Comments on: The World of Prospect Writing

By: Rorschach90

Rorschach90 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:36:12 +0000

Jon Heyman isn’t a prospect writer, but he is an idiot. Today on Twitter he said Porcello should be the AL ROY, which is fine, but his reasoning was that he has 14 wins for a team that is a playoff contender. To top it all off, he said that you shouldn’t even look at his other stats. It’s sad that Sports Illustrated has him as one of their “top” baseball writers.

By: blackoutyears

blackoutyears — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:43:56 +0000

Baseball Beginnings is a great blog by a guy named John Klima. He just finished up his HS 2010 follow lists.

By: Bob R.

Bob R. — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:42:10 +0000

Here is another vote for Project Prospect which I check daily.

I imagine most if not all teams have blogs devoted to their own prospects. I read Rays Prospects regularly and find it very informative. Other teams must have similar bloggers. And minor league teams, such as Durham and Montgomery have their own bloggers as well.

I also check Baseball-Intellect and hot-prospects.net periodically.

By: Adam Foster

Adam Foster — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:54:57 +0000

Thanks for the mention. Project Prospect is going to be working on a big new project this offseason. We’re hoping that it will grab a lot of attention.

Adam Foster
Project Prospect Founder

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:30:28 +0000

Conor Glassey deserves a mention at Baseball America as well.

By: either.or

either.or — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:49:28 +0000

phuturephillies.com is by far the best phillies prospect resource.

By: he says she

he says she — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:38:07 +0000

MLB.com recently expanded its Minor League/Prospects coverage here, too: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/minorleagues/affiliates/

Each team has an affiliate site now. Pretty good stuff.

By: Laker

Laker — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:18:00 +0000

That’s exactly the approach Grey takes in his ESPN articles, which is why I mentioned him.

By: CH

CH — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:51:38 +0000

John Sickels is one of the best around.

I look for scouts/writers who pay close attention to a player’s presence on the mound or at the plate, their work ethic, and their general intelligence. The statistical side is pretty well covered by sites like this one, so I don’t want a scout to regurgitate stats to me when I can easily find them myself. Sickels does a great job of balancing the statistical and “empirical” aspects of scouting.

By: Joel C.

Joel C. — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:12:10 +0000

Sickels site is fantastic. I also enjoy Project Prospect. Firstinning.com has some interesting content as well.

As for individual teams I find soxprospects.com to be the most informative.