Three-Quarters Delivery

Jose Siri gives Jeffrey a headache, but also is a useful example of the difficulties of evaluating prospects from the outside.

1. Catchers are weird. Adley Rutschman is a catcher. Adley Rutschman is...not weird? 2. Tanking doesn't work as well as you think. But it probably works exactly well as ownership thinks. 3. Fine, let's talk about Ryan Mountcastle.

This is maybe a prospect list introduction. It's definitely a contemplation on an artist working within a rigid hierarchy he has no say in. It's also about how damn amazing and infuriating Sam Miller is. It's some other weird stuff too. We will maybe be less weird next week. However, there is no useful information about how to become a prospect writer.

The senior staff discusses the players that don't make our prospect lists.

With a through line of Casey Mize, and an obligatory mention of Robert Gsellman, the senior prospect staff at Baseball Prospectus discuss list-making philosophy.

Jeffrey Paternostro and Nick Schaefer are joined by Nick Stellini and Keanan Lamb to discuss the branches of the Pedro Martinez tree currently pitching in the minors.

In the first episode of Baseball Prospectus's new prospect podcast, the team discusses the second best prospect in baseball.