prospect evaluation

This is a summer 2020 look at my summer 2010 top-20 prospects list. As you can see, college defensemen, shutdown defensemen …

The Oilers had a Calder finalist on the roster a year ago, plus two former first-round picks and two gigantic defensemen. …

Before the season began, I was looking forward to seeing the Oilers rookie candidates find their way. In August, I picked …

Guyle Fielder played forever in the minors, and did see the big leagues for a brief time. He played in 9 …

Not every player arrives at training camp age 23 with the determination of Kyle Brodziak. Sometimes a player announces his readiness …

In the book “On the Clock” I spent a small portion at the beginning of each season to describe the rookie …

This is Reid Schaefer. He’s playing for Canada at the World Junior Championships and is one of the Oilers top prospects. …

I’m not fond of doing these, haven’t done a breakdown like this in years. Why am I doing it now? The …

Time flies in the minors, and prospects turn into suspects every hour on the hour. Consider the 2017-18 Condors. Goalie Laurent …

It’s been 20 years since I started looking at prospects using numbers and ideas first presented by the great baseball writer …