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Making of a Prospect

I never watched ‘Making of a Murderer’ on Netflix. Should I add it to my list of shows I need to watch or was it more hype than substance?

Speaking of hype and substance, how can you tell if a team’s minor league prospects have a better than average chance of becoming a valuable contributor either to the team or as a trade chip?

While I am certainly no expert in scouting or player development, I have found one simple indicator that I value more than any other. This indicator is also only relevant for position players as the health of pitchers is too much of a variable for anything else to be predictive.