Rookie pitchers will break your heart, but you can live off their potential all year long. Here are the most optimistic projections from this year’s class of minor league pitchers:
It’s never too early to start thinking about next season… is it? With the minor league 2009 season in the books, I have started developing my new and improved projections for 2010. I now use a projection system that takes minor league statistics at the Triple-A or Double-A level and regresses them to give a pretty conservative prediction for the following season. Here are some of the top projections for position players next season, should they see a full season of 600 PAs.
There are many players who have very little draft value because they are expected to miss significant time with injuries or they are going to stay in the minor leagues to delay their arbitration clocks. Still, when they do see duty, they can give your team quite the boost. Here are some of those players for this year: Read more…
Rookie (or rookie-ish) starters are always a bit tricky, because it almost inevitably takes a little time for them to adjust to the big leagues. The question is, is that time period short enough for you to gamble on them their first year?
