Product Description

The New York Times bestselling guide to major league baseball returns for the 2008 season

For over a decade, Baseball Prospectus has been the ultimate guide to the game for fantasy players, professionals, and casual fans alike. Baseball Prospectus 2008 continues that tradition, bringing together the top young baseball writers and analysts in the business to provide a definitive look at the season to come. Featuring groundbreaking essays on the performance of each of the thirty teams and an in-depth look at every major league player and all the top prospects, Baseball Prospectus 2008 offers the cutting-edge analysis that has inspired nearly every major league team to seek the advice of current or former Prospectus writers. Also included are projections of player stats for next year, as determined by the groundbreaking PECOTA system, which Sports Illustrated has called “perhaps the game’s most accurate projection model.” The most authoritative and entertaining book of its kind, Baseball Prospectus 2008 is as essential to the baseball-watching experience as hot dogs and cold beer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46402 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-25
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 624 pages

Review
“Baseball Prospectus continues to raise the bar for innovative baseball analysis every year.”
—Mark Shapiro, general manager, Cleveland Indians

“If a general manager hasn’t read Baseball Prospectus, he should be fired for incompetence.”
—Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball

“The best book of its kind. When I have a question about a player, no matter how obscure, I pull out Baseball Prospectus.”
—Rob Neyer, ESPN.com

“I never cease to be blown away by how the geniuses at Baseball Prospectus can provide you with new insights into players and teams you thought you couldn’t possibly have followed more closely. They’re amazing.”
—Jayson Stark, ESPN

“The book brims with obscure stats but offers plenty for right-brain fans too. The result is a rich snapshot of where the game and its reference books are today and where they are going.”
—Sports Illustrated

Customer Reviews

The Baseball Bible for real fans
I thought bitting humor and brutal honesty were gone once "The Scouting Report" wimped out and eventually died several years ago, but upon purchasing this book I am delighted to see the return of analysis - in written format - of MLB players and prospects. Zipperheads can get pure numbers anywhere but objective opinions about defense, arm strength and other subjective areas of the game are a rarity. This book is a gem that I hope continues. And continues to be humorous and brutally honest. I haven't seen previous years so I don't know if it's lost anything but my opinion is it still has plenty left. Check out Jack Cust if you think it has no balls left .... then read on for many more examples.

Good, but not great
The stats and projections are all fantastic. However, I found the essays lacking and the book as a whole didn't live up to my lofty expectations. Next year, I will probably forgo buying the book and just stick with my subscription to the web-site.

Baseball Prospectus 2008
This is a great book! Great stats, good projections, good reading for the Fantasy and Baseball Fan