Title: Down On The Farm: Toronto Blue Jays
Date: August 29, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: My latest Down On The Farm piece takes a look at the top-5 farm system belonging to the Kansas City Royals.
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Title: Down On The Farm: Cincinnati Reds
Date: August 15, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: For the third instalment of Down On The Farm, I needed an excuse to rave about speedster Billy Hamilton, so I dove into the Reds’ minor league system and explored.
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Title: Down On The Farm: San Diego Padres
Date: August 1, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: My third article for Full Spectrum Baseball, a baseball fantasy and analysis site, took a look at the San Diego Padres farm system. This weekly Down On The Farm feature will look at a different system each week, highlighting top prospects, those with their stock rising or falling, and the overall state of the system.
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Title: Down On The Farm: Toronto Blue Jays
Date: August 1, 2012
Original Source: Full Spectrum Baseball
Synopsis: My debut article for Full Spectrum Baseball, a baseball fantasy and analysis site, took a look at the Toronto Blue Jays farm system. This weekly Down On The Farm feature will look at a different system each week, highlighting top prospects, those with their stock rising or falling, and the overall state of the system.
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Title: Raptors Minute Distribution and Possible Line-Up Combinations
Date: July 25, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors Republic article looked at the new Raptors’ roster, specifically how the minutes may be distributed and how last year’s most used lineup combinations will have to be altered.
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Title: Is Colby Rasmus’ Break Out For Real?
Date: July 13, 2012
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This article looked at Colby Rasmus’ offensive breakout over the past two months, attempting to identify underlying trends in his statistical profile to forecast regression or further improvement.
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Title: Raptors Summer League Preview
Date: July 13, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors Republic article looked at the Toronto Raptors’ roster and schedule for the 2012 Las Vegas Summer League, analyzing position battles and what to expect from Raptors’ veterans and draftees.
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Title: Jose Calderon and His Sisyphean Point Guard Battle
Date: July 12 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors Republic article took a look at Jose Calderon’s tenure as a Toronto Raptor, highlighting that the franchise has consistently brought in Point Guards of the Future, only for Jose to be the one left standing after each point guard battle.
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Title: Landry Fields Signing Analysis
Date: July 4, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors Republic article looked at the signing of wingman Landry Fields to a 3-year, $19M offer sheet.
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Title: Spin Cycle – Lowry, Nash, Draft Picks and more
Date: June 26, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This Raptors Republic article took a look at every potential Raptors offseason move (trade, signing, amnesty, draft) and showed the reader how to put either a positive or negative spin on it, depending on your prerogative.
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