By Ken Balderston
League 14
League 15
With the trade deadline just around the corner, plenty of minor leaguers will finally get called up to the Bigs, some with their current organization, others with a new team. As many teams look to rebuild, and with lots of prospects available, there should be plenty of minor league movement in the upcoming month.
Also in July, many of these players will be at the Futures Game, the day before the Major League All-Star game, so you’ll be able to get a first hand look at the best players in the minors. FBM Cugines is tracking the performance of the top prospects closest to the Majors, as well as the performance of the players blocking them.
By Ken Balderston
League 14
League 15
FBM Cugines is tracking the performance of the top prospects closest to the Majors, as well as the performance of the players blocking them. Let’s jump back into the action …
By Ken Balderston
League 14
League 15
As the ‘08 season rolls on, 12 owners picking through the waiver wire on a regular basis leaves less and less to choose from. You need to make up points in the standings and can’t seem to find a difference maker. Well, it’s a perfect time to stop looking at what’s right in front of you and start looking at who could come up and save your team.
FBM Cugines is tracking the performance of the top prospects closest to the Majors - as well as the performance of the players blocking them.
By Ken Balderston
League 14
League 15
Coming into the 2008 season, I saw 24 potential rookies who could make significant contributions to fantasy teams. It seems that many of you agreed with me, because a large number of draft picks were spent on prospects in this year’s Mafia leagues.
This was, presumably, because of the impact made by the likes of Ryan Braun, Troy Tulowitzki, and Hunter Pence in 2007. In some cases, these players are still being kept on fantasy rosters, even after being sent back to the minors.
Throughout the year, FBM Cugines will be tracking the performance of the top prospects closest to the Majors — as well as the performance of the players blocking them. By the way, “Cugine,” in case you were wondering, is a Mafioso term for a young tough guy looking to get ‘made’.
Let’ take a look at ‘Part II’ of this group …
By Ken Balderston
League 14
League 15
Coming into the 2008 season, I saw 24 potential rookies who could make significant contributions to fantasy teams. It seems that many of you agreed with me, because a large number of draft picks were spent on prospects in this year’s Mafia leagues.
This was, presumably, because of the impact made by the likes of Ryan Braun, Troy Tulowitzki, and Hunter Pence in 2007. In some cases, these players are still being kept on fantasy rosters, even after being sent back to the minors.
Throughout the year, FBM Cugines will be tracking the performance of the top prospects closest to the Majors — as well as the performance of the players blocking them. By the way, “Cugine,” in case you were wondering, is a Mafioso term for a young tough guy looking to get ‘made’.
Let’ take a look at ‘Part I’ of this group …
By Terry Mahoney
It is an annual rite of winter.
Sometime after the last pitch of the Series, we begin anew the Red Sox-Yankees debate. It begins broadly, which team is better? Then takes on the inane, who sells the better dog? Before eventually settling into an endless barrage of ESPN-delivered on-site coverage of every Steinbrenner fire or Epstein hire. And this article is no different! But instead of hot dogs, we are comparing prospects … Clay Buchholz and Joba Chamberlain.
By Darryl Houston Smith
League 4
League 10
Editor’s Note: The Prospect Miner™, Darryl Houston Smith, winds up his Top 100 in this final edition. Here are his Top 81 – 100 Prospects. For earlier editions of this column, please check out the Archives. –Bob in Cleveland, Senior Editor
By Darryl Houston Smith
League 4
League 10
Editor’s Note: The Prospect Miner™, Darryl Houston Smith, is back at it in today’s edition with his Top 41 – 60 Prospects. For earlier editions of this column, please check out the Archives. –Bob in Cleveland, Senior Editor
By Darryl Houston Smith
League 10