a period lead to loss of confidence and other negatives?

by TtD on Jun 21, 2025 10:57 AM EDT reply actions

Not a prospect

P Cory Luebke Padres

Future as a starter, minor league career, etc

He looks like he is going to be a good one possibly.

by emoofb on Jun 21, 2025 11:25 AM EDT reply actions

Reese Havens profile

Playing again and has been through a lot.

If he can stay healthy he should climb up some lists.

by emoofb on Jun 21, 2025 11:26 AM EDT reply actions

Yu Darvish profile

Is 2012 the year he arrives?

by emoofb on Jun 21, 2025 11:27 AM EDT reply actions

Sleeper Profile: Drew Hutchison

John, you noted that Drew Hutchison was a sleeper candidate at the start of the year and he is not disappointing. Last 27IP, 13H 0R 3BB and 38K. Would love to see a follow up on his progression and where he slots into the Jays system going forward.

by IamDeadHoratio on Jun 21, 2025 12:00 PM EDT reply actions

Trout vs Harper

Who is the best prospect in baseball?

I can see a pretty close poll along with some good debate in a story like this.

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by ViolentMike on Jun 21, 2025 12:29 PM EDT reply actions

Its hard to compare the two when they are at different levels

and completley different players

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by mathisrocks5 on Jun 21, 2025 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions

and yet everyone out there that puts out a list has to do it.

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by ViolentMike on Jun 21, 2025 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions