After a brief hiatus, we return with a star-studded 2012 season preview, as many of our favorite writers help us preview every division in baseball, but we save the best for last, as the official Up and In prediction for the 2012 World Series is reserved for Mom, and she does not disappoint. Then it’s the goofy stuff, as Jason prepares to leave after a month in the desert. Tons of baseball talk, and we’ll do it again next week with our minor league season preview. As always, we hope you enjoy.
Kevin shares his picks for Minor League Player of the Year honors.
Kevin continues his Divisional tour by stopping in the AL east, looking at which prospects and which affiliates are going to be most interesting.
Kevin kicks off a look at affiliates and prospects to watch in each division.
Catching up with Trevor Bauer and other top prospects standing out in the Cactus League.
Some young prospects might be getting their assignments to minor league camp right now, but not before scouts get to see who has impressed and who has not.
Just a quick show as I get ready to hop a plane for a few days in Arizona. We go through your email, and then after receiving a lot of comments about the Jairo Beras situation we bring on our good friend Jorge Arangure to discuss what exactly goes on with Dominican signings and age investigations. Then it’s the goofy stuff, including an outstanding musical guest. As always, we hope you enjoy.
After taking each team to 11, Kevin ranks the individual systems.
Good thing the Phillies are built to win right now, because there’s not much immediate help on the way from the farm.
Despite losing last year’s clear #1 prospect in a trade, the Yankee system still has some young talent to boast about.
We had to get Jason settled into Arizona, we had some technical glitches to sort out, but we’re back. Jason and I read through your email, talked about Rangers and Brewers prospects, discuss the strange kind of signing of Jairo Beras and discuss Jason’s spring training dairy and how haters gotta hate. Our special guest is Oakland A’s outfield prospect Jeremy Barfield, a unique personality among ball players, and then it’s the goofy stuff. See you next week, and as always, we hope you enjoy.
Despite recently graduating or trading many of their top prizes, the Texas system still has plenty of intriguing names left.
It might not be first time an international player’s age was disputed, but that doesn’t mean the case of Jairo Beras is typical.
A weak Brewers system improved following the 2011 draft, but that might not be saying much
What would the bidding look like if the game’s top prospects were to suddenly become free agents?
We promised we’d make it up to you and we did. We have the usual great emails, and two weeks of prospect lists to catch up on, but the special guests are the highlights. First, we’re joined by both Jim Callis of Baseball America and Keith Law of ESPN to discuss the process of making a Top 100 (or 101) prospect list, as well as some differences we have and how the public reacts that lists. Then, in light of this week’s big news, Mark Fainaru-Wada joins me to talk about the process that went into breaking the Ryan Braun in December as well as the righteous indignation that has come with the reaction. Then it’s a bit of the goofy stuff and we’re all done. As always, we hope you enjoy.