Prospects: Prospect Diary
Non-Prospect Diary
Apr. 11, 2008
In his latest Non-Prospect Diary, Triple-A Portland Beavers pitcher Dirk Hayhurst finds that bad luck follows when his family sees him play. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary
Mar. 4, 2008
Dirk Hayhurst takes the trip to spring training. It's not exactly a first-class experience. [...] Continue Reading »
'Gorillas Are Cool'
Jan. 21, 2008
Dirk Hayhurst's Non-Prospect Diary returns for 2008, with a visit to a temple of testosterone during Dirk's offseason conditioning program. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Randy Newsom
Dec. 12, 2007
Indians reliever Randy Newsom has gone through a busy year. After helping Double-A Akron to the Eastern League championship series, Newsom headed west to the Arizona Fall League. There, Newsom again helped his club, the Surprise Rafters, to the championship game against Phoenix. After that league ended, Newsom headed south of the border to play for Mexicali. He updates us on life in Mexico as a stranger in an unfamiliar land. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Oct. 19
Oct. 19, 2007
Baseball creates lasting memories, writes Non-Prospect Dirk Hayhurst. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Sept. 25
Sep. 25, 2007
Dirk discusses calls to the bullpen. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Sep. 4, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst's final entry of the season explains what goes through a veteran's head at the end of a season. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Aug. 31, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst's diary returns with a story about the daunting life of a non-prospect. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Aug. 16, 2007
The usual request for the bullpen to spend a moment talking with a child isn't always routine. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Jun. 29, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst explains how being a baseball player isn't that important in the grand scheme of things. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Jun. 27, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst explains how a flight quickly can turn into a gab-fest for baseball players. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
May. 23, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst explains how the arrival of new gear is both good news and bad news for a ballplayer. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
May. 10, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst describes an early morning bus road trip. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
May. 3, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst explains the joys of manning the ball bucket during BP. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Apr. 12, 2007
In his latest Non-Prospect Diary, Dirk Hayhurst discusses the unwritten rules of landing a prime seat on a team's bus ride. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Apr. 4, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst talks about his chance to listen to Greg Maddux talk about pitching. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Mar. 15, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst continues his interesting, off-beat look at life in the minors. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Mar. 13, 2007
Padres righthander Dirk Hayhurst will be one of our featured diary scribes for the 2007 season. The 2003 eighth-round pick went a combined 6-14, 4.73 in 131 innings at three different levels last season—getting to Triple-A (Portland) for the first time in his career. But never mind the numbers. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
Jun. 14, 2006
Jon Lester checks in and answers more of your questions after making his major league debut at Fenway Park last weekend. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
Jun. 7, 2006
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester catches us up to date in his latest Prospect Diary, this time answering your questions. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
May. 17, 2006
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester catches us up in this week's Prospect Diary. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Chuck Lofgren
May. 12, 2006
Chuck Lofgren catches us up to date on his progress in this entry of his Prospect Diary. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
May. 10, 2006
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester gets us up to date in his latest Prospect Diary. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
May. 2, 2006
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester talks about his last start against Ottawa, his strict pitch count this season, and what it was like to grow up as a Mariners fan in his Prospect Diary. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
May. 1, 2006
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester's last start was the now infamous Delmon Young bat-tossing game, which he touches on in this week's Prospect Diary. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
Apr. 21, 2006
Red Sox prospect Jon Lester talked about what a relief it is to get a good start in after a rough beginning to the season. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jarrod Saltalamacchia
Apr. 20, 2006
We'll be catching up with Braves catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia as he goes through the rigors of a season behind the plate at Double-A Mississippi. In his first installment, Saltalamacchia talks about starting slowly, working on his defensive mechanics and how technologically challenged he is in the day and age of players armed with iPods and state-of-the-art video games. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Chuck Lofgren
Apr. 19, 2006
Lefthander Chuck Lofgren is in his second full season in the Indians system, and he's off to a solid start with two wins in his first two outings. We're going to track the 20-year-old's progress over the course of the season as he gives us a weekly snapshot into every time he takes the mound. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Boone Logan
Apr. 6, 2006
White Sox lefthander Boone Logan made the improbable jump from obscurity and the low minors to the Chicago bullpen this season. Baseball America follows along to let him tell his journey in his own words. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary
Apr. 11, 2008
In his latest Non-Prospect Diary, Triple-A Portland Beavers pitcher Dirk Hayhurst finds that bad luck follows when his family sees him play. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary
Mar. 4, 2008
Dirk Hayhurst takes the trip to spring training. It's not exactly a first-class experience. [...] Continue Reading »
'Gorillas Are Cool'
Jan. 21, 2008
Dirk Hayhurst's Non-Prospect Diary returns for 2008, with a visit to a temple of testosterone during Dirk's offseason conditioning program. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Randy Newsom
Dec. 12, 2007
Indians reliever Randy Newsom has gone through a busy year. After helping Double-A Akron to the Eastern League championship series, Newsom headed west to the Arizona Fall League. There, Newsom again helped his club, the Surprise Rafters, to the championship game against Phoenix. After that league ended, Newsom headed south of the border to play for Mexicali. He updates us on life in Mexico as a stranger in an unfamiliar land. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Oct. 19
Oct. 19, 2007
Baseball creates lasting memories, writes Non-Prospect Dirk Hayhurst. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Sept. 25
Sep. 25, 2007
Dirk discusses calls to the bullpen. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Sep. 4, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst's final entry of the season explains what goes through a veteran's head at the end of a season. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Aug. 31, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst's diary returns with a story about the daunting life of a non-prospect. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Aug. 16, 2007
The usual request for the bullpen to spend a moment talking with a child isn't always routine. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Jun. 29, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst explains how being a baseball player isn't that important in the grand scheme of things. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Jun. 27, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst explains how a flight quickly can turn into a gab-fest for baseball players. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
May. 23, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst explains how the arrival of new gear is both good news and bad news for a ballplayer. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
May. 10, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst describes an early morning bus road trip. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
May. 3, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst explains the joys of manning the ball bucket during BP. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Apr. 12, 2007
In his latest Non-Prospect Diary, Dirk Hayhurst discusses the unwritten rules of landing a prime seat on a team's bus ride. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Apr. 4, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst talks about his chance to listen to Greg Maddux talk about pitching. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Mar. 15, 2007
Dirk Hayhurst continues his interesting, off-beat look at life in the minors. [...] Continue Reading »
Non-Prospect Diary: Dirk Hayhurst
Mar. 13, 2007
Padres righthander Dirk Hayhurst will be one of our featured diary scribes for the 2007 season. The 2003 eighth-round pick went a combined 6-14, 4.73 in 131 innings at three different levels last season—getting to Triple-A (Portland) for the first time in his career. But never mind the numbers. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
Jun. 14, 2006
Jon Lester checks in and answers more of your questions after making his major league debut at Fenway Park last weekend. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
Jun. 7, 2006
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester catches us up to date in his latest Prospect Diary, this time answering your questions. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
May. 17, 2006
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester catches us up in this week's Prospect Diary. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Chuck Lofgren
May. 12, 2006
Chuck Lofgren catches us up to date on his progress in this entry of his Prospect Diary. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
May. 10, 2006
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester gets us up to date in his latest Prospect Diary. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
May. 2, 2006
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester talks about his last start against Ottawa, his strict pitch count this season, and what it was like to grow up as a Mariners fan in his Prospect Diary. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
May. 1, 2006
Red Sox lefthander Jon Lester's last start was the now infamous Delmon Young bat-tossing game, which he touches on in this week's Prospect Diary. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jon Lester
Apr. 21, 2006
Red Sox prospect Jon Lester talked about what a relief it is to get a good start in after a rough beginning to the season. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Jarrod Saltalamacchia
Apr. 20, 2006
We'll be catching up with Braves catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia as he goes through the rigors of a season behind the plate at Double-A Mississippi. In his first installment, Saltalamacchia talks about starting slowly, working on his defensive mechanics and how technologically challenged he is in the day and age of players armed with iPods and state-of-the-art video games. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Chuck Lofgren
Apr. 19, 2006
Lefthander Chuck Lofgren is in his second full season in the Indians system, and he's off to a solid start with two wins in his first two outings. We're going to track the 20-year-old's progress over the course of the season as he gives us a weekly snapshot into every time he takes the mound. [...] Continue Reading »
Prospect Diary: Boone Logan
Apr. 6, 2006
White Sox lefthander Boone Logan made the improbable jump from obscurity and the low minors to the Chicago bullpen this season. Baseball America follows along to let him tell his journey in his own words. [...] Continue Reading »
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