Insider AFL recap: Bryce Harper among top hitters
I've written about the Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper before, and Keith Law and I discussed him at the start of the Arizona Fall League in this vi…
Insider AFL recap: Top starting pitchers
With the Arizona Fall League being such a hitters' environment (the league ERA is just more than 5 again, and the Peoria Saguaros set an AFL record fo…
Insider AFL profile: Mariners' Dustin Ackley
Sometimes we expect too much of prospects too soon, and quite frankly, I'm as guilty as anyone at times. Even relatively polished college hitters gene…
Insider AFL profile: Royals' Eric Hosmer
There are a number of things a player has to do to be a successful professional hitter. Things like, um ... seeing the ball. That would probably be a…
Insider AFL profile: Giants' Charlie Culberson
The Arizona Fall League is a hitter's league; in fact, it's rare to see a pitcher post an ERA even below 5.00. So we need to regard AFL batting statis…
Insider AFL notes: Jeremy Jeffress hits 101 mph
The story of the Arizona Fall League's Rising Stars game might not have been the walk-off homer that ended it, or that New York Yankees starter Manny …
Insider AFL update: Charlie Culberson on fire
"That was closer stuff right there." "That's the guy I remember." On Monday, I wrote about relief prospect Jeremy Jeffress, noting that his performa…
Insider AFL update: Scouting the relievers
In my Oct. 12 Arizona Fall League preview, I included a nonexhaustive list of relievers I was interested in seeing and getting a read on to see whethe…
Insider Scouting the AFL: Cubs' Chris Carpenter
In my Arizona Fall League preview, I wrote about a bunch of relievers that I was going to keep my eye on. I didn't include the Chicago Cubs' Chris Ca…
Insider Scouting the AFL: Trayvon Robinson
Good athletes with a lot of physical tools sometimes just need a little time to turn those tools into actual baseball skills. After not putting up not…
