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How Many Good Giants Were Good Prospects?

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Charles Johnson

Usually one sees this the other way around — how many good prospects became good players? It’s the foundation of any good prospect analysis, and indeed what we see is that higher-ranked prospects usually perform better in the majors than … Continue reading →

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Baseball America Has Released Full Archive of Top-10 Giants Prospects

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Charles Johnson

Each year, Baseball America publishes a list of each team’s top-10 prospects. They’ve had the list going back to 1998 on their website, but they’ve actually been doing rankings since 1983. I discovered just recently that they’ve published the full … Continue reading →

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Memorable September Call-Up: Rich Aurilia

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Charles Johnson

On December 22, 1994, the Giants traded former ace John Burkett to the Texas Rangers for two minor-leaguers, shortstop Rich Aurilia and first baseman Desi Wilson. Wilson would play all of 41 games in the major leagues, but it was … Continue reading →

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