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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. This is a different Max Muncy of absolutely no relation, and to drive the coincidence home even furth...

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 distributed $367 billion in realized capital gains. U.S. investors have paid over one hundred billion dollars ...

—— 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 who are a mix of younger and older, usually have higher floors

—— 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 who are a mix of younger and older, usually have higher floors

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 learn how noisy my upstairs neighbors are, and time to build a better model. As you can imagine, this i...