One of my favorite books of the year, Baseball America's Prospect Handbook, came out earlier this week. In my opinion, it's one of the most valuable books for a baseball fan to own each year because it gives you not just the skinny on not just he up-and-comers from around the league, but it also provides an unbiased view of the prospects of the team you care about most.
Unlike the team's PR Department and the local media, who often give unrealistically optimistic views to fans of the real ability of the players down on the farm, Baseball America's scouts tell fans the truth about the realistic potential of the young men who have been sold to fans as the future of their franchise.
This year's edition of the Prospect Handbook held a bit of a surprise for Nats fans. A surprise with a catch. The Nationals were named by Baseball America as having the No. 1 overall farm system in Major League Baseball, however, the rankings were created prior to the December trade wh...
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January 28, 2012
