Excessive Prospect Analysis

Here are some in-depth answers to a wide-ranging array of questions about players in, and aspects of, the A's minor league system.

Diving into a variety of topics across the A's system and beyond as the minor league season gets going.

I once struggled to understand how scouts could project strong performers at one level to flop at the next one. Here's how I came to get it.

We talk about age relative to level in prospect analysis all the time. But how much difference does a year actually make?

We keep using that word. Does it mean what we think it means? How do I use it?

This site exists now. What is it?