MINORS: Next year's hot prospects—The 2018 List
Jun 12 2018
Photo: Peter Alonso (1B) NYM
Welcome to the 2018 edition of finding prospects about to pop up on Top 100 lists simply based on results shown on the field. As usual, we note that scouting almost always comes first (see below)—but when stats are all we have, there is still some value in using them. Previous articles in this series are found here:
If you peruse those articles, you'll see that this method is quite good about identifying players about to get their first call-ups. For example, last year found Luis Castillo, Jack Flaherty and Scott Kingery shortly before they were called up. Now, one year later, all three are commonly owned on fantasy rosters. Let's see if we can do it again this year. Two years ago we...
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