Ben Badler
Senior Writer at Baseball America
Host at Baseball America Podcast
I write about prospects for Baseball America. Co-host @FutureProPod.
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6 days ago |
baseballamerica.com | Ben Badler |Carlos Collazo
Skip to content On this week’s Future Projection, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo look around the league to talk about a number of prospects off to hot and cold starts to to begin the 2025 season.
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1 week ago |
baseballamerica.com | Ben Badler
Skip to content This early in the season, we’re all navigating the world of small samples. Some of that data holds meaningful signal, but how do we tease that out from noise? Simple: If a player I like is performing well, that’s proof I was right. If he’s struggling? Small sample size. Okay, maybe that’s not the best way to analyze players.
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2 weeks ago |
baseballamerica.com | Ben Badler |Carlos Collazo
On this week’s Future Projection, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo open things up with a chat about the Red Sox-Brewers trade that sent righthander Quinn Priester to Milwaukee and netted Boston outfielder Yophery Rodriguez and a supplemental round 2025 draft pick. We then talk about the number of teams with multiple picks in this year’s draft and how that could impact draft strategy.
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2 weeks ago |
bvmsports.com | Ben Badler |Carlos Collazo
On this week's Future Projection, Ben Badler and Carlos Collazo talk about the latest trend in bat technology and whether or not people need to be concerned about "torpedo bats." We then get into a few high-profile prep pitchers in the 2025 class. First, is this the year that we have a high school righthander taken with the first overall pick? California righty Seth Hernandez might have a chance to make history.
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3 weeks ago |
baseballamerica.com | Ben Badler
Skip to content One of the biggest challenges in evaluating international signing classes is how long it takes for players to become productive major leaguers. Teams sign players from Latin America as young as 16, so even a player who reaches the major leagues at a normal age like 23 could spend six or seven years in the minor leagues.
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10 years ago I saw Vladimir Guerrero Jr. when he was 15 years old playing in the Dominican Republic. No. 1 international prospect in the 2015 class, today a $500 million contract. https://t.co/NIf0EMtFoE
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