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Top Prospects
AL
BAL | CHW | ATH |
BOS | CLE | HOU |
NYY | DET | LAA |
TBR | KCR | SEA |
TOR | MIN | TEX |
NL
ATL | CHC | ARI |
MIA | CIN | COL |
NYM | MIL | LAD |
PHI | PIT | SDP |
WSN | STL | SFG |
ZiPS Projections
Chat Schedule All times ET
Sun | 8:30 PM | Jeff Zimmerman |
Mon | 12 PM | Justin Mason |
Mon | 2 PM | Ben Clemens |
Tue | 12 PM | Jay Jaffe |
Wed | 2 PM | Paul Sporer |
Thu | 12 PM | Dan Szymborski |
Fri | 12 PM | Eric Longenhagen |
Fri | 2 PM | RosterResource |
Top Prospects
AL
BAL | CHW | ATH |
BOS | CLE | HOU |
NYY | DET | LAA |
TBR | KCR | SEA |
TOR | MIN | TEX |
NL
ATL | CHC | ARI |
MIA | CIN | COL |
NYM | MIL | LAD |
PHI | PIT | SDP |
WSN | STL | SFG |
ZiPS Projections
Chat Schedule All times ET
Sun | 8:30 PM | Jeff Zimmerman |
Mon | 12 PM | Justin Mason |
Mon | 2 PM | Ben Clemens |
Tue | 12 PM | Jay Jaffe |
Wed | 2 PM | Paul Sporer |
Thu | 12 PM | Dan Szymborski |
Fri | 12 PM | Eric Longenhagen |
Fri | 2 PM | RosterResource |
Podcasts
Leaders
WAR
wRC+
wOBA
WPA
1.Aaron Judge | 4.0 |
2.Corbin Carroll | 2.7 |
3.Bobby Witt Jr. | 2.7 |
4.Fernando Tatis Jr. | 2.6 |
5.Shohei Ohtani | 2.6 |
WAR
WPA
ERA
1.Hunter Brown | 2.4 |
2.Tarik Skubal | 2.0 |
3.Logan Webb | 1.9 |
4.Nathan Eovaldi | 1.9 |
5.Jesus Luzardo | 1.9 |
WAR
WPA
ERA
1.Robert Suarez | 0.9 |
2.Andres Munoz | 0.8 |
3.Luke Weaver | 0.8 |
4.Jose Alvarado | 0.8 |
5.Lucas Erceg | 0.8 |