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In 2008, Cole Hamels was everyone's darling. He lit the world on fire and went on to win the World Series MVP award. He was the "cat's meow" and he was only 24. The phenom was looking for a breakout year in 2009, and many fans thought it was coming from the left-hander going into his fourth full year with the club. The breakout year not only didn’t happen, it was Hamels' ...

Upon reading the headline of this article, you are sitting there saying to yourself that I’m an idiot. I’m sure most are only reading this to merely find out how stupid I possibly could be that I would have the audacity to say a middle reliever leaving is going to have more impact than the loss of a former Cy Young winner. Just hear me out on this. Cliff Lee was, and is, ...

This year, I set out on a goal to better learn the minor leagues. I am a Phillies fan but I realized that other than the Phillies, I didn't really know anyone else's system too well. I thought it would be a good idea to start ranking teams' top 10 prospects. I stayed away from any 2010 ranking because I didn't want it to cloud my judgement. I have completed the ...

I am not an Astros fan. I'm actually a Phillies fan, but I decided that to improve my knowlede of the minor leagues, I would make a top 10 list for each team. My Oakland and Arizona lists are done, and I moved on to the 'Stros. Since I am not a fan of the team, you may sit there at some point and say, "How do you not have ...

I am not a Diamondbacks fan. I have nothing against the team but I'm a Phillies fan. Every season I made up a list of who I thought should be the Phillies Top 10 prospects. To better learn the league I decided to do one for every team. What I learned from doing Arizona's list was that most of their best talent came from the 2009 MLB draft. I also hope you like 1B ...

I am not an A's fan. Have nothing against them but I instead cheer for the Phillies. The past few seasons IÆve done top 10 prospect lists for the Phillies and decided I would do one for the entire league to better expand my horizon on the prospects in MLB so here we go. OaklandÆs top prospects from a Phillies fan: á á 1) Chris Carter-1B Coming into the season, he was rated ...