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Spinning Snakes
baseballmusings.com — AZ Snakepit tries to convince us that Colorado was the lucky team in 2007 . Basically, the 2007 Rockies were a .500 team who got insanely hot for a spell - but even so, required help from just about everyone else in the division to reach the playoffs. Sure, there is something to be said for making your own luck and riding it as far as possible [I would never claim the 2001 D-backs were the best team in baseball that year] - but when you get dealt a royal flush in poker, it doesn't make you a good player. If any one of the following had not unfolded exactly the way they did, the ...

Saturday Morning Rockpile: A fine nine
Purple Row — I've gotten myself into a debate with our friendly rivals over at AZ Snakepit that revolves around several assertions I made the other day, but one that I'm trying to drive home is that quantity of talent matters when overlooking minor league systems and trying to divine the future, moreso than individual profiles.  You can have a potential ace in Low A who's the best pitching prospect in baseball, and that is more or less meaningless. However, if your team has two or three top of the rotation starters, plus several mid-range starters plus a few more bottom of the rotation ...

Saturday randomness
AZ Snakepit — Find myself with a little time to kill, before we head over to the Broadway Rec in Mesa, for the IZW/RPW Unification pro-wrestling show. So here's a dump of a few things that piqued my interest of late. John Sickels lists his Top 20 AZ Prospects. Jarrod Parker, interestingly, is #1, just pipping Scherzer. He adds, "They have the ability to recharge quickly and some of these Grade C+ guys could end up being quite good." Hah! Take that, Rox Girl. ;-) Speaking of which, if you haven't already done so, take a look at the comments on yesterday's entry, where Rox and I are engaging in a spirited ...