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seamheads.com - 4/12/2008

The Worst of Baseball Prospectus

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Sometimes BP’s snarky writers are a little off on their assessments. “The upper levels of the organization are still pretty thin in terms of prospects, so Holliday still gets mentioned. Outfield corners who can’t slug .400 should get to be non-prospects pretty quickly, but a nice AFL gave people a continuing excuse to call Holliday a talent.

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