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From zeroes to heroes

Cubs fans will always remember 1984. Here's how then-GM Dallas Green built a winner.

Greinke takes Cy Young lead!

...Roy Halladay won and Foulke finished seventh. • Also in '03, the Predictor predicted that Mark Prior would win; instead closer Eric Gagne won and Prior finished third. • In 2004, the Predictor...

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Washington Nats

Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the Washington Nationals in 2009.

Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009

It's not quite Hamlet, but the ghost of Mark Prior can be a significant force in managerial decision-making

BP Daily: The ghost of Mark Prior

As the postseason approaches, there is concern (as always) about limiting young pitchers' workloads because of previous flameouts. Baseball Prospectus finds teams are already heeding the call.

Story | Conversation | September 10, 2009

Fixing what ain't (necessarily) broke

In The New York Times last weekend, Dan Rosenheck wrote about proposals to change the draft. Money quote: The real reason the anti-Boras rants pick ...

Don't mess with Texas

ESPN The Magazine's September 7 issue profiles the Texas Rangers under the guide of president Nolan Ryan, who have abandoned the thinking on pitch counts and, in the process, developed a muscle on the mound that is guiding them towards the playoffs.

Story | Conversation | August 24, 2009

GM: 'Unlikely' Strasburg will be called up

Acting Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says it's "very unlikely" newly signed No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg will be called up to the majors this season.

Nats, Strasburg beat deadline

The Washington Nationals beat the midnight deadline to sign No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg.

Strasburg, Nationals need each other

...the greatest offer ever made, greater than the record $10.5 million the Cubs gave Mark Prior in 2001. Of course, since MLB revenues have more than doubled in the last eight years...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 17, 2009

Clock ticking on Strasburg negotiations

Here's the multimillion-dollar question: Will Stephen Strasburg -- the No. 1 pick in the June draft -- sign with the Washington Nationals? We'll soon find out.

Five reasons to love baseball

...keeps batting, and the only thing the defense can do is put in a new pitcher. Mark Prior makes way for Kyle Farnsworth who makes way for Mike Remlinger, all on the hope that...

Cubs fumbling first-round picks?

...haven't done much with their first-round draft picks since 2001, when they snagged Mark Prior with the second overall pick. Since then, though? The average bust rate for first round picks...

Best pitching prospect(s), ever

...a bum shoulder. No one took McDonald's consensus best-ever tag until 2001, when Mark Prior of the University of Southern California was such a steely-eyed, bazooka-armed, strike-throwing machine...