40 in 40: Juan Then, the only Juan

Jan 6 2023 by Lookout Landing

 

an experiment in prospecting and cloning

What does the word “prospect” mean? Dictionary heads would say “the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.” Which is a very dictionary (read: boring) definition. And it definitely doesn’t approach the baseball version of the word.

A baseball prospect is, in a word, a risk. The team takes a risk that a young, unknown player will turn out to be a major league contributor, and the player takes a risk that they’ll...

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