As I write this, the minor league season faces its mortality as Lakewood and Rome face off in Game 4 of their series. By the time you are reading this, it may be over! That's the beauty of time, after all. So before turning this toward our own mortality, let's talk about a game being played by adults on a field. (No spotlight this week, just a mailbag.
Mailbag:
Why not kick off this whole thing with the most basic and interesting question of all? This is not a question that everyone answers the same way, but here is my definition:
A prospect is a player with a realistic chance of providing major league value.