Highlighting Our 2023 All-Star Weekend Coverage -Baseball Prospectus

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Because the variety of occasions has elevated throughout All-Star weekend lately, so too has the necessity to present extra evaluation to our subscribers. Now that the draft is coming into its third 12 months of being hosted amidst the festivities, we’ve determined to carry you protection of All-Star weekend like by no means earlier than.

For causes I can’t comprehend, Craig and Co. thought it’d be a good suggestion to let me host a watch social gathering of the draft’s first spherical, with Jarrett as my co-host. We’ll be utilizing a platform referred to as Playback to look at the draft in a Manningcast-style format. A few of you might be acquainted with Playback, as Jeffrey and Craig have used it all through the primary half to look at and touch upon varied video games. It’s straightforward to affix: all it’s a must to do is create a Playback account and confirm your TV supplier. As soon as that’s full, you’ll have the ability to be part of our Playback watch social gathering and have each the channel & our stream on concurrently. Jarrett and I’ll react the identical time you react, reply questions posted within the chat, and have occasional friends to interrupt up the motion. Must perform a little analysis on gamers earlier than the draft? No downside, we’ve got you covered. Have questions on Playback? Additionally not an issue: seek advice from the FAQ page on their website.

Alongside the draft, I shall be in Seattle to scout the Futures Recreation. The Futures Recreation has been a staple of our prospect group’s protection for years now, and that’ll stay the case this go round in Seattle. This can be a significantly fascinating showcase as a result of whereas the highest finish of the expertise pool has been drained due to current promotions, that gives an opportunity for somebody to face out in methods we haven’t seen earlier than. In fact, we wish to be cautious of constructing an excessive amount of of 1 recreation, however there’s no denying that it’s higher to see your favourite prospects match up in opposition to top-flight competitors. For as gentle because the prospect panorama is now, there’s no additionally denying that there’s a bigger share of remaining prime prospects attending this occasion in comparison with earlier years. In case you missed who shall be partaking within the occasion, we created write ups with a blurb for every participant on each rosters (American League roster preview*, National League roster preview). Earlier than the sport, I’ll be posting movies of batting follow on my Twitter page. As the sport goes on, I’ll take movies of the occasion from my scouting seat with prompt reactions on what I’m seeing in entrance of me. And the next day, you’ll have a write-up of all my observations that I believe you’d discover helpful on your fandom and/or fantasy pursuits.

Along with Futures Recreation and Draft protection, we’ll present the standard heavy hitters on Monday and Tuesday, with items that may cowl each the Dwelling Run Derby and All-Star Recreation. As you possibly can see, we have now a lot of issues lined up for you. We hope you’ll contemplate spending a part of your All-Star weekend with us as we attempt to give you extra methods to look at the sport all of us love.

*Author’s notice: Luis Guerrero was added to the Futures Recreation as a substitute for Shane Drohaan. He’s not included in our AL roster roundup being that he was added to the roster a number of days after the article’s publication, however my preseason writeup of him will be discovered here.