By Kiley McDaniel
Scott Boras is without a doubt the highest profile agent in sports history and many of his methods are heavily debated. A few teams deal with him with no fear, some allow him to out-leverage them, others just don’t deal with him at all. That being said, until recently, he seemed [...]
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Rumored Price For Boras Clients Surface
Posted in News & Notes, Our Opinion on April 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Prospecting Mission Statement, Part II
Posted in Our Opinion, Prospect Lists on April 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
By Kiley McDaniel
Catch part one of this series here. I’ve dragged my feet a bit on getting to part two of the series, but all four of you eagerly awaiting more of the site’s methods on ranking prospects, wait no more!
This section will focus on a interesting philosphical debate including Ben Grieve, financial valuation [...]
Prospect Mythbusting: Put Us On The Case
Posted in Our Opinion on March 31, 2008 | 17 Comments »
By Frankie Piliere
Every fan that follows prospects will know where I’m coming from with this. There is always some great degree of ambiguity when it comes to prospect tracking but why is that? We feel that the degree of ambiguity should be taken down a notch if not totally eliminated. There should [...]
The Prospecting Mission Statement, Part I
Posted in Our Opinion, Prospect Lists on March 27, 2008 | 14 Comments »
By Kiley McDaniel
When it comes to ranking prospects, these days it seems everyone has a philosophy they’d like to share, but more importantly a list they want you to read and a book for you to buy (and probably a timeshare presentation). And I’d bet these lists look a lot like Baseball America’s Top [...]
Changing First Base Profile Part of Larger Shift?
Posted in Our Opinion on March 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
By Kiley McDaniel
I was listening to the Baseball America Podcast this week (Mar. 14 broadcast, roughly 27:00 in) and a conversation between John Manuel and J.J. Cooper got me thinking. Why has the profile for big league first basemen changed?
First, let me back up and explain what I mean by that question. You [...]
