WELCOME TO THE PROSPECT MUD…
(Note: the content might be slowing down the next couple of months as I will be traveling. A lot of baseball in my travels, though. Obviously not ideal and not the plan moving forward. 2025 is kind of the preseason for the site. My life schedule changes in the fall (no more kids at home during the week) and I plan on going at this thing like a full-time job. I appreciate anyone checking out the site, and know it won’t slow down next summer.)
We have much in common if you value watching baseball players do their thing. I’ll roll up my sleeves and do the heavy mudding, so you don’t have to, observing and reporting, trying to get a leg up on the prospecting pieces, spreadsheets, and ranks might miss. If I do my job well, you’ll get knowledge on players well before your opponents do. My only guarantee is that the homework will get done. If you’re familiar with my previous work, then I imagine you’re here because you valued it. If I’m new to you, my mission is to prove the work useful. Let’s see if we can win the margins to champion our dynasty leagues. Cliffnotes work better with hitters, but it’s my belief that getting eyes on pitchers is imperative to getting a decent evaluation, thus you’ll find our looks more pitcher-heavy.
A Quick Look:
Who had former B‑Side selection Ryan Ritter with the second most HRs in all the minors after two months? Ritter has been all over the map from year to year at the plate. A season full of swing n miss, to good contact. Little power, to lots of power, back to little, and back to lots. Here are his 15 HRs on the season, 11 of which were in the month of May: