A's Midseason Top 50 Prospects: #20-11
The penultimate portion of the list features a number of players who have broken out in the past year.
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Nathaniel Stoltz
Jul 2, 20227 min read
A's Midseason Top 50 Prospects: #30-21
The midseason top 50 continues, as we cross the halfway point in the list.
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Nathaniel Stoltz
Jul 1, 20226 min read
A's Midseason Top 50 Prospects: #40-31
The journey through the midseason top 50 continues. The theme of this section seems to be "guys who are currently injured."
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Nathaniel Stoltz
Jun 30, 20228 min read
A's Midseason Top 50 Prospects: #50-41
The midseason top prospects list begins!
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Nathaniel Stoltz
Jun 22, 202218 min read
A's Minors Midseason Statistical Check-In, Part 4: Pitching Batted Ball Distributions
Checking in on the A's system's best and worst pitchers in various batted ball stats and offering some context for them.
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Nathaniel Stoltz
Jun 20, 202215 min read
A's Minors Midseason Statistical Check-In, Part 3: Offensive Batted Ball Distributions
Checking in on the A's system's best and worst batters in various batted ball stats and offering some context for them.
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Nathaniel Stoltz
Jun 11, 202216 min read
A's Minors Midseason Statistical Check-In, Part 2: Pitching Basics
Checking in on the A's system's best and worst pitchers in triple-slash stats allowed, ERA, FIP, and xFIP, and offering some explanations.
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Nathaniel Stoltz
Jun 9, 20229 min read
A's Minors Midseason Statistical Check-In, Part 1: Offensive Basics
Checking in on the A's system's best and worst hitters in the triple-slash stats, wOBA and wRC+, and offering some explanations.
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Nathaniel Stoltz
Jun 5, 202219 min read
The One-Third Rule and Differences Between Minor League Levels
I once struggled to understand how scouts could project strong performers at one level to flop at the next one. Here's how I came to get it.
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Nathaniel Stoltz
May 20, 20228 min read
Putting Brett Harris' Breakout In Context
Oakland's seventh-round pick has turned heads with his strong start to the season. What does he bring to the table?
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Nathaniel Stoltz
May 20, 202232 min read
Quantifying Age Relative to Level
We talk about age relative to level in prospect analysis all the time. But how much difference does a year actually make?
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Nathaniel Stoltz
May 10, 202212 min read
Garrett Acton: College Closer to MLB Closer?
Watch out: Garrett Acton is wielding the best stuff of his career. What're the chances he can play an important role in future A's bullpens?
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Nathaniel Stoltz
May 4, 202220 min read
Austin Beck and Improving With Repetition
It's taken a long time, but the former sixth overall pick seems to finally be figuring out High-A. Should we care?
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Nathaniel Stoltz
Apr 26, 202225 min read
Dominating in the Low 80’s: Making Sense of a Unicorn
David Leal has 13 times as many pro strikeouts as walks. He also throws 83 mph with no gimmicks. How does that work? Can it keep working?
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Nathaniel Stoltz
Apr 26, 202226 min read
What Is A Prospect?
We keep using that word. Does it mean what we think it means? How do I use it?
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