Let’s Make A Deal – Padres Send Rizzo to Chicago for Cashner

by Mike Koepp January 7, 2012

Well the rumors of Anthony Rizzo’s relocation became factual this afternoon. San Diego sent the principle player in the Adrian Gonzalez to Boston transaction to Chicago along with pitcher Zach Cates. In return the Padres received the Cubs 19th pick in the 2008 First-Year player draft, Andrew Cashner plus outfielder Kyung-Min Na, a 20-year-old from [...]

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Baseball Instinct 360° | Top Prospects 160° to 121°

by Baseball Instinct Staff January 6, 2012

Welcome to day 6 of our Baseball Instinct 360° series.  In today’s stretch, you’ll find 5 Toronto Blue Jays in our Top Prospects 160° to 121°.  Make sure to check out the revised logo which is one of 3 variations for Blue Jays in 2012.  Thanks to one of our valued readers (Aaron P.) for the tip. [...]

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Baseball Instinct 360° | Top Prospects 200° to 161°

by Baseball Instinct Staff January 5, 2012

We come to day five of our Baseball Instinct 360° series. As we hit the half way point in our list, the names continue to get more familiar and the list becomes easier to compile and sort. The bulk of our Top Prospects within the 200° to 161° belong to the Diamondbacks with 5 prospects and the [...]

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Baseball Instinct 360° | Top Prospects 240° to 201°

by Baseball Instinct Staff January 4, 2012

At this point in our  Baseball Instinct 360°, we come to a significant amount of prospects who are ready to contribute this coming season or will be by the end of the season.  Of that group, what stands out at you is the group of righties; Warren, Surkamp, McPherson, Eovaldi, and Lynn.  All have a chance [...]

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Baseball Instinct 360° | Top Prospects 280° to 241°

by Baseball Instinct Staff January 3, 2012

It’s day 3 of  Baseball Instinct 360°!  We’re bringing to you our Top 360 prospects for the 2012 season.  Hopefully you’ve had a chance to catch our previous 2 days where we presented prospects 360 to 321 and then prospects 320 to 281.  We continue our march towards January 9th and our #1 overall prospect with Top [...]

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Baseball Instinct 360° | Top Prospects 320° to 281°

by Baseball Instinct Staff January 2, 2012

Welcome back to Baseball Instinct 360°!  We’re bringing to you our Top 360 prospects for the 2012 season. While we plan to have our preseason list posted in a static form for you to refer to at anytime, we also plan for this series to be constantly evolving. As players graduate to the majors, get [...]

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Baseball Instinct 360° | Top Prospects 360° to 321°

by Baseball Instinct Staff January 1, 2012

Happy New Year Everyone!  Welcome to 2012 and another series we have planned for you over the next 9 days. It’s winter, you’re a baseball fan, fantasy baseball league player, strat-o-matic manager, card collector. You have baseball running through your veins but you have four feet of snow to clear from your driveway.  Your drafts [...]

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Padres acquire Carlos Quentin from White Sox

by Mike Koepp January 1, 2012

The Padres and White Sox decided to do one last deal of 2011. Carlos Quentin rejoins Josh Byrnes who as general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks traded him to Chicago. Byrnes said this of Quentin’s acquisition, “He obviously went out and did some big things for the White Sox. Having a chance to get him [...]

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Baseball Instinct 360° | The Top Baseball Prospects

by Thomas Belmont December 31, 2011

     1-40 41-80 81-120 121-160 161-200  201-240 241-280 281-320 321-360 

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Prospect Instinct | Derek Norris, C Oakland Athletics

by George Utter December 31, 2011

Derek Norris, C Oakland Athletics 2/14/1989 Height: 6’0″ Weight: 210 Catcher Derek Norris was one of 4 prospects sent to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for All-Star LHP Gio Gonzalez on December 22nd, 2011. Going to Oakland with Norris was RHP A.J. Cole, RHP Brad Peacock, and LHP Tommy Milone.  We discussed the details of [...]

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