On Monday, FanGraphs released their list of the top 35 Pirates prospects. While these compilations are a terrific tool and fun to read, there is always one nagging question: “how do these lists turn out?” Baseball prospects writers and journalists: what do they know? Do they know things?
Let’s find out.
Today, we’ll be looking at Baseball America’s top 10 prospects lists from this millennium. I’ll be going by intervals of three years to ensure a good turnover of players to talk about. For the morbidly curious, every list from 1983 can be found here.