Who'll be the number one prospect in 2020? Well, that's Wander Franco. But what about 2021? Or 2022? Or even 2023? Eddy Almaguer takes a guess.
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Panning For Gold: Hot Streaks And Cold Water
Sometimes a pitcher performs so well in the early going that you must drop your preconceived notions about said arm and embrace the new normal. So far on the young season the Marlins Zac Gallen is a shinning example of dropping what you know and buying in on a possible breakout. At this point there has to be thoughts of shipping Jose Urena for Gallen in the Miami front office. Two starts into the young season with New Orleans, and Gallen has turned in two strong starts going a total of 13 innings allowing one run, on 3 hits, and walks, while striking out 19 batters.
Most Likely to Quantum Leap: 2020 Top 100 Party Crashers
Straight talk - prospecting is hard. It is time for us to accept this truth - we want believe we know so much more than we do. It is really hard to predict the future, and we are going to fail a lot. This is why it should come as no surprise that every year low minors prospects emerge from relative obscurity to make top 100 lists.
JP details 6 guys that could make the leap into the 2020 Top100.