task of filling up the blanks and rather live to you, but it really doesn't matter who you put

about the list for that none of them be missed, they none of them be missed.

You make a total of the list, you make a total of the list, and they come with the list,

they come home, they be missed.

Good morning and welcome to episode 486 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast

from Baseball Prospectus, presented by the BaseballReference.com Play Index,

I am Ben Lindbergh, joined as always by Saint-Miller, hello Saint.

Hey Ben. So today is one of the big days on the Baseball Prospectus calendar.

It is the day that the mid-season top 50 prospects list comes out. It is up now at Baseball

Prospectus, unless you're one of the specially dedicated fans who listens to this the second

it goes on the internet. And as you can tell from that chuckle snicker just now,

we are joined by Jason Parks, who led the charge in producing this list. Hello Jason.

Hello guys, thanks for having me on your podcast. It's always a treat.

Of course. So, the Daily Treat.

Yes, you enjoy it every day. Every single day. Every single day. Every week.

Take your coffee. So tell us about this list. It is a long, long list. It has 50 prospects

on it as advertised, but the list itself is quite long, as Sam and I discovered when we looked at it

a little earlier today. So tell us about what is different about the list and also about the

process of producing the list. Well, in the offseason, we put together the 101. It's obviously

it's more comprehensive. And that gives us a chance to really see what the recent draftees

have brought to the table, both in terms of pro reports and from the season and pro and player

development reports from Instrux and AFL. On our updated top 50, we don't rank any player

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