By Vox Media.
Tweeted 50 minutes ago.
Polarizing for some around here, but he's still been a pretty good resource over the years whether you like him or not.
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By Vox Media.
Tweeted 50 minutes ago.
Polarizing for some around here, but he's still been a pretty good resource over the years whether you like him or not.
Got nontendered
Sickels is about as controversial as a ham sandwich. One person just get sand in their vagina if people dont think exactly the same as they do.
I had no idea he worked for Vox in any capacity. I thought he owned and operated the site. Still one of the best at what he does.
his "i'm ranking allard this high due to nothing but my intuition" is still incredibly stupid. it doesn't disqualify everything he's ever said or done, but it's objectively a terrible "process" (it's not really a process).Quote:
Originally Posted by cajunrevenge
If he’s so great he wouldn’t have been cut loose. He’s just not very good, as I’ve said numerous times.
I actually though Sickels working for an organization that has produced guys like Carlos Maza was pretty appropriate.
That’s sad to hear. I’m sure these online prospect guys don’t make much and I can’t imagine there’s a ton of opportunity for someone like him (I agree with the consensus here that Sickels isn’t very good).
Hope the best for him.
Sickels was invaluable 15-20 years ago when there just weren't a lot of publicly available prospect guys writing on the internet - I actually interviewed him for a piece I did when I was interning at MLB.com. Sickels was one of the few people who could fill you in on, say, the 17th best prospect in your favorite team's system, and if you didn't want to pay for BA or wait for the BPro annual he was basically the only option for that.
Time punishes us all, internet-based baseball writers perhaps more than most - there was a time where Rob Neyer was THE cutting edge of stats-based baseball writing, for example. And Sickels famously had health issues. He hasn't provided anything unique in years, but the legacy means this is still a little sad - it'll be the same way when Gammons hangs it up, I suspect.
That’s a good synopsis on Sickels. When I used to be hard into fantasy baseball, he was really the only free site worth a damn about prospects that went deeper than just the top 100 prospect lists. Although He banned me from his site over a decade ago (i’ve been read only) I still go there because I trust him more than the any of the fangraphs of the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadduxFanII
The thing that is invaluable about Sickels is that he built a very loyal following, which in turn has built a great community who interact daily through minor league game day posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadduxFanII
Sickels isn't just some dope with a blog. He's actually a well respected journalist for decades now. He previously worked for ESPN years ago before branching off on his own and being absorbed by a larger company.
The unfortunate issue now is that there are so many amateur prospect writer's out there who are his direct competition. More than ever. So it's hard for him to monetize what he does. He used to release a prospect guide annually.
Yeah, Sickels just got edged out by the baseball world around him. He didn’t get worse at what he did, but you can get in-depth reports for free from Fangraphs, and each team has a plethora of profiles on every minor leaguer of note in the system. A brief blurb about each prospect just isn’t valuable in that landscape.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBrave