Artificial Intelligence: Meet The Potential Scouting Director Of The Future
In the future, it’s possible that draft boards will be fully built by computers.
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RoboScout FAAB Targets For May 7, 2023
Jackson Holliday and Andrew Abbott are among the standouts on this week’s RoboScout rankings.
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Future Projection Episode 49: Low-A Hitters Shining & Scuffling
Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo cover a ton of ground on this podcast, notably discussing several Low-A hitters who are shining and scuffling.
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Prospect Report: Louisville’s Bats Live Up To Their Name
Matt McLain hit for the cycle and Christian Encarnacion-Strand slammed three home runs at Triple-A.
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The Automated Strike Zone Is Slightly Different At Triple-A in 2023
The automated ball-strike system is getting an expanded run at Triple-A this year with a few key adjustments.
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Yankees’ Carlos Narvaez Brings A Lot To The Table
The 24-year-old catcher showed promising offensive production at Double-A to pair with his sterling defensive reputation as he aims to follow his cousin to MLB.
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Blue Jays’ Kendry Rojas Builds Toward A Bright Future
The 20-year-old Cuban lefthander boosted his velocity early in 2023 while also boosting his usage of secondaries.
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Twins’ Zebby Matthews Shows Refined Offspeed Stuff
The 2022 eighth-rounder remakes himself after an intensive offseason session redefined his breaking pitch.
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Cody Bradford Pitches His Way Onto Rangers’ Radar
Adding a new pitch type helped the 25-year-old lefthander separate from the pack and become a strong contender to make his MLB debut this season.
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Defense-First Catcher Patrick Bailey Makes Offensive Strides For Giants
The 2020 first-rounder earned a quick promotion to Triple-A and could be on deck for his MLB debut later this season.
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Ten Underrated Pitching Prospects Impressing Early In 2023
Here we examine 10 pitching prospects showing improved stuff or command over the opening month of the season.
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Two-Year Minor League Park Factors And Team Run Contexts For 2021-22
Park factors are great for placing players’ performance in a league context, but they’re terrible at placing *leagues* in context. To get a handle on that, let’s take a look at team run contexts for all 120 full-season affiliates over the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
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Cubs’ Cade Horton Expands His Repertoire
The Cubs want 2022 first-rounder Cade Horton to be comfortable throwing any pitch type in any count, and the early results at Low-A were encouraging.
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Brewers’ Tyler Black Turns The Page On Injury-Plagued 2022
The lefthanded hitter was showing power and his trademark plate discipline—while also trying a new position—in an assignment to Double-A.
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Control Is Final, Elusive Piece For Athletics’ Luis Medina
The power-armed righthander hits triple digits and has a wide repertoire, but his success hinges on curbing his wildness.
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Wilfred Veras Shows Impressive Growth For White Sox
The 6-foot-2 Veras looks comfortable in the box and looks to do damage, but his year he is trying his hand at a new position.
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Royals’ Frank Mozzicato Throws Batters A Curve
Mozzicato has leaned into throwing his curveball, which was graded one of the better breaking pitches in the 2021 draft.
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Special Report: Baseball’s Coming Artificial Intelligence Revolution
In the 21st century, data has revolutionized how baseball teams work and operate. Is artificial intelligence going to transform baseball again?
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Angels Challenge Caden Dana With Quick Promotion
Drafted out of high school last year, Caden Dana so thoroughly dominated Low-A that the Angels pushed him to High-A as a 19-year-old.
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Orioles’ Creed Willems Makes Clear Progress In Low-A Repeat
The Low-A Carolina League flummoxed young catcher Creed Willems last season, but he took the right lessons to heart and emerged this spring as an impact hitter.
