Jeff looks at the first picks in the 2006 amateur draft and considers how this year’s class will look in June 2008.

Jack Cust is a nice story. But what if he’s more than that? What if Cust represents what happens when an organization (or a few of them) gives up on a player before he reaches his prime physically, puts it all together, and actually gets another chance—this time with the skills and experience to succeed?

From Smokey Joe to The Mad Russian, they served by sometimes hitting, sometimes sitting

Having looked at starting pitcher leveraging of the last few months, there’s still another issue to tackle: which franchises did it the most.

A look at past top high school pitching prospects with an eye towards this Thursday’s draft.

John shows how you can identify different pitch types using data from MLB’s Enhanced Gameday. He then digs deeper into the sinker and wonders how anybody can throw the pitch.

The what-might-have-beens of some swingmen, some southpaws, Bobo and Lefty.

Read and find out when starting pitcher leveraging rose and fell over the decades.

A video analysis of Josh Beckett’s mechanical adjustments.

Which managers did the most and least leveraging of the starting pitchers in baseball history? Click here and find out.