Prospect Hot Sheet

Prospect Hot Sheet Chat: May 9
May. 9, 2008
Ben Badler answered your Prospect Hot Sheet questions. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: May 2-9
May. 9, 2008
Padres left field/third base prospect Chase Headley had a slow start to the season, but after a strong week, the Portland Beaver leads off this week's Prospect Hot Sheet. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet Chat With Nathan Rode And Jim Shonerd
May. 2, 2008
Nathan Rode and Jim Shonerd show where the love is on guys that missed the list while expanding upon those that made it. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: Gamel's Star Is Rising
May. 2, 2008
Last week, a Brewers prospect with an excellent bat and somewhat shaky glove led the way on the Prospect Hot Sheet. To change things up this week, we decided to lead with a Brewers prospect with an excellent bat and a very shaky glove. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet Chat With Matt Eddy
Apr. 25, 2008
Matt Eddy answered questions about this week's Hot Sheet, including questions about Chris Volstad and Mike Carp. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: April 25
Apr. 25, 2008
Matt LaPorta is one of three players to hit five home runs this week. His power outburst is enough to give him the top spot on this week's Prospect Hot Sheet. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet Chat With JJ Cooper
Apr. 18, 2008
J.J. Cooper chatted about the April 18 Hot Sheet. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: Can't Hit Scherzer
Apr. 18, 2008
Another week, another Hot Sheet. And as usual, it's top to pick between some of the hottest prospects in the minors. Do you prefer the utter domination of Max Scherzer's strikeouts or Trevor Cahill's ability to deal with the conditions of the California League? [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: This Hanson's A Hit
Apr. 11, 2008
You know it's prospect season when the Prospect Hot Sheet makes its first appearance. This year we're bringing expanded analysis of a baker's dozen of the minors' best performers for the week. And for the first time ever, we're offering a weekly Prospect Hot Sheet chat to coincide with the Sheet's release. Ben Badler kicks things off in Week One. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: Sept. 4
Sep. 4, 2007
This year, we decided to go out with a humdinger of a Hot Sheet; ranking the top 20 biggest years of the 2007 season and not just pull out the 20 players who finished the last week of the regular season strong. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: Aug. 27
Aug. 27, 2007
Carlos Carrasco vaults to the top spot in this week's Prospect Hot Sheet. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: Aug. 20
Aug. 20, 2007
Colby Rasmus joined other Class of 2005 outfielders in having a big week. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: Aug. 13
Aug. 13, 2007
Cameron Maybin slugs his way to the top spot in this week's Prospect Hot Sheet. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: Aug. 6
Aug. 6, 2007
A 17-year-old leads off the Hot Sheet this week. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: July 30
Jul. 30, 2007
Joba Chamberlain has made the jump to Triple-A and the No. 1 spot on our Prospect Hot Sheet. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: July 23
Jul. 23, 2007
It was tough picking a No. 1 this week, as several candidates all put up the numbers we look for when considering the top spot. That said, Nationals outfielder Chris Marrero was an easy choice when you look at what he's done—as a teenager—at two different levels this season. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: June 16
Jul. 16, 2007
Well, the Futures Game hoopla is over and now it's the beginning of crunch time in the minor leagues, as teams separate themselves in each league and players do the same as they fight for spots on our annual league Top 20 prospect lists. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: July 9
Jul. 9, 2007
Jay Bruce was one of the stars of the Futures Game and this week's Prospect Hot Sheet. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: July 2
Jul. 2, 2007
Pitchers have taken center stage over the last two weeks, and as we close out June and look forward to the final two months of the minor league season, we find ourselves overwhelmed by all the quality pitching. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: June 25
Jun. 25, 2007
Daric Barton hit .680 last week, which made picking the No. 1 player for this week's Hot Sheet quite easy. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: June 18
Jun. 18, 2007
Our list this week is dominated by pitchers from the 2006 draft, with Max Scherzer, Joba Chamberlain and Clayton Kershaw all in the top 10—and Wade LeBlanc just outside it. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: June 11
Jun. 11, 2007
It wasn't a great week for big names, and we really had to examine results hard to bring you some beef this time around. That being said, we went off the reservation with our No. 1 pick, Giants righthander Henry Sosa, and the entire list features some interesting twists and turns from there. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: June 4
Jun. 4, 2007
Clay Buchholz fans his way to the top of this week's Prospect Hot Sheet. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: May 29
May. 29, 2007
Yovani Gallardo leads off this week's Prospect Hot Sheet. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: May 21
May. 21, 2007
et's just say this was the toughest week to decide on a top 20 so far this season. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: May 15
May. 15, 2007
The newest Hot Sheet may be a day later than normal, but it's still packed full of prospect-y goodness. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: May 7
May. 7, 2007
Clay Buchholz zooms to the top of the Hot Sheet with a 17-strikeout week. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: April 30
Apr. 30, 2007
Justin Upton leads this week's Hot Sheet, although last week's No. 1 Tim Lincecum stayed scorching hot. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: April 23
Apr. 23, 2007
If he keeps pitching like this, we won't get many chances to honor Tim Lincecum on the Prospect Hot Sheet, so we decided to make sure to honor him with the top spot while we can. [...] Continue Reading »

Prospect Hot Sheet: April 16
Apr. 16, 2007
Welcome to the first Prospect Hot Sheet for 2007. It's been a weird beginning to the season with all the bizarre weather across the country—from rain and snow in the East and Midwest, to the 50-mph wind gusts in the California League, pitching has been relatively dominant.Pitchers claim 11 of our top 20 spots on the list, but hitters, especially of the power variety, are beginning to spring to life. And that starts with Brewers third baseman Ryan Braun, who tops the sheet. [...] Continue Reading »

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