MLB.com to Simulcast Top 50 Prospect Show Thing
While it goes without saying that FanGraphs’ own Marc Hulet and Bryan Smith are very clearly perfect 80s when it comes to the field of prospect mavenry, this is not to say the bespectacled reader must, or even ought to, limit himself to that pair’s excellent work when it comes to preseason prospect lists.
Which brings us to this well-placed blockquote regarding MLB.com’s Top 50 prospect list:
This year’s edition will be revealed on MLB Network at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday during a special Top 50 Countdown program. The show, hosted by Greg Amsinger, will feature analysis from MLB.com senior writer Jonathan Mayo and former Indians general manager John Hart. The show will be streamed live on MLB.com. And you can chat with Mayo about the list on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET on MLB.com.
If there’s one thing that’s maybe sometimes frustrating about the season’s prospects lists, it’s that there’s rarely video accompanying the analysis in question. I mean, sure, I’m not a “trained scout” and I don’t necessarily “know what I’m looking for,” but I at least like to pretend.
Although I don’t know it for a fact, I’m guessing that MLB.com’s presentation does feature video. So after tonight, we can all know just enough to be annoying.
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I saw their Hot Stove report this afternoon and it featured video of Dominic Brown where they compared him to Darryl Strawberry. They analyzed his hands during his swing and a couple clips of him getting extra bases. This, of course, was billed as a teaser for tonight’s program so it better have some video to go with it.