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8/11 AA Minor League Report

Yesterday’s scoreboard was limited almost exclusively to the Eastern League so today’s breakdown may be a little thin.  Carlos Santana came a homerun away from hitting for the cycle, driving in his 83rd and 84th runs of the season.  Santana … Continue reading

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8/11 AAA Minor League Report

Allen Craig really likes to hit in the thin air of Colorado Springs as he belted three HR’s during a double header to raise his tally to 21 on the season.  Craig has been as hot as any hitter in … Continue reading

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8/6 AAA Minor League Report

Brandon Wood hit two more homeruns last night to raise his season’s total at AAA Salt Lake City to 19.  Wood continues to demonstrate, like his teammate Sean Rodriguez, that he can be a devastating power hitter at the AAA … Continue reading

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5/7 Low-A Minor League Report

Yesterday was a nice day for young moundsmen in the Low-A levels.  Atlanta’s young southpaw Brett DeVall thew five shutout innings, striking out six and outdueling Houston’s young righty Jordan Lyles.  Lyles, himself, was no slouch though as he gave … Continue reading

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3/21 Spring Training Report

For those of you who entered the PPR Contest, never fear!  I will have the results posted later on this evening or first thing tomorrow morning.  Winners can expect an email from me soon requesting your shipping address. As for … Continue reading

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3/4 Spring Training League Report

Today marks the official beginning of the World Baseball Classic. Yesterday’s spring training games offered up some decent performances from our beloved prospects, but none that really dropped my jaw. Koji Uehara continues to impress, throwing three two-hit innings en … Continue reading

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PPR Mailbag

Hello all! I received a question from a viewer in my inbox today that I thought would be a perfect question for discussion fodder. It is italicized in bold font below: First off I love your blog/site…keep up the great … Continue reading

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Cards From My Youth #2

1988 Donruss Gregg Jefferies Some of you readers who are under the age of 30 years old may look at this card and go “WHO?”.  For me, however, this card (along with the other 1988 brands of Jefferies” RC’s) was a coveted … Continue reading

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Top 20 First Base Prospects for 2009

Hello everyone!  Sorry for the delay in getting this list out.  I have been away from the keyboard the past couple of days only to find that a vast influx of readers have stopped by to check things out.  To … Continue reading

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New Prospecting Website *Hot-Prospects.net*

  Thank you to all of you who have been checking out my blog on a regular basis.  Some of you I have met via email or phone and in every circumstance, it has been a delight.  For those of … Continue reading

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