Update and Suggestion Thread

Because of the recent news on Giolito, an article about what has happened to top prospects that fell in the draft because of injuries. Were the teams rewarded for taking the risk? or were these players never the same? Something along those lines.

Career Profile and Prospect Retro.

Bauer vs. Skaggs
Rendon vs. Arenado
Rosario vs. Mesoraco

With recent news of his contract, Andrew McCutchen would be an interesting look

mason williams vs. aaron hicks

Starting with Sano, Arenado, and Rendon (and going 10+ deep) the minors are full of good and/or interesting prospects at the “hot corner.” Breaking down their collective merits and upside would be interesting…

Ideally I would have liked Bundy vs Taillon since they were two best prep pitchers of the last 5 years, but since Taillon has already been used than how about

Bundy vs Bauer

Both are small pitchers that still use the long-toss training program, and both drafted top 5. Comparable enough.

I know we’ve been asking for this for a while, but there’s a reason why. :)

Would like to see a crystal ball on Bauer.
I’m a bit old fashioned, but miss the “Guess the prospect” retro’s. Dennis Tankersley’s comeback sparked my interest again.

Maybe a series leading up to the draft (and the community mock draft) examining teams drafting tendencies, what types of players they go for historically, who they might target in the early rounds this year, and how the CBA might impact these strategies.

Votto looks pretty well lined up to get that kind of monster deal, but who else could garner that kind of money in the next 5-10 years? Ellsbury? A pitcher? Are the two signed this offseason going to be a trend or an outlier?

Like a top 10 at each position, maybe 5 high school guys, and 5 college guys, when they’ll go, and teams that may be interested.

of guys who just lost their prospect eligibility towards the end of last season, and where they would rank (in the top 120) if they still had eligibility.

Guys like Jose Altuve, Dayan Viciedo, Henderson Alvarez, Hector Noesi, etc.

So a top 10 list of the prospects with the best power potential, batting potential, fielding potential, throwing potential and speed/base-running potential. Also, would like to see a list of pitching prospects with the best fastball, breaking ball, control/command, etc.

This is your “official” reminder from last week’s AQA about exploring prospects you expect to make the next big step this year