Ever wonder how super batters statistically began? How did they perform in A ball and what indicators were there that they were special early on? This edition of The Report will cover three star players and examine how their performance in single A should have clued us in that they would be special big leaguers.

Think back for a moment to the alleged "can't miss" prospects of yesteryear. You might also remember back to when you collected baseball cards and carefully stockpiled your Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens and Luis Medina rookie cards while planning a lavish retirement on their yield? Well we hope you had a 401K to fall back on, because these and many other uber-prospects have failed to live up to their sizeable expectations. This edition of the Report will explore Meulens and Medina in an effort to root out potential reasons for their demise. For more, read on...

The previous edition of Minor-ity Report focused on star pitchers and their performance in single A to determine potential predictors for their ultimate major league success. In this edition we will shift our focus to superstar batters, the likes of which are Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez. What statistical cues or other such clues were there to alert fantasy managers that these players were special before they were stars?

This edition of Minor-ity Report will depart from our typical format. Instead of analyzing and identifying obscure minor league talent, we will be taking a look back at the performance of now star-caliber major league starters in low A ball. Will a look back at starting pitchers such as Johan Santana and Brandon Webb before they won Cy Young awards and made All-Star teams identify statistical indicators to help scout future talent? Read on...

In this issue of Minor-ity Report, we focus on young flamethrowing prospects who are candidates to become major league closers.

We are speaking not of cars or electronics, but of baseball players. Beginning with Ichiro Suzuki, perhaps the greatest of the Japanese imports, most others since have variously disappointed and not lived up to expectations. With the recent signing of Fukudome and Kuroda, there is renewed interest in accurately speculating their performance on the big league level.

This edition of Minor-ity Report will feature two up-and-coming talents who project to potential five category players on the major league level.

Russell and Evan will take on the next potential class of stolen base stars in this installment of The Minor-ity Report.

This week, the Minor-ity Report looks at outfield prospects.

This week's edition of The Report will feature third sackers Michael Cpstanzo and Jared Goedert.