Christian Franklin - Pic by Stephanie Lynn When selecting a comeback player of the year, most people tend to gravitate towards pitchers, as they are an easy mark. But that’s not always the case. The Cubs had several prospects who were position players who struggled...
Jake Reindl - Picture by Todd Johnson Last year went well when it came to predicting the Reliever of the Year. This year might be a little bit more difficult because there are some arms who could be coming back from injury who could return to form. We also have some...
The Pelicans round out the festivities as broadcaster Sam Weiderhaft joins Greg Huss to discuss some brand new players we have yet to lay our eyes on.
Porter Hodge - Picture by Todd Johnson We are getting closer and closer to opening day for the minor-league season. Iowa kicks off this Friday, Myrtle Beach, and Tennessee debut on Thursday the 6th, and South Bend starts the festivities on Friday the 7th. We’ve been...
One of the best things that the Marquee Sports Network (MSN) does is "the Road to Wrigley" prospect show. Over the last year, Lance Brozdowski and Elise Menaker have been joined by MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis a few times. That has added an extra set of eyes to discuss...
I love talking about the MLB Draft. It’s a niche topic even within a nichier section of baseball fandom when we focus on prospects. These players aren’t even professionals. Some won’t even rise to that level of minor league player! Yet as I’ve made the transition for...
Kevin Alcantara - Picture by Stephanie Lynn Thanks for coming back to our preseason extravaganza at North Side Bound. Over the past we predicted who we thought would lead statistical categories in hitting, starting pitching, and relieving. Now, we shift gears to some...
The more that this week went on, the more the speed of news coming out increased. I felt by Friday I was struggling to keep up and that I thought I might have to cut some information out if a lot more news dropped on Saturday. Thankfully, that did not happen as I was...
Daniel Palencia - Pic by Todd Johnson We decided to do something different this year. Rather than have a full six-man rotation and eight bullpen guys, we decided to shorten it up to just five starters and three relievers, mostly back end closers. Starting Pitchers Our...
As we’re closing in on the end of spring training, I wanted to share some observations, insights and random thoughts from Spring Training so far…
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