Brock Beauchamp

That's exactly the point of the article. It's not passing judgment on Boras, it's questioning whether his approach is as effective as it once was, if you look past the super-mega-deals he gets for a handful of his clients.

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Help us build our first top 20 prospect list of the 2025 season! Image courtesy of © Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images Unlike other publications, North Side Baseball allows all users to help build our top prospect rankings. Anyone with a North Side Baseball account can participate and give their input on who you think should be in the Cubs' top prospects list. Before you vote, you can hit our top prospects page for the latest stats and news on Cubs prospects while on the voting page, every name is a clickable link that brings up their current stat card. Voting is simple, just follow the instructions below! Here's the rundown how to participate: 1. You must have an account and be logged in to vote. If you don't have an account, click here. It literally requires 60 seconds to create an account. 2. Review our current top 20 prospect list, catch up on stats, rankings, etc. (you can do so from the voting page link below) 3. Have your prospect list in your filthy little paws? Then flip on over to the new prospect voting page (after reading the rest of this, please). https://northsidebaseball.com/prospect-voting 4. Voting is super simple, you drag and drop players in the order you wish them to be. After you move a prospect, the list automatically renumbers so you don't lose track of the order. This works on mobile devices but it's a *vastly* better experience on desktop. Sorry, that's just how this kind of thing works. There's no great way to make something like this be as awesome on a phone screen. 5. Each prospect has a comment section where you can add any commentary you have on that player. At the bottom of the list, there is a general comment section to explain over-arching things you wish to mention. 6. Don't see a prospect you want to put on the list? Just pop back here and give me a mention (in a comment, start typing @Brock Beauchamp or @Brandon Glick as it appears). Mention the prospect you want added and I will do that asap. 7. Once you're done with all of it, click Save. You've now voted! 8. When the voting closes, a new thread will automatically generate in this forum with all of your rankings and comments for everyone to read and talk about. 9. You can only vote once. If you have voted in error, pop back here and tag Brock, asking to have your vote deleted. It will be removed and you can vote again. View full article

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Done, thank you!

Yeah, I mis-typed. It's fixed now.

Welcome to the first voting session of 2025! I haven't taken the time to remove players who are no longer in the organization or have lost prospect status so if you see one of these players, please notify me in this thread! Here's the rundown how to participate: 1. You must have an account and be logged in to vote. If you don't have an account, click here. It literally requires 60 seconds to create an account. 2. Review our current top 20 prospect list, catch up on stats, rankings, etc. (you can do so from the voting page link below) 3. Have your prospect list in your dirty little paws? Then flip on over to the new prospect voting page (after reading the rest of this, please). https://northsidebaseball.com.com/prospect-voting 4. Voting is super simple, you drag and drop players in the order you wish them to be. After you move a prospect, the list automatically renumbers so you don't lose track of the order. This works on mobile devices but it's a *vastly* better experience on desktop. Sorry, that's just how this kind of thing works. There's no great way to make something like this be as awesome on a phone screen. 5. Each prospect has a comment section where you can add any commentary you have on that player. At the bottom of the list, there is a general comment section to explain over-arching things you wish to mention. 6. Don't see a prospect you want to put on the list? Just pop back here and give me a mention (in a comment, start typing @Brock Beauchamp or @Brandon Glick as it appears). Mention the prospect you want added and I will do that asap. 7. Once you're done with all of it, click Save. You've now voted! 8. When the voting closes, a new thread will automatically generate in this forum with all of your rankings and comments for everyone to read and talk about. 9. You can only vote once. If you have voted in error, pop back here and tag Brock, asking to have your vote deleted. It will be removed and you can vote again. Voting will close at end of day Wednesday, April 30th!

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This is an excellent, in-depth look at the business of baseball and the impact Scott Boras has on the industry. But is his influence waning in some aspects like drafting and his refusal to sign extensions? The Power of Scott Boras, Team-Friendly Extensions, & The Changing Dynamics Of Baseball Business - Red Sox - Talk Sox TALKSOX.COM Dubbed “The Most Powerful Sports Agent in the World” by Forbes, long-time agent Scott Boras has a history of negotiating record-breaking contracts for his clients. Has he hit a cold...

Mike Bielecki!

You have to do it with a speedster like... Michael Busch... on third...

I was thinking something very similar earlier today.

No such thing exists, I've looked.

We've all agreed that Carson Kelly sold his soul this offseason, right?

As a person who comes across literally thousands of users a day, politeness does matter. It should be the default setting but we all know it's not and, therefore, it counts for something. As an ally, I'm open to having these discussions if they're polite. I had to unlearn some truly awful horsefeathers from my upbringing and people helped me along in that process. If I can occasionally do the same for others, I will try.

First, thank you for the polite post of disagreement. But let's drill down on the bolded part of this statement. The "general understanding" is literally the problem right now. DEI isn't about hiring someone "inferior", it's about expanding the search beyond the typical (and often incestuous) circles of hiring, giving EVERYONE a legit shot at the process and letting ACTUAL MERIT win the day. Jackie Robinson is probably the most famous DEI hire in American history and we should be PROUD of the fact that Rickey (and to an extent American society) took that risk, broke barriers, and gave everyone a legit shot at the process.

It would! Let me know if I can assist in any way!

It's to have a rolling average of long-term questions. As we flesh out this feature, you'll see more articles using them to get a read on fans' perceptions of the Cubs. For example, a mid-June article might reference fans being really high on Counsell in April but souring in May as the team slides. Or being really low on Matt Shaw today but really high on him in June. That sort of thing. It's intentionally capturing the same people voting over a long period of time.

Oh, I'm sure my definition and their definition are quite different.