Exciting news in the prospect world broke today as the Philadelphia Phillies promoted to J.P. Crawford to the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. It now moves Crawford one more step closer to his big league debut, however there is no reason to expect it will be any time in the immediate future.
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MLB DRAFT possible top ten draft pick: Nick Senzel
This past Wednesday, we took a look at potential top pick, Mercer outfielder Kyle Lewis. Next up in our continuing draft prep profiles is Tennessee third baseman Nick Senzel.
MLB Draft profile: Possible Philadelphia Phillies OF Kyle Lewis
Monday saw the first “Almost Mock Draft” from Today’s Knuckleball, dissecting some of the options each team inside the top-ten has at their disposal. Unlike 2015, when seemingly the whole world knew Dansby Swanson was going first, this season sees two or three players that could be on the Philadelphia Phillies’ wish list at 1-1.
An “Almost-Mock” MLB Draft: The Top 10
June 9 is right around the corner, which means time is running out for teams to figure out who their first-round selection will be in the 2016 MLB Draft. This season’s crop has an interesting selection of youngsters. Whereas many regarded Dansby Swanson as the easy selection for the Arizona Diamondbacks with the first pick in 2015 (the other members of the Big Three in Alex Bregman and Brendan Rogers were nearly no-brainers at two and three) the Philadelphia Phillies may not have it so easy.
It’s pretty easy to agree on who the top ten or twelve guys to be selected this year will be; however, it’s still unclear how they will land. That doesn’t mean that it’s too early to look at the options of each of the teams inside the top-ten picks have.
Mitch Keller on fire on the Pittsburgh Pirates farm
Tyler Glasnow and Jameson Taillon are getting a lot of hype for the Pittsburgh Pirates and rightfully so. They are seemingly both on the brink of their much awaited big league debuts. The Pirates are deep, however, and they have another enticing prospect pitching the lights out in the South Atlantic League.
The New York Mets and Brandon Nimmo: what now?
Brandon Nimmo came to the New York Mets as their future center fielder that would provide a spark atop their lineup. That was six years ago. A lot has changed for the Mets, both in their farm system and their outfield. Where does Nimmo fit into their future plans?
Perhaps the better question is, does he?
The good and the bad of the New York Yankees: Week 6
Brace yourselves, Yankees faithful. No matter what happens today, the New York Yankees have locked up their first winning week since the rain shortened second week of the season. An impressive three games to one series victory over the defending World Champion Kansas City Royals started it off, while a big win over the stingy Jose Quintana highlighted the White Sox series.
Of course, the three headed monster finally reared its head.
The Milwaukee Brewers Orlando Arcia has little left to prove in AAA
The Milwaukee Brewers are clearly a team in transition. While Ryan Braun is looking like the player he once was before his 2013 on- and off-field downfall, the Brewers are a team currently devoid of a superstar. That superstar, however, could be in Triple-A.
Jesse Winker’s chance should be coming with the Cincinnati Reds
This may not come as a surprise to many of you, but the Cincinnati Reds are not going to make the playoffs this season. Here’s what may come as a surprise, the Reds farm system is not as bad as it used to be.
Sure, most of the Reds faithful are excited for the depth of pitching prospects in the system with names like Amir Garrett, Cody Reed and Rookie Davis tearing it up, but they do have some offense. In fact, it may be time to hand over left field to their top prospect Jesse Winker.
What to expect from Detroit Tigers Steven Moya
It seems like the Detroit Tigers have been waiting forever for Steven Moya to develop into their everyday right fielder. Actually, in baseball years they have, as it has been seven full seasons now since Moya was signed out of Puerto Rico. The paradox of course is that now that Moya seems ready, they seemingly have no room for him.
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