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Devil Wears Prado
06-19-2009, 09:07 PM
I'm going to pay for a baseball subscription, but I'm not sure which to invest in... Baseball America or Baseball Prospectus?
Dreamscape
06-19-2009, 09:10 PM
I can't say how good/bad BA is, but I have a subscription to BP and feel like it's well worth it. Actually, I'd say it's a bargain.
absintheofmalaise
06-22-2009, 09:47 AM
If you get BP, do not use WARP or any of its derivatives as a serious stat. It uses some craptacular defensive metric and is virtually worthless. By their calculations a replacement player, which they use as the baseline, is worth about -30 runs on both offense and defense. I seriously doubt that player exists, except in RF at Turner.
Bill James' site is quite good if you really feel like paying for a site. I just use
fangraphs, THT, baseball-reference and a few others. Dewan's site is also a pay for and very good too. You can get his +/- rankings on there.
Devil Wears Prado
06-23-2009, 11:57 PM
If you get BP, do not use WARP or any of its derivatives as a serious stat. It uses some craptacular defensive metric and is virtually worthless. By their calculations a replacement player, which they use as the baseline, is worth about -30 runs on both offense and defense. I seriously doubt that player exists, except in RF at Turner.
Bill James' site is quite good if you really feel like paying for a site. I just use
fangraphs, THT, baseball-reference and a few others. Dewan's site is also a pay for and very good too. You can get his +/- rankings on there.

I just want to keep track of the prospects all around the league and who's stock is up and who's stock is down.
absintheofmalaise
06-24-2009, 11:26 AM
BA would probably be best for keeping track of prospects.
Dreamscape
06-24-2009, 01:08 PM
Yeah, BP has a daily roundup which will include six prospects worth keeping track of that day and every week, a Future Shock ten pack of ten prospects at a position or league that are looking pretty good, but that is about all.
Devil Wears Prado
06-24-2009, 02:43 PM
Yeah, BP has a daily roundup which will include six prospects worth keeping track of that day and every week, a Future Shock ten pack of ten prospects at a position or league that are looking pretty good, but that is about all.

So in this case, go with Baseball America?