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June 29, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: Bring Me the Head of Justin Smoak

by Jason Parks

It's been 4 years, and Smoak's not yet a force in the middle of a big league lineup. What gives?

June 27, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: A Flight of Fancy

by Jason Parks

Jason prepares for the BP event in Arlington with a bad flight and some good thoughts.

BP Unfiltered: A Poem About Pitchability

by Jason Parks

Pitching poetry with the Professor.

June 21, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: Bring Me the Head of Martin Perez

by Jason Parks

The guillotine has been serviced, inspected, and is ready to go. Jason kicks off his new series by calling for the head of Rangers lefty Martin Perez.

June 19, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: Bring Me the Head of…..

by Jason Parks

Not all hot prospects will be stars, and that's a hard pill to swallow.

June 14, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: Searching for a Prototype

by Jason Parks

Questions about a recent Rangers draft pick sends Jason down the rabbit hole.

June 12, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: Midseason Review: Boogie Nights Edition

by Jason Parks

These guys are so good, they cut glass. They're razor sharp.

May 31, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: What Could Go Wrong in 2012: St. Louis Cardinals

by Jason Parks

St. Louis might not have Pujols, but they do have some prospects whose worst case scenarios are still pretty good.

May 29, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: What Could Go Wrong in 2012: San Francisco Giants

by Jason Parks

Between the weather, the Mythbusters, and Full House reruns, life's pretty good in San Francisco. But that doesn't mean their top prospects can't fail like the rest of us.

May 24, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: Baseball is My Stereo: Myrtle Beach vs. Wilmington, Part 2

by Jason Parks

Not every prospect gets scouted on their best day, and not all performances have a positive takeaway.

May 22, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: Baseball is My Stereo: Myrtle Beach vs. Wilmington

by Jason Parks

Where there's bad offense, there's good pitching. Usually.

May 17, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: What Could Go Wrong in 2012: Los Angeles Dodgers

by Jason Parks

Which young Dodgers need more #want than others?

May 15, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: What Could Go Wrong in 2012: Colorado Rockies

by Jason Parks

Nolan Arenado could turn into a newt, maybe. What else could go wrong for young Rockies players?

May 8, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: What Could Go Wrong in 2012: Arizona Diamondbacks

by Jason Parks

A trio of very highly-regarded pitchers leads off Arizona's top prospect list, but they're not sure things.

May 3, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: What Could Go Wrong in 2012: San Diego Padres

by Jason Parks

Hey, it's the Padres. Stuff goes wrong in the majors, why can't it go wrong in the minors, too?

May 1, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: What Could Go Wrong in 2012: Tampa Bay Rays

by Jason Parks

Yes, it's a solid farm system, but nothing's a sure thing with Tampa's prospects.

April 26, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: What Could Go Wrong in 2012: Baltimore Orioles

by Jason Parks

People don't think much can go wrong with Dylan Bundy, but how about the rest of the top Orioles prospects?

April 25, 2012

BP Unfiltered: Does Darvish Throw a Shuuto?

by Jason Parks

Yu Darvish unveiled a previously unseen pitch in his masterful starts against the Yankees on Tuesday night.

April 24, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: A Week in Wilmington

by Jason Parks

To help him through a week in Wilmington, Jason finds inspiration all around him.

April 20, 2012

Prospects Will Break Your Heart: Baseball is My Stereo: Jason Adam, Ronny Rodriguez, and Several Snapshots

by Jason Parks

Jason has more notes on Royals and Indians prospects from his recent trip to Delaware.