Comments on: MLB Prospect Surplus Values — 2018 Updated Edition
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Ideas Involving PittsburghSat, 14 Jul 2018 00:40:53 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.7By: Lee Young
https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/mlb-prospect-surplus-values-2018-updated-edition/#comment-13503
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:22:44 +0000https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=10348#comment-13503Thanks Kevin…a couple of us on the PBC Asylum were a little confused by your article. I appreciate the ‘clearing up’.
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https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/mlb-prospect-surplus-values-2018-updated-edition/#comment-13500
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:03:05 +0000https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=10348#comment-13500I laid out that you should keep the elite ones and the ones clearly trending up, then trade off the #51-100 ones and/or the ones trending down the list.
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https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/mlb-prospect-surplus-values-2018-updated-edition/#comment-13499
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:01:36 +0000https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=10348#comment-13499It goes by the player’s FINAL appearance on the list. So if the Cutch ranks you cite are correct, his final appearance would be in the 26-50 bin. But keep in mind this currently goes through 2008 lists, so that bin may be different as of right now.
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https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/mlb-prospect-surplus-values-2018-updated-edition/#comment-13498
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:33:21 +0000https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=10348#comment-13498How do you handle the value of someone who appears multiple times on the BA list? For example, Cutch between ’06 and ’09 ranked 50, 13, 14 and 33. Does his 6 team controlled years of fWAR get credited to each of those spots? Just his peak spot?
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https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/mlb-prospect-surplus-values-2018-updated-edition/#comment-13497
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:51:19 +0000https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=10348#comment-13497Given the poor market conditions for FA this year I really feel like the Pirates could’ve (should’ve) changed course and started dumping prospects for MLB talent. They could’ve kept Cole and Cutch, traded prospects for Yelich and signed Moustakas. I’m not so sure they wouldn’t be favored to win the division with that team on the field. Really my biggest criticism is that NH spends too much on bench/bullpen pieces and won’t trade prospects for verifiable MLB talent.
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https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/mlb-prospect-surplus-values-2018-updated-edition/#comment-13495
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 19:02:12 +0000https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=10348#comment-13495What are you espousing? Hold onto prospects since so many fail or trading them away BECAUSE so many fail?
For me for me, bottom line is that I like having LOTS of prospects so that a) I can have them ready if needed and b) trade them when I am one or two pieces away.