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MLB Draft 2021: Oakland A’s select Max Muncy with No. 25 overall pick Share this story The Oakland A’s selected Max Muncy in the 1st round of the 2021 MLB Draft on Sunday, with the No. 25 overall pick. The 18-year-old is a right-handed hitting shortstop from Thousand Oaks High School in California. Of course, this pick might sound confusing at first. There’s already a Max Muncy in the majors, an All-Star on the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the A’s originally drafted him too back in 2012. T...

By Solomon G. Teller, CFA, Chief Investment Strategist, Green Harvest Asset Management “To everything there is a season… A time to gain that which is to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away.” – Pete Seeger Yesterday, May 17th, was this year’s deadline for filing personal income taxes. For the many high net worth investors consulting with their accountants, here are a few bigger picture items to consider: $367 billion: In 2020, mutual funds alone distribute...

—— I’ve included Future Value (FV) grades and risks for the Top 50 prospects. For example, if a guy gets a “50 low,” he has a really good chance to be an average player at his position. If a guy gets a “55/High,” there’s a good chance he won’t reach that ceiling, but the potential is there. The grades are 20-80 (50 is average), and the risks are as follows: Low: Players who are usually older, have debuted, are relievers and/or have higher floors than ceilings Medium: Players w...

—— I’ve included Future Value (FV) grades and risks for the Top 50 prospects. For example, if a guy gets a “50 low,” he has a really good chance to be an average player at his position. If a guy gets a “55/High,” there’s a good chance he won’t reach that ceiling, but the potential is there. The grades are 20-80 (50 is average), and the risks are as follows: Low: Players who are usually older, have debuted, are relievers and/or have higher floors than ceilings Medium: Players w...

Beat the Streak. The game challenged baseball fans to hypothetically beat one of the greatest records of all time. The idea was to pick one player each day to get a hit and to do that 57 consecutive times, beating Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hit streak record. Way back in preseason 2020 I wrote about my ambitions of becoming a millionaire by using predictive, machine learning models to aid in winning the competition. The game’s 2020 cancellation gave me time to think, time to read, time to lea...

Putting the top prospect rankings in context Share this story Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images One of the things I most look forward to in the runup to Spring Training every year is the release of the Top 100 prospects lists. Many outlets release versions of this list including MLB.com, FanGraphs, Baseball America ($), Baseball Prospectus ($), ESPN ($), and The Athletic ($) (among many others). I enjoy looking at the lists to learn the experts’ thinking about the Twins�...

For the first time, the third prospect behind Davis and Marquez is not Amaya or Howard or Alzolay.

We have a great many data and research tools on FanGraphs. Some people are well-suited to clicking around the site, exploring on their own, and learning how to navigate FanGraphs that way, but others might benefit from a written, audio, or video tutorial. It is my aim to provide a version of that in this post. This first tutorial covers The Board, and gives an overview of some of the prospect evaluation methodology that has been used at the site. The transcript you’re reading now has been con...

Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 3, Ryan Vilade Share this story 3. Ryan Vilade (345 points, 13 ballots) Even though he was a second round pick in 2017, Ryan Vilade has often been thought of as a first round pick by Rockies fans since he was the first player taken in that draft by Colorado. Though he was a high school shortstop, most expected the 6’2” righty to move to third base immediately after he signed for $1.425 million. Surprisingly, Vilade stuck at the position through most of his f...

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