(*) FANALYTICS: More prospect hoarding
Aug 18 2012
Last week's exercise was fun. I looked back 10 years to see how successful we would have been hoarding the top 10 prospects of 2002. The point? Many of us sit here in our keeper leagues, refusing to part with today's top prospects that sit in our farm systems. Those guys could deliver a missing piece to a championship run, but nooooo... you can't have Jurickson Profar, or Dylan Bundy, or Wil Myers or Gerrit Cole. Even if trading them could bring us a flag.
Last week, I looked at 2002's top names and found that only three of the 10 hit the ground running and half did not put up a productive season until 4-5 years down the line. Three were complete failures. Bottom line—the success rate is not good.
But that was just one year. Since...
Almost!
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