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First Pitch: Jameson Taillon Set the Bar Unfairly High For Other Prospects

We are in a time where the amount of coverage on prospects is unprecedented. There are multiple national outlets that give reports on the top prospects from each organization, and then there are a handful of local sites that go into great detail covering the entire system and the stuff that the national sites either missed, or haven’t picked up on yet. And all of this is supported by the drive to learn about who is the next big thing in baseball.

The downside to this is that prospect hype and expectations are at an all time high.