Baseball ProGUESTus: The Advantage of Low Expectations by M.J. Lloyd

Believe it or not, most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an @baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else. In an effort to up your reading pleasure while tipping our caps to some of the most illuminating work being done elsewhere on the internet, we'll be yielding the stage once a week to the best and brightest baseball writers, researchers and thinkers from outside of the BP umbrella. If you'd like to nominate a guest contributor (including yourself), please drop us a line. M.J. Lloyd is the editor of the Angels site Halo Hangout. He previously wrote general baseball nonsense at Off Base Percentage and covered the Atlanta Steam of the Lingerie Football League for Monkeys Throwing Darts. M.J. lives in New Orleans, where he becomes frustrated when trying to explain baseball to drunks. He also wanders around Twitter @MnkysThrwngDrts. Prospects are like new car smell. They’re exciting and intoxicating. Th...