Prospects lie. Their lies are so believable that writers and bloggers both national and local accept and compound the falsehoods. These aren’t lies of intentional deception. Instead, they’re lies of action. Fantasies, always at least partially founded, emanate from things like “projectable frames” and “quick hands” and that triple slash in the Sally that then become numbers on a list. There’s no culpability on their part. Prospects, after all, simply work to prove their truth. But still, they lie.
The Reds signed former Rockies prospect Rosell Herrera to a minor-league deal, according to MLB.