Baseball America is gospel. Not.

JoshHamilton · Aug 26, 2011

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/8/26/2381461/standout-rookies-we-didnt-see-coming

Seriously, why do you prospectors blindly follow a book that's horribly wrong a good portion of the time?

Jaypers · Aug 26, 2011

Not all prospectors do. You're talking to one of them.

However, it's not in dispute that BA's staff's opinions carry weight when it comes to card values.

JoshHamilton · Aug 26, 2011

Jaypers said:
Not all prospectors do. You're talking to one of them.

Yet you start the "BA Hotlist is live!" thread every Friday and the "I got my advance copy of the BA Prospect Handbook a week early!" every February.

bradical · Aug 26, 2011

BA is just a collection of peoples opinions.

Jaypers · Aug 26, 2011

JoshHamilton said:
Jaypers said:

Not all prospectors do. You're talking to one of them.

Click to expand...

Yet you start the "BA Hotlist is live!" thread every Friday and the "I got my advance copy of the BA Prospect Handbook a week early!" every February.

If you believe those two examples you cited equate to me "worshipping" BA's collective boots you'd be mistaken.

Find me other companies that put out weekly Hot Sheets and periodicals and I'll post about them as well.

Adamsince1981 · Aug 26, 2011

Anyone that trys to predict or project baseball prospects will always be less than 100% accurate.

ballerskrip · Aug 26, 2011

Adamsince1981 said:
Anyone that trys to predict or project baseball prospects will always be less than 100% accurate.

+100

And anyone that has been successful prospecting does NOT depend on Baseball America to always be right. Judging baseball talent is like going to the casino, you sure as hell aren't going to be right/win all of the time.

skrip

WJCIII · Aug 26, 2011

JoshHamilton said:
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/8/26/2381461/standout-rookies-we-didnt-see-coming

Seriously, why do you prospectors blindly follow a book that's horribly wrong a good portion of the time?

Seriously, why do you have cards of Dan McGwire in your sig?

JoshHamilton · Aug 26, 2011

Jaypers said:
JoshHamilton said:

Jaypers said:

Not all prospectors do. You're talking to one of them.

Click to expand...

Yet you start the "BA Hotlist is live!" thread every Friday and the "I got my advance copy of the BA Prospect Handbook a week early!" every February.

Click to expand...

If you believe those two examples you cited equate to me "worshipping" BA's collective boots you'd be mistaken.

Ahh, my bad.

It must be a different JP who's asked Callis 37047 prospect questions on twitter

Jaypers · Aug 26, 2011

JoshHamilton said:
Ahh, my bad.

It must be a different JP who's asked Callis 37047 prospect questions on twitter

Guess so. Exaggerate much? If the occasional question to him offends you so much, I can fix that pretty easily. And for the record, I've asked just as many questions to guys like KLaw, but they almost never get a response.

JoshHamilton · Aug 26, 2011

WJCIII said:
JoshHamilton said:

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/8/26/2381461/standout-rookies-we-didnt-see-coming

Seriously, why do you prospectors blindly follow a book that's horribly wrong a good portion of the time?

Click to expand...

Seriously, why do you have cards of Dan McGwire in your sig?

Seriously, why DON'T you have Dan McGwire cards in your sig?

By the way, thanks for putting Sig Starts Here in your sig. I usually overlook the default line separating signature from post and get highly confused

Jheywardfan · Aug 26, 2011

JoshHamilton said:
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/8/26/2381461/standout-rookies-we-didnt-see-coming

Seriously, why do you prospectors blindly follow a book that's horribly wrong a good portion of the time?

Says the guy that posts about Bull *****......

tm decomposer · Aug 26, 2011

JoshHamilton said:
Jaypers said:

JoshHamilton said:

Jaypers said:

Not all prospectors do. You're talking to one of them.

Click to expand...

Yet you start the "BA Hotlist is live!" thread every Friday and the "I got my advance copy of the BA Prospect Handbook a week early!" every February.

Click to expand...

If you believe those two examples you cited equate to me "worshipping" BA's collective boots you'd be mistaken.

Click to expand...

Ahh, my bad.

It must be a different JP who's asked Callis 37047 prospect questions on twitter

Haha don't forget about his Matt Moore bromance.

WJCIII · Aug 26, 2011

JoshHamilton said:
WJCIII said:

JoshHamilton said:

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/8/26/2381461/standout-rookies-we-didnt-see-coming

Seriously, why do you prospectors blindly follow a book that's horribly wrong a good portion of the time?

Click to expand...

Seriously, why do you have cards of Dan McGwire in your sig?

Click to expand...

Seriously, why DON'T you have Dan McGwire cards in your sig?

By the way, thanks for putting Sig Starts Here in your sig. I usually overlook the default line separating signature from post and get highly confused

If you don't like BA and don't like J.P. asking questions, why bother going to the chats? You're not very smart are you?

bradical · Aug 26, 2011

JoshHamilton said:
Seriously, why do you prospectors blindly follow a book that's horribly wrong a good portion of the time?

12 players out of 960 potential top-30 spots per team is not what I would call a good portion of the time.

Pine Tar · Aug 26, 2011

rico08 · Aug 26, 2011

I think very few prospectors follow BA exclusively. It's more of a combo of guts, eaves dropping, and any number of online sources.

19braves77 · Aug 26, 2011

I use Baseball America for what its purpose is for: Bathroom reading

About the only thing they do well is pre-draft coverage and that is sometimes lacking.

Seriously, this is their pattern of reporting to you now:

A. Go to a game in Durham
B. Find a scout they know from the past and sit by him
C. Ask him questions during the game about players ( the same players they are watching )
D. Write what the scout said

or

Call a scout about a player in the Northwest

Some of you if you took the time to get off the laptop and go to some minor league games would be more interesting to read.

notjomommasclint · Aug 26, 2011

i wear a cowboy hat, jock strap, and cowboy boots and toss chicken bones into a tank of coffee grounds... but then again i only collect chickens and mules.

19braves77 · Aug 26, 2011

notjomommasclint said:
i wear a cowboy hat, jock strap, and cowboy boots and toss chicken bones into a tank of coffee grounds... but then again i only collect chickens and mules.

and live on government cheese down by the river ?

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