Author: Baseball Prospectus,
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1950716899
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
Futures Guide 2021 features: Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. Baseball Prospectus’ 2021 organizational rankings. Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2021. Additional essays on various prospect and scouting related topics
Baseball Prospectus Futures Guide 2021
Author: Baseball Prospectus,
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1950716899
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
Futures Guide 2021 features: Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. Baseball Prospectus’ 2021 organizational rankings. Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2021. Additional essays on various prospect and scouting related topics
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1950716899
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
Futures Guide 2021 features: Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. Baseball Prospectus’ 2021 organizational rankings. Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2021. Additional essays on various prospect and scouting related topics
Baseball Prospectus Futures Guide 2022
Author: Baseball Prospectus
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1950716953
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Futures Guide 2022 features: Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. Baseball Prospectus’ 2022 organizational rankings. Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2022. Additional essays on various prospect and scouting related topics.
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1950716953
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Futures Guide 2022 features: Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. Baseball Prospectus’ 2022 organizational rankings. Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2022. Additional essays on various prospect and scouting related topics.
Baseball Prospectus Futures Guide 2023
Author: Baseball Prospectus
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1960115006
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Futures Guide 2023 features: Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. Baseball Prospectus’ 2023 organizational rankings. Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2023. Additional essays on various prospect and scouting related topics.
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1960115006
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Futures Guide 2023 features: Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. Baseball Prospectus’ 2023 organizational rankings. Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2023. Additional essays on various prospect and scouting related topics.
Baseball Prospectus Futures Guide 2019
Author: Baseball Prospectus,
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1732355576
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
FUTURES GUIDE 2019 features: - Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. - Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. - Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. - Baseball Prospectus’ 2019 organizational rankings. - Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. - Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2019. - Essays on prospect hype cycles and what scouting grades mean.
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1732355576
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
FUTURES GUIDE 2019 features: - Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. - Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. - Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. - Baseball Prospectus’ 2019 organizational rankings. - Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. - Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2019. - Essays on prospect hype cycles and what scouting grades mean.
Baseball Prospectus Futures Guide 2020
Author: Baseball Prospectus,
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1732355592
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1434
Book Description
FUTURES GUIDE 2020 features: - Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. - Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. - Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. - Baseball Prospectus’ 2020 organizational rankings. - Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. - Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2020. - Essays on prospect hype cycles and what scouting grades mean.
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1732355592
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1434
Book Description
FUTURES GUIDE 2020 features: - Detailed reports on top 10 prospects for every major-league team. - Condensed reports on many additional key prospects for each team. - Top talents 25 years old and younger for each team. - Baseball Prospectus’ 2020 organizational rankings. - Top 101 real-life and fantasy prospects. - Top 50 players who entered pro baseball in 2020. - Essays on prospect hype cycles and what scouting grades mean.
Baseball Prospectus 2021
Author: Baseball Prospectus,
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1950716864
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
The 2021 edition of The New York Times Bestselling Guide. PLAY BALL! The 26th edition of this industry-leading baseball annual contains all of the important statistics, player predictions and insider-level commentary that readers have come to expect, along with significant improvements to several statistics that were created by, and are exclusive to, Baseball Prospectus, and an expanded focus on international players and teams. Baseball Prospectus 2021 provides fantasy players and insiders alike with prescient PECOTA projections, which The New York Times called “the überforecast of every player’s performance.” With more than 50 Baseball Prospectus alumni currently working for major-league baseball teams, nearly every organization has sought the advice of current or former BP analysts, and readers of Baseball Prospectus 2021 will understand why!
Publisher: Baseball Prospectus
ISBN: 1950716864
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
The 2021 edition of The New York Times Bestselling Guide. PLAY BALL! The 26th edition of this industry-leading baseball annual contains all of the important statistics, player predictions and insider-level commentary that readers have come to expect, along with significant improvements to several statistics that were created by, and are exclusive to, Baseball Prospectus, and an expanded focus on international players and teams. Baseball Prospectus 2021 provides fantasy players and insiders alike with prescient PECOTA projections, which The New York Times called “the überforecast of every player’s performance.” With more than 50 Baseball Prospectus alumni currently working for major-league baseball teams, nearly every organization has sought the advice of current or former BP analysts, and readers of Baseball Prospectus 2021 will understand why!
Future Value
Author: Eric Longenhagen
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1641253975
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
An unprecedented look inside the world of baseball scouting and evaluation from two of the industry's top prospect analysts For the modern Major League team, player evaluation is a complex, multi-pronged, high-tech pursuit. But far from becoming obsolete in this environment—as Michael Lewis' Moneyball once forecast—the role of the scout in today's game has evolved and even expanded. Rather than being the antithesis of a data-driven approach, scouting now represents an essential analytical component in a team's arsenal. Future Value is a thorough dive into baseball's changing world of talent acquisition and development, a world with its own language, methods, metrics, and madness. From rural high schools to elite amateur showcases, from the back fields of spring training to major league draft rooms, Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel break down the key systems and techniques used to assess talent. It's a process that has moved beyond the quintessential stopwatches and radar guns to include statistical models, countless measurable indicators, and a broader international reach. ?Practical and probing, discussing wide-ranging topics from tool grades to front office politics, this is an illuminating exploration of how to watch baseball and see the future.
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1641253975
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
An unprecedented look inside the world of baseball scouting and evaluation from two of the industry's top prospect analysts For the modern Major League team, player evaluation is a complex, multi-pronged, high-tech pursuit. But far from becoming obsolete in this environment—as Michael Lewis' Moneyball once forecast—the role of the scout in today's game has evolved and even expanded. Rather than being the antithesis of a data-driven approach, scouting now represents an essential analytical component in a team's arsenal. Future Value is a thorough dive into baseball's changing world of talent acquisition and development, a world with its own language, methods, metrics, and madness. From rural high schools to elite amateur showcases, from the back fields of spring training to major league draft rooms, Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel break down the key systems and techniques used to assess talent. It's a process that has moved beyond the quintessential stopwatches and radar guns to include statistical models, countless measurable indicators, and a broader international reach. ?Practical and probing, discussing wide-ranging topics from tool grades to front office politics, this is an illuminating exploration of how to watch baseball and see the future.
Ron Shandler's 2022 Baseball Forecaster
Author: Brent Hershey
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1637270577
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
For more than 35 years, the very best in baseball predictions and statistics The industry's longest-running publication for baseball analysts and fantasy leaguers, Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster, published annually since 1986, is the first book to approach prognostication by breaking performance down into its component parts. Rather than predicting batting average, for instance, this resource looks at the elements of skill that make up any given batter's ability to distinguish between balls and strikes, his propensity to make contact with the ball, and what happens when he makes contact—reverse engineering those skills back into batting average. The result is an unparalleled forecast of baseball abilities and trends for the upcoming season and beyond.
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1637270577
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
For more than 35 years, the very best in baseball predictions and statistics The industry's longest-running publication for baseball analysts and fantasy leaguers, Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster, published annually since 1986, is the first book to approach prognostication by breaking performance down into its component parts. Rather than predicting batting average, for instance, this resource looks at the elements of skill that make up any given batter's ability to distinguish between balls and strikes, his propensity to make contact with the ball, and what happens when he makes contact—reverse engineering those skills back into batting average. The result is an unparalleled forecast of baseball abilities and trends for the upcoming season and beyond.
Are We Winning?
Author: Will Leitch
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401395899
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A hilarious tribute to baseball and to the fathers and sons who share the love of the game. Are We Winning? is built around a trip to Wrigley Field to watch the St. Louis Cardinals play the Chicago Cubs--the "lovable losers" to most fans but the hated enemy to the Leitch men. Along for the ride are both Will's father, the gregarious but not-exactly demonstrative Midwestern titan who, despite being a die-hard Cards fan and living his whole life just 200 miles south of Chicago, had never been to Wrigley Field before this game, and Will's college friend, a lifelong Cubs fan. The Cardinals have recently fallen out of the pennant race, and the Cubs, as it turns out, are attempting to clinch the division on this Saturday afternoon in September. The pitchers are Ted Lilly for the Cubs and Joel Pineiro for the Cardinals. It's just a regular game. Play ball. The book unfolds in half-inning increments where Will gives one-of-a-kind insight on the past, present, and future of the game--from Pujols' unrivaled greatness to the myth that steroids have ruined baseball. Along the way, he shares memories of his father and growing up in the small town of Mattoon, including the year his dad coached his Little League team and nicknamed a scrawny kid "Bulldog," and an unlikely postgame episode involving a biker bar and Mr. Holland's Opus. And there is beer. Lots and lots of beer. Are We Winning? is a book about the indelible bond that links fathers and sons. For the Leitch men it's baseball that holds them together--not that either of them would ever be so weak as to admit it. No matter how far apart they are or what's going on in their lives, they'll always be able to talk about baseball. It's the story of being a fan, a story about fathers, sons, and legacies. And one perfect game.
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401395899
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A hilarious tribute to baseball and to the fathers and sons who share the love of the game. Are We Winning? is built around a trip to Wrigley Field to watch the St. Louis Cardinals play the Chicago Cubs--the "lovable losers" to most fans but the hated enemy to the Leitch men. Along for the ride are both Will's father, the gregarious but not-exactly demonstrative Midwestern titan who, despite being a die-hard Cards fan and living his whole life just 200 miles south of Chicago, had never been to Wrigley Field before this game, and Will's college friend, a lifelong Cubs fan. The Cardinals have recently fallen out of the pennant race, and the Cubs, as it turns out, are attempting to clinch the division on this Saturday afternoon in September. The pitchers are Ted Lilly for the Cubs and Joel Pineiro for the Cardinals. It's just a regular game. Play ball. The book unfolds in half-inning increments where Will gives one-of-a-kind insight on the past, present, and future of the game--from Pujols' unrivaled greatness to the myth that steroids have ruined baseball. Along the way, he shares memories of his father and growing up in the small town of Mattoon, including the year his dad coached his Little League team and nicknamed a scrawny kid "Bulldog," and an unlikely postgame episode involving a biker bar and Mr. Holland's Opus. And there is beer. Lots and lots of beer. Are We Winning? is a book about the indelible bond that links fathers and sons. For the Leitch men it's baseball that holds them together--not that either of them would ever be so weak as to admit it. No matter how far apart they are or what's going on in their lives, they'll always be able to talk about baseball. It's the story of being a fan, a story about fathers, sons, and legacies. And one perfect game.
The Only Rule Is It Has to Work
Author: Ben Lindbergh
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1627795650
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The New York Times bestseller about what would happen if two statistics-minded outsiders were allowed to run a professional baseball team. It’s the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies -- with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That’s what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller got to do when an independent minor-league team in California, the Sonoma Stompers, offered them the chance to run its baseball operations according to the most advanced statistics. Their story in The Only Rule is it Has to Work is unlike any other baseball tale you've ever read. We tag along as Lindbergh and Miller apply their number-crunching insights to all aspects of assembling and running a team, following one cardinal rule for judging each innovation they try: it has to work. We meet colorful figures like general manager Theo Fightmaster and boundary-breakers like the first openly gay player in professional baseball. Even José Canseco makes a cameo appearance. Will their knowledge of numbers help Lindbergh and Miller bring the Stompers a championship, or will they fall on their faces? Will the team have a competitive advantage or is the sport’s folk wisdom true after all? Will the players attract the attention of big-league scouts, or are they on a fast track to oblivion? It’s a wild ride, by turns provocative and absurd, as Lindbergh and Miller tell a story that will speak to numbers geeks and traditionalists alike. And they prove that you don’t need a bat or a glove to make a genuine contribution to the game.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1627795650
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The New York Times bestseller about what would happen if two statistics-minded outsiders were allowed to run a professional baseball team. It’s the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies -- with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That’s what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller got to do when an independent minor-league team in California, the Sonoma Stompers, offered them the chance to run its baseball operations according to the most advanced statistics. Their story in The Only Rule is it Has to Work is unlike any other baseball tale you've ever read. We tag along as Lindbergh and Miller apply their number-crunching insights to all aspects of assembling and running a team, following one cardinal rule for judging each innovation they try: it has to work. We meet colorful figures like general manager Theo Fightmaster and boundary-breakers like the first openly gay player in professional baseball. Even José Canseco makes a cameo appearance. Will their knowledge of numbers help Lindbergh and Miller bring the Stompers a championship, or will they fall on their faces? Will the team have a competitive advantage or is the sport’s folk wisdom true after all? Will the players attract the attention of big-league scouts, or are they on a fast track to oblivion? It’s a wild ride, by turns provocative and absurd, as Lindbergh and Miller tell a story that will speak to numbers geeks and traditionalists alike. And they prove that you don’t need a bat or a glove to make a genuine contribution to the game.