Post-Draft Profile: Kyle Isbel, Kansas City Royals

Geoff Pontes

October 19, 2018

2018 MLB Draft, 2018 Fantasy Baseball, First Year Player Drafts

Here’s the scene, it’s late July in Binghamton, NY. It’s about 80 degrees, but one of those awful overcast, humid, muggy summer days that feels like you live in a cloud. I’m sure Binghamton’s overall rustic charm only added to the effect. The fifth inning had just come to a close, and a few raindrops had began to drizzle down from the now ominous skies. This was an unusual ballpark trip for the summer of 2018. Not only was I slightly out of my usual New England based scouting radius, I was at this game with all three kids, my wife, my sister, and brother in law. I was here as a treat for dad, while on a family visit to see my sister and her husband, who live just outside of Ithaca.

Matt Thompson

October 9, 2018

First Year Player Drafts, 2018 MLB Draft

Post-Draft Profile: Seth Beer, Houston Astros

Matt Thompson

October 9, 2018

First Year Player Drafts, 2018 MLB Draft

Evaluating prospects isn’t an exact science. It’s a constantly evolving process that factors in countless variables to attempt to give the best snapshot of a certain player in a specific moment of time. If you’ve been tracking Seth Beer over his Clemson career you fully understand this. If this past draft actually took place two years ago, Beer might have been the first overall pick because of his dominant freshman season. Instead, he went to the Astros at pick 28. Did they get a steal? Let’s dive in.