I have significantly changed the NPB cards: You now have a compact card. Z-COn% per pitch type is added. You can find an overall tool summary on the bottom left, and the radar visualisation to understand the player at a glance! Aim: More professional, more shareable.

Angel Abreu is one of my favourite under-the-radar prospects. Age: 18 Level: CPX H/W: 5'9", 155 He played 50 games at the CPX at 17 to a .335/.429/.413 slash line with 8 doubles, 3 triples & 34 SB. Ran a 5.6% SwStr% in small A-ball sample and fits the Guardians prospect mold.

Jakob Marsee's 11 HR/23 SB and .231 BA overall points towards a poor 2026. His 2nd half numbers show just how well he bounced back after the break: 61 G .288 BA .396 OBP 6 HR 4 SB 140 wrc+ 2.0 fWAR (2.5 season total) He did outperform his xBA & xSLG by a big margin.

Pitchers have had the upper hand all Postseason: - Of all teams, only 14 hitters w/over 30 PA have a wrc+ over 100. - 4 Rays hitters w/over 20 PA have a SLG > .400. Brewers have 3. - 27 pitchers have an ERA of 2.70 or lower, min 5 IP. 10 qualify w/min 10 IP.

This is the guy that hit a go-ahead home run in the 10th inning to put SoftBank up 2-0 over DeNA in the Japan Series. Yuto Kawamura. How can you not be romantic about baseball.

Axiel Plaz' raw tools are very fun: In Single-A (2025) he put up some fantastic EV's: - 107.3 MPH EV90 - 113.9 MaxEV - 54% Hard-Hit% YoY, he decreased his Chase% from 38.6% to a manageable 32%, while going up to A+, leading to a .389 OBP, a career-high by over .050 points.

Qualified MLB starters with a Chase% in the 95th% or higher: - Tarik Skubal - Zack Wheeler - Cristopher Sanchez - Braxton Ashcraft - Chris Sale - Nathan Eovali - Payton Tolle Tolle is four years younger than the next youngest pitcher on this list, Braxton Ashcraft (27)

Shugo Maki reportedly not coming to MLB might be a bigger deal than you think. Maki is an offensive powerhouse at 2B, aided by his ability to pull 30+% of his fly balls. He hit 30 HR in 108 G (career-best) and has been a 20+ HR certainty since his rookie year.

Now the official NPB data we have on Kaima Taira: - 99.4 MPH Max FF velo. - 95.4 MPH Avg. FF velo. - 6.2 IP Avg. per start. - .185 BAA. - 0.25 HR/9 More third-party data: - 31.2% Chase% - 27.7% Whiff% He throws: FF, FC, SW, CH, FS, SI, SL Demon 👑

One of my early, bold 2027 predictions: Emmanuel Rodriguez finishes the 2027 MLB season with more than 25 home runs and an OBP north of .350. He has the eye, the power, and the glove to become a mainstay in that Twins lineup. IF, and that's a big IF, he can stay healthy.

Drew Dasmussen's 2026 was an overall career-year. As a starter, he hit career-bests in: - IP (172 IP) - ERA (2.67) - FIP (2.81) - K% (26%) - BB% (4.8%) - WHIP (0.91) And he currently has a 1.29 ERA through 3 Postseason starts as well. Definition of an ace.

Hitting prospects with a BA > .300 & BABIP < .335: - Josue De Paula (LAD) - Caden Bodine (TBR) - Ryan Sprock (TOR) - Angel Genao (CLE) - James Triantos (CHC) Plenty of prospects that made their debut. Sprock was an 8th round pick and hit .306 at A and .307 at A+.