Greinke takes Cy Young lead!
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...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...
Blog | September 23, 2009Fixing what ain't (necessarily) broke
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIn 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 ...
Blog | August 28, 2009Five reasons to love baseball
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...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...
Blog | August 07, 2009Cubs fumbling first-round picks?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...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...
Blog | June 12, 2009Best pitching prospect(s), ever
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...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...
Blog | June 08, 2009Strasburg makes his case (again)
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...some point as the greatest college pitcher ever. Just in recent years we've seen Mark Prior and Bryan Bullington and Jered Weaver and Luke Hochevar ... It's not that they shouldn...
Blog | May 11, 2009Can't-miss pitchers often miss
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comStephen Strasburg is considered a can't-miss pitching prospect, but history shows that even sure things don't always pan out.
Story | Conversation | March 24, 2009Best and worst No. 1 picks of all time
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comWith A-Rod, Junior and Chipper leading the way, we take a look at the best -- and the worst -- No. 1 picks in the history of the draft.
Story | Conversation | June 04, 2008
The A, B, C history of prospects
Rob Neyer, ESPN InsiderUsing a five-category rating system, Rob Neyer examines how many teams with top prospects actually ride those prospects to short-term improvement.
Story | Conversation | January 26, 2007
Making sense of predicted win totals
Rob Neyer, ESPN InsiderPredicted wins: Where did we go wrong, what did we get right? We were close on many, but missed wildly on a half-dozen teams, writes Rob Neyer.
Story | Conversation | September 28, 2006
Figuring out the differences
Rob Neyer, ESPN InsiderRob Neyer reviews his least-accurate NL preseason picks and compares them to the projected end-of-the-season records.
Story | Conversation | July 14, 2006
Usually a long road to The Show
Rob Neyer, ESPN InsiderWe shouldn't expect the baseball draft to be something that it's not -- like the NFL or NBA -- and cannot be.
Story | Conversation | June 07, 2006
Restovich could help Cubs fill Lee's void
Rob Neyer, ESPN InsiderWho will replace Derrek Lee? After reviewing the Cubs' organizational depth chart, there's one man for the job.
Story | Conversation | April 21, 2006
Best prospects: Pitchers or hitters?
Rob Neyer, ESPN InsiderRob Neyer's readers voice their opinions about his last column regarding the relative worth of hitting and pitching prospects.
Story | Conversation | February 17, 2006
Dodgers will win NL West
Rob Neyer, ESPN InsiderContenders or pretenders? Here's the lowdown on who will win division titles this season.
Story | Conversation | April 04, 2005
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