Effectively Wild Episode 1815: Better Prospects by Ben Lindbergh February 24, 2022 Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley are joined by FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen and national writer Kevin Goldstein for a FanGraphs Prospects Week discussion centered on the site’s Top 100 (or Top 114) prospects ranking, touching on the swift fall of MacKenzie Gore, the scarcity of pitchers toward the top of the list, whether there was a debate about the no. 1 prospect, the future of Adley Rutschman, the glut of catching prospects and how robo umps could affect the position, Oneil Cruz and Elly De La Cruz, assessing injured prospects, the outlook for Joey Bart, the placements of Jasson Dominguez, Anthony Volpe, and Nick Yorke, farm rankings and teams with good and bad systems, disagreements within the prospect team, prospects who just missed and who might make the list next year, and setting realistic expectations (plus a postscript followup on MLB heels and Jimmy Piersall, Casey Stengel, and the fallibility of history). Audio intro: Jamestown Revival, “Prospector’s Blues” Audio outro: Tigers Jaw, “Jimmy Piersall (Alternate Version)” Link to 2021 prospects ranking Link to 2022 prospects ranking Link to prospect primer Link to The Board tutorial Link to top 100 chat Link to 2023 picks to click Link to prospect valuation study Link to Ben on pitching prospects Link to BP on picking the top prospect Link to AFL strike call video Link to Ben on robo umps Link to Ben on teaching framing Link to Rob Arthur on framing Link to James Fegan on framing Link to De La Cruz video Link to Tess Taruskin on catchers Link to story on Dominguez cards Link to Votto video playlist Link to Stanky draft episode Link to Piersall’s SABR bio Link to picture of Piersall Link to Stengel’s reaction to Piersall Link to story on Piersall and Frick Link to story on Stengel and Piersall Link to story on Stengel and Bordagary Link to story on Piersall’s release Link to second story on Piersall’s release Link to story on his Stanky maneuver iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com https://media.blubrry.com/effectively_wild/p/cdn-podcasts.fangraphs.com/EffectivelyWildEpisode1815.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS