Brining you live updates and recaps of some of baseball’s top players and prospects from the LIDOM (Dominican Professional Baseball League) 2020 playoffs!
12/18 LIDOM Recap: Ronald Guzman Connecting for Gigantes Del Cibao
LIDOM Recap 12/15: Vlad Guerrero Jr. Stays Hot in Winter Ball Action
Best and Worst of LIDOM Week 4
12/11 LIDOM Recap: Joe Dunand Stays Hot
12/9 LIDOM Recap: Lewin Diaz, Junior Lake Homer in Dramatic Win
Baseball Card Glossary: Learning the Lingo
2020 Bowman Chrome: Only Time Will Tell
Going Prospecting: A Prospect Card Primer
Big League Debut: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays
There was a moment last season where I realized what separates Vladimir Guerrero Jr. from every other minor league hitter I’ve every watched. The funny part is it wasn’t an actual at bat. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was on deck while Bo Bichette faced Jack Wynkoop a soft tossing lefty in the Rockies system Guerrero Jr had homered off in Hartford about 10 days earlier. Despite his prior success against Wynkoop, Vlad was staring daggers at each pitch with an intense focus rarely seen. Bichette roped a double out to left center on a soft fastball over the plate. Up stepped Vlad. He took two pitches off the plate, the next pitch a fastball, he hit on a laser for a single.
2019 International League Preview
I like to think of AAA more like a waiting room than a level per se, not every player even stops through AAA these days, and many are there for just a matter of weeks. It’s often rosters cluttered with failed prospects, long shots, and fringe MLB regulars that need a little seasoning. The International League, at least on paper far exceeds those expectations. With Vladimir Guerrero Jr. technically highlighting, there’s a strong crop behind him in Bo Bichette, Nick Senzel, Touki Toussaint, Dylan Cease, Nate Lowe, and others. The first half of the year should be deep with prospect showdowns particularly those games in which Gwinnett is involved. The Braves affiliate boasts the most loaded rotation and staff in the minors with three Top 100 arms on the roster. Should be a fun group to follow as many of these future stars debut on the big stage.
Ask Prospects Live Mailbag: October 15 2018
We’ve been getting a lot of questions via e-mail and have tried to respond to them either written or via podcast. We encourage the questions! Feel free to email us askprospectslive@gmail.com or simply use the hashtag #AskProspectsLive. Ya dig? You got a questions, we got an answer! So let’s dive right in…
2018 Arizona Fall League Preview: Surprise Saguaros
A saguaro is a tree-like cactus native to Southwestern Arizona and Northwestern Mexico. When you think of what a cactus looks like, there’s a good chance you’re thinking of a saguaro. Surprise’s surname makes for one of the better hats in the AFL, although I’m partial to Mesa’s half-sun. If I had to rank all of the hats, I would proceed as follows: