Suggested 2018 Baseball Publications?

Count Coleman · 03-22-2018, 12:42 PM

Looking to get back into baseball through OOTP 19. Didn't follow the season at all last year. I'm looking for best periodical publication to get myself back up to speed on current players and top prospects. I intend to run a MLB franchise with an initial draft. I want the pub to help me pick my players, thus learn who's great, good or garbage. Also, who are the up-n-comers. Armed with that knowledge I'll pick a real franchise and try to build a champion.

So, the options I know about are Bill James Handbook, Baseball Forecaster,The Fantasy Baseball Black Book. I'm thinking fantasy books won't help me much because my league size will be much bigger than the average fantasy league (correct me if I'm wrong).

I've got the books Ahead of the Curve and Big Data to help me parse the stats, but they won't help with current year players.

Do you use any annual publications when playing? If you were a rookie, which would you choose?

timmermac · 03-22-2018, 01:42 PM

Baseball Prospectus is excellent. They have an annual book and a website at www.baseballprospectus.com

Count Coleman · 03-22-2018, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by timmermac

Baseball Prospectus is excellent. They have an annual book and a website at www.baseballprospectus.com

Great. I'll check out the site first.

03-22-2018, 12:42 PM	#1
Count Coleman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 36	Suggested 2018 Baseball Publications? Looking to get back into baseball through OOTP 19. Didn't follow the season at all last year. I'm looking for best periodical publication to get myself back up to speed on current players and top prospects. I intend to run a MLB franchise with an initial draft. I want the pub to help me pick my players, thus learn who's great, good or garbage. Also, who are the up-n-comers. Armed with that knowledge I'll pick a real franchise and try to build a champion. So, the options I know about are Bill James Handbook, Baseball Forecaster,The Fantasy Baseball Black Book. I'm thinking fantasy books won't help me much because my league size will be much bigger than the average fantasy league (correct me if I'm wrong). I've got the books Ahead of the Curve and Big Data to help me parse the stats, but they won't help with current year players. Do you use any annual publications when playing? If you were a rookie, which would you choose?

03-22-2018, 01:42 PM	#2
timmermac Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 449	Baseball Prospectus is excellent. They have an annual book and a website at www.baseballprospectus.com __________________ Running with the 1950 Braves. Crush the baseball. Drive it before you. And hear the lamentation of the opponent's women. I am king of the diamond! Let there be a grand clubhouse feast! Bring me the finest meats and cheeses in all the land!