Newsletter: Friday, April 11, 2014
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NEW PREMIUM CONTENT
What You Need to Know
Collision Controversy
by Daniel Rathman
Reviewing replay review (again), plus Pineda, Salazar, Strasburg, and what to
watch this weekend.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23284
Raising Aces
Starting Pitcher Four-Pack
by Doug Thorburn
Doug looks for signs of mechanical progress by Yordano Ventura, Trevor Bauer,
Chris Archer, and Erasmo Ramirez.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23286
Pebble Hunting
Your Five Favorite Players of 2014
by Sam Miller
Sam checks in on his predictions about which players you'd fall for this year.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23280
Minor League Update
Games of Thursday, April 10
by Jeff Moore
Notes on prospects who stood out yesterday, including Rangers third baseman
Joey Gallo and Marlins lefty Andrew Heaney.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23281
NEW FANTASY CONTENT
Fantasy Starting Pitcher Planner
Week Three
by Wilson Karaman
Helping you set your fantasy rotation for next week with a look at the
matchups for two-start pitchers.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23279
TTO Scoresheet Podcast
Three Heads Are (Usually) Better Than One
by Ian Lefkowitz, Ben Murphy and Jared Weiss
Running a scoresheet team as a group.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23282
NEW BASIC CONTENT
Baseball ProGUESTus
Updating the Encyclopedias, One Baseball Card at a Time
by Tom Shieber
Solving baseball mysteries with the aid of an unlikely source.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23285
What Scouts Are Saying
April 10, 2014
by Baseball Prospectus
Scouts' quotes on Chris Davis, Masahiro Tanaka, and other interesting players.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23277
Overthinking It
Knuckleballers of the PITCHf/x Era: A Complete Taxonomy
by Ben Lindbergh
A salute to a very special group.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23278
PODCASTS
EFFECTIVELY WILD, THE DAILY BP PODCAST - EPISODE 412
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23110
FRINGE AVERAGE: EPISODE 26
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22921
FLAGS FLY FOREVER: EPISODE 7
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22853
THERE IS NO OFFSEASON: EPISODE 10
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article_draft.php?articleid=23100
TINSTAAPP, EPISODE 18
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article_draft.php?articleid=22929
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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and to purchase or upgrade to Super-Premium, follow this link:
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To read about the changes, follow the link below to read Ben Lindbergh's
update from January:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22647
BASEBALL PROSPECTUS 2014 IS NOW AVAILABLE!
The 19th edition of our bestselling annual is now shipping. To purchase your
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http://bbp.cx/s?b=bp2014
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2014 TOP 10 PROSPECT LISTS
Jason Parks and the prospect team have completed their team-by-team rankings
for the coming season. For a complete archive of the lists, go to:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/
You can find last year's lists here:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/index_2013.php
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for the double wild card. Check it out here:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/odds/
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