Sleeper Scout: Jaime Garcia and Brandon McCarthy
One group of pitchers that seemingly goes unnoticed by many is the group that hasn’t been elite but has produced several years of solid performances. Those pitchers fall in the rankings anywhere from 40 to 60 and provide a good back-end to your rotation whether you drafted a couple of
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Sleeper Scout: Mike Minor and Hisashi Iwakuma
After being selected seventh overall in the 2009 Amateur Draft, Mike Minor has seen more bad days than good ones in Atlanta. Even though his strikeout numbers have been more than respectable, his career 4.37 ERA and 1.30 WHIP leave much to be desired. Minor started 30 games for the
30 Prospects in 30 Days: Jameson Taillon – SP – Pittsburgh Pirates
Jameson Taillon is a 6-foot-6, 225-pound right-handed beast of a pitching prospect. Drafted second overall out of high school in 2010, Taillon, 21, isn’t as polished as fellow Pittsburgh pitching prospect Gerrit Cole, but he still offers tremendous upside as a future major-league starter. Taillon has pitched well at all
30 Prospects in 30 Days: Jackie Bradley, Jr. – OF – Boston Red Sox
Jackie Bradley, Jr., performed very well in his first full professional season in 2012 after being drafted 40th overall in the 2011 Draft out of South Carolina. After only playing in 10 games in 2011, Bradley played 128 games last season – 67 in High-A ball and 61 in Double-A.
Sleeper Scout: Jon Lester and Trevor Cahill
Trevor Cahill and Jon Lester are coming off opposite 2012 seasons. Cahill, who’ll be 25 when the 2013 season begins, had the best year of his four-year career so far in ’12, while Lester, 29, had the worst season of his career. Both players represent solid values so far in
30 Prospects in 30 Days: Gerrit Cole – SP – Pittsburgh Pirates
If you want to see what makes baseball scouts drool, look no further than Gerrit Cole, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ organization. Cole, 22, was the No. 1 pick in the 2011 Amateur Draft out of UCLA. He’s listed at 6’4″ and 220 pounds. Cole only pitched
Sleeper Scout: Dillon Gee and Jon Niese
Despite having a laughing stock of an offense, the New York Mets could easily produce five quality starting pitchers for fantasy teams this season, even with the loss of Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey. Dillon Gee, a 26-year-old, started 17 games last year and was in the middle of a
30 Prospects in 30 Days: Oscar Taveras
How else to kick off our 30 Prospects in 30 Days series than with a profile of Oscar Taveras? Taveras, a twenty-year old outfielder in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, is arguably the best hitting prospect in the minors. Taveras is the prime jewel of the Cardinals’ farm system, which is
Super Bowl XLVII Preview: Ravens vs. 49ers
Come 6:30 p.m. EST Sunday all the predictions – experts’ and average Joes’ alike – will be rendered moot as Super Bowl XLVII kicks off. The game is full of storylines. Can Ray Lewis go out on top? Can Joe Flacco become “elite” – whatever that means? Can Colin Kapernick