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  • • Top 10 College Prospects for the 2021 MLB Draft
    Sam Houston State. South Alabama. Miami (OH). Just a short list of all the top Division I programs that you typically find first-round talent at, right? Either every premier Power Five program completely whiffed on these guys, or head coaches are scurrying around the recruiting grounds like a bunch of half-blind moles trying to find their own siblings. As I unveil college prospects 6-10 in my rank...2021
  • Packers sign WR DeAndre Thompkins
    • Packers sign WR DeAndre Thompkins
    Thompkins is a 5-foot-11, 188-pound, first-year player out of Penn State University...2021
  • • College Prospect Watch: Robby Martin
    Robert Martin. Not exactly a name that instills excitement and gets you feeling overzealous about a particular player's potential like a Jazz Chisholm or Terrmel Sledge (sidebar: best baseball name of all time?), but Robby Martin? Sure, that's a name I can get behind. At the very least, Robby Martin doesn't immediately have me thinking of Robert Cecil Martin, an American software engineer better k...2021
  • • Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards slides by Jayson Tatum with slick handles
    Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards is giving voters more reasons to consider him as this season’s top first-year player. Despite his possibly season-ending injury, LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets is still the presumptive 2021 Rookie of the Year, as one of the leaders of a great comeback story brewing in Charlotte. It’s highly unlikely […] The post TimberwolvesR...2021
  • • Kings’ Tyrese Haliburton’s strong reaction to Rookie of the Year talk after LaMelo Ball injury
    Sacramento Kings rookie Tyrese Haliburton is indeed a class act, evidenced by his empathy for fellow first-year player LaMelo Ball after the Hornets star’s apparent season-ending wrist injury. According to The Athletic’s Jason Jones, the 21-year-old playmaker sounded off on some social media users who were excited by Ball’s tough luck and even kept tagging […] The post King...2021
  • • Pistons rookie Saddiq Bey showing development
    Pistons rookie Saddiq Bey is turning some heads, for good reasons. Via the Detroit Free Press: Parts of his 28-point, 12-rebound performance against the Toronto Raptors was routine — or as routine as something can be for a first-year player. Bey hit six of his 10 3-point attempts, the third time this season he has … Continue reading "Pistons rookie Saddiq Bey showing development"...2021
  • Top five prospects for the 2021 MLB Draft
    • Top five prospects for the 2021 MLB Draft
    The annual Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft will be held July 11-13, 2021, in Atlanta. It will be held in conjunction with this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game....2021
  • • Collegiate Corner: Notes from Opening Week
    Ahh, college. What a magical time. I can still remember my roommate freshman year. He never showered, wore shoes and frequently left bowls of boiled noodles out, unrefrigerated, only to pick them back up several days later and eat a few. Ahh, yes. It still brings tears to my eyes when I think back fondly on the kid who dressed up as a bush every day so he could jump out and scare other student on ...2021
  • • First-Year-Player Draft Top 50 for 2021 Fantasy Baseball
    Last week, we began this series with the First-Year-Player Draft Top 25 for 2021 Fantasy Baseball.  As we move into the next group, my favorite league is beginning it’s draft. I suspect we’ll be right around my pick, 26 of 30, by the time these pages hit the newsstands. Not that I expect anyone in the league much cares. Lots of good FYPD rankings out there. But still, it’s an odd game: drafting w...2021
  • • First-Year-Player Draft Top 25 for 2021 Fantasy Baseball
    With dynasty drafts fast approaching or already underway and the 30 system rundowns in the rear view mirror, now is the perfect time to revisit and reshuffle the crew of young athletes entering our game this winter....2021

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  • • Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards slides by Jayson Tatum with slick handles
    Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards is giving voters more reasons to consider him as this season’s top first-year player. Despite his possibly season-ending injury, LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets is still the presumptive 2021 Rookie of the Year, as one of the leaders of a great comeback story brewing in Charlotte. It’s highly unlikely […] The post TimberwolvesR...2021
  • • Kings’ Tyrese Haliburton’s strong reaction to Rookie of the Year talk after LaMelo Ball injury
    Sacramento Kings rookie Tyrese Haliburton is indeed a class act, evidenced by his empathy for fellow first-year player LaMelo Ball after the Hornets star’s apparent season-ending wrist injury. According to The Athletic’s Jason Jones, the 21-year-old playmaker sounded off on some social media users who were excited by Ball’s tough luck and even kept tagging […] The post King...2021
  • • Watch: Luka Doncic tosses up lob for beautiful alley-oop
    Is there anything Dallas Mavericks star rookie Luka Doncic can’t do? Fresh off being robbed from an All-Star appearance, the game’s top first-year player continues to dominate on a near nightly basis. The Los Angeles Clippers found this out first hand coming out of halftime Monday night. Just check out this beautiful lob pass Doncic tossed up to Dwight Powell for the flush over Clippers big man Iv...2019
  • • Ben Simmons has great reaction to 'Not My ROTY' t-shirts
    Ben Simmons was named the Rookie of the Year for the 2017-18 NBA season amid controversy surrounding his argued ineligibility for the award over a technicality. And the Philadelphia 76ers star had a great reaction to a company rolling out a t-shirt questioning the legitimacy of him being named the league’s top “first-year” player. A #NOTMYROTY shirt is making the rounds on Instagram, and despite t...2018
  • • Lonzo Ball says he’s willing to play in Summer League
    The NBA Summer League typically features the class of incoming rookies, young backups and players competing for training camp invitations. Starters almost never participate. Lonzo Ball, however, doesn’t consider himself too good to appear in the offseason event.According to Bill Oram of the Southern California News Group, Ball said he’s willing to play if the Lakers want him to. Ball recently wrap...2018
  • • If Simmons isn’t Rookie of the Year, he’s a lock for another award
    The race for NBA Rookie of the Year is between Ben Simmons and Donovan Mitchell, and the latest argument in favor of the latter is that Simmons isn’t actually a rookie. If that was true, he should have no competition for the Most Improved Player award.After being selected No. 1 overall in the 2016 draft, the Philadelphia 76ers guard missed the entire season due to a foot injury. Simmons never logg...2018
  • • Jets RB Matt Forte week-to-week with toe injury
    Just as the New York Jets got their first win of the season, the team will be without starting running back Matt Forte for at least one week with a toe injury. Forte had to exit Sunday’s win against the Miami Dolphins and is considered week-to-week. On the trade block to start the season, Forte has been part of a committee approach with Bilal Powell and rookie Elijah McGuire thus far this season. ...2017
  • Week 2 Snap Judgments
    • Week 2 Snap Judgments
    Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we digest a less-than-captivating Week 2 in the NFL…. * The Cowboys-Broncos game was delayed by lightning for over an hour in the first half, but the biggest bolt out nowhere was Denver’s ability to completely bottle up Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott like no one else has been able to do. Elliott entered play Sunday with 15 consecutive games ...2017
  • • Slater, Burkhead return; 8/28 notes
    2017
  • • Bears release veterans Eddie Royal and Will Sutton
    The Chicago Bears made two rather interesting roster moves on Thursday, releasing veteran receiver Eddie Royal and defensive tackle Will Sutton. The soon-to-be 31-year-old Royal has been a very productive receiver when on the field throughout his NFL career. The issue for him more recently has been injuries. Royal missed a total of 14 games to injury in his two seasons with Chicago, racking up 70 ...2017

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  • • The Chris Borland Effect: He's Changed His Future, but Did He Change the NFL's?
    2016

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First Year Player trade, contract, salary rumors

  • • Top 10 College Prospects for the 2021 MLB Draft
    Sam Houston State. South Alabama. Miami (OH). Just a short list of all the top Division I programs that you typically find first-round talent at, right? Either every premier Power Five program completely whiffed on these guys, or head coaches are scurrying around the recruiting grounds like a bunch of half-blind moles trying to find their own siblings. As I unveil college prospects 6-10 in my rank...2021
  • • College Prospect Watch: Robby Martin
    Robert Martin. Not exactly a name that instills excitement and gets you feeling overzealous about a particular player's potential like a Jazz Chisholm or Terrmel Sledge (sidebar: best baseball name of all time?), but Robby Martin? Sure, that's a name I can get behind. At the very least, Robby Martin doesn't immediately have me thinking of Robert Cecil Martin, an American software engineer better k...2021
  • • Collegiate Corner: Notes from Opening Week
    Ahh, college. What a magical time. I can still remember my roommate freshman year. He never showered, wore shoes and frequently left bowls of boiled noodles out, unrefrigerated, only to pick them back up several days later and eat a few. Ahh, yes. It still brings tears to my eyes when I think back fondly on the kid who dressed up as a bush every day so he could jump out and scare other student on ...2021
  • • First-Year-Player Draft Top 50 for 2021 Fantasy Baseball
    Last week, we began this series with the First-Year-Player Draft Top 25 for 2021 Fantasy Baseball.  As we move into the next group, my favorite league is beginning it’s draft. I suspect we’ll be right around my pick, 26 of 30, by the time these pages hit the newsstands. Not that I expect anyone in the league much cares. Lots of good FYPD rankings out there. But still, it’s an odd game: drafting w...2021
  • • First-Year-Player Draft Top 25 for 2021 Fantasy Baseball
    With dynasty drafts fast approaching or already underway and the 30 system rundowns in the rear view mirror, now is the perfect time to revisit and reshuffle the crew of young athletes entering our game this winter....2021
  • • Looking Forward: Alex Newhook’s Quest to Become a Top Six Center for the Avalanche
    Alex Newhook Pots One Top-Shelf for Boston College During the 2019-20 Season. | Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images It looks pretty likely that he’ll reach his goal. The World Junior Championships (WJCs) are right around the corner (hopefully), and there are four prospects from the Colorado Avalanche who have a chance to suit up and represent either the United States ...2020
  • • Bengals sign Amani Bledsoe
    The Bengals announced Saturday they have signed free agent defensive end Amani Bledsoe. The Titans cut Bledsoe on July 26. Bledsoe is a first-year player out of the University of Oklahoma. He originally signed with the Titans as a college free agent in 2019. Bledsoe spent all of last season on the Titans’ practice squad. [more]...2020
  • • 2020 MLB First-Year Player Draft: Complete results tracker; Detroit Tigers on the clock with No. 1 pick
    Here is our pick-by-pick analysis of the first round of the 2020 MLB draft...2020
  • • Twins to retire Joe Mauer's No. 7
    Joe Mauer is barely into his retirement, and the Minnesota Twins have already bestowed one of the biggest honors the organization can offer him. Minnesota announced Tuesday that the team will officially retire the homegrown star’s No. 7. Mauer joins Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Tony Oliva, Kent Hrbek, Kirby Puckett, Bert Blyleven and Tom Kelly as the only members of the Twins organization to have ...2018
  • • Twitter reacts to Luka Doncic's highlight-reel first half
    Star rookie Luka Doncic was a one-man highlight reel for the Dallas Mavericks early in Wednesday’s game against the Houston Rockets. pic.twitter.com/0mE1oYokrX — Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) November 29, 2018 Haaaalleluuuu-uuuukaaaaa pic.twitter.com/xCdXxhjU0b — Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) November 29, 2018 His fantastic performance had people in the NBA world buzzing. Many on Twitter were qu...2018

First Year Player stats and results

  • • Looking Forward: Alex Newhook’s Quest to Become a Top Six Center for the Avalanche
    Alex Newhook Pots One Top-Shelf for Boston College During the 2019-20 Season. | Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images It looks pretty likely that he’ll reach his goal. The World Junior Championships (WJCs) are right around the corner (hopefully), and there are four prospects from the Colorado Avalanche who have a chance to suit up and represent either the United States ...2020
  • • 2020 MLB First-Year Player Draft: Complete results tracker; Detroit Tigers on the clock with No. 1 pick
    Here is our pick-by-pick analysis of the first round of the 2020 MLB draft...2020
  • • Watch: Grizzlies star Ja Morant finishes filthy alley-oop
    The Memphis Grizzlies have themselves a star in the making in rookie No. 2 overall pick Ja Morant. This kid has shown up big time as a first-year player. That continued during Wednesday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Check out Morant finishing an amazing alley-oop from Brandon Clarke in transition. @brandonclarke23 @JaMorantpic.twitter.com/sA2sR6XTgd— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) Decem...2019
  • • Watch: Luka Doncic tosses up lob for beautiful alley-oop
    Is there anything Dallas Mavericks star rookie Luka Doncic can’t do? Fresh off being robbed from an All-Star appearance, the game’s top first-year player continues to dominate on a near nightly basis. The Los Angeles Clippers found this out first hand coming out of halftime Monday night. Just check out this beautiful lob pass Doncic tossed up to Dwight Powell for the flush over Clippers big man Iv...2019
  • • 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft: First-round complete results tracker
    The 2018 MLB Draft will begin at 7 p.m. ET on Monday...2018
  • • Ben Simmons nets triple-double, continues to join elite NBA company
    Philadelphia 76ers rookie Ben Simmons is out of this world. The first-year player joined Michael Jordan on an exclusive list earlier in the playoffs. And now, following a triple-double performance in a win over Miami on Saturday, Simmons continues to make his mark around the Association.By virtue of putting up 17 points, 13 boards and 10 assists in Philadelphia’s Game 4 win, Simmons becomes just o...2018
  • • Lonzo Ball says he’s willing to play in Summer League
    The NBA Summer League typically features the class of incoming rookies, young backups and players competing for training camp invitations. Starters almost never participate. Lonzo Ball, however, doesn’t consider himself too good to appear in the offseason event.According to Bill Oram of the Southern California News Group, Ball said he’s willing to play if the Lakers want him to. Ball recently wrap...2018
  • • Week 2 Snap Judgments
    Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we digest a less-than-captivating Week 2 in the NFL…. * The Cowboys-Broncos game was delayed by lightning for over an hour in the first half, but the biggest bolt out nowhere was Denver’s ability to completely bottle up Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott like no one else has been able to do. Elliott entered play Sunday with 15 consecutive games ...2017
  • • Dodgers' 1968 Draft haul remains gold standard
    Major League Baseball opened it's 53rd first-year player draft on Monday, with the first-round being televised, a far cry from the early years, when newspapers would not even print the draft results, and at one stretch baseball didn't even make its draft picks public....2017
  • • 2017 MLB Draft: Start time, how to watch, TV shedule, live stream, order, mock results
    The 2017 First-Year Player Draft gets started on Monday...2017

First Year Player parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Bird shows why Yankees sought to draft him
    In a postseason that is becoming a showcase for the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, Yankees first baseman Greg Bird stepped to center stage on Sunday. It wasn't a told-you-so moment. That isn't Bird's way....2017
  • • Ringolsby: Bird shows why Yanks drafted him
    In a postseason that is becoming a showcase for the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, Yankees first baseman Greg Bird stepped to center stage on Sunday. It wasn't a told-you-so moment. That isn't Bird's way....2017
  • • Week 2 Snap Judgments
    2017
  • • Slater, Burkhead return; 8/28 notes
    2017
  • • Trey Griffey signs with Colts
    Trey Griffey, son of Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., has found a home in the NFL.The younger Griffey was not among those selected in the seven rounds of this year’s NFL Draft. However, after its completion, the 23-year-old wide receiver was signed by the Colts as a free agent.Griffey played collegiate football at Arizona and had 23 receptions for 382 yards and two touchdowns in 12 games la...2017
  • • Why Ezekiel Elliott Should Be the Leading 2016 NFL MVP Candidate
    2016
  • • The Chris Borland Effect: He's Changed His Future, but Did He Change the NFL's?
    2016
  • • Griffey, Hunter kids highlight Day 3 picks
    On Saturday afternoon, 13 rounds into Day 3 of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft, Torii Hunter's voice crackled over the telephone lines. The Angels had enlisted his help to announce their 23rd-round selection: Torii Hunter Jr., son of the fan favorite and two-time All-Star in Anaheim....2016
  • • Keith Law MLB Mock Draft 2016: Notable Picks from ESPN Guru's 3rd Mock
    2016
  • • Q&A with Karl-Anthony Towns: Rookie of the Year Favorite Talks Thibs and More
    2016

Top First Year Player news

  • • Jameis Winston Wins 2015 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year Award
    2016
  • • Brother of Trout's girlfriend drafted by Angels
    Roy Hallenbeck has been running the baseball program at Millville High School in South Jersey for 17 years now, and in that time, two of his former players have been selected in the First-Year Player Draft....2015
  • • Jordan Clarkson Warns D'Angelo Russell to Not Say Anything Crazy About His Role
    2016
  • • Tom Brady Tops NFLPA Player Sales List in First Quarter of 2016 Fiscal Year
    2015
  • • Suns Veterans Fill Rookie Devin Booker's Car with Packing Peanuts
    2016
  • • Seahawks' Frank Clark Calls Cam Newton a 'B---h' for Effort on Super Bowl Fumble
    2016
  • • Phillies Clinch No. 1 Pick in 2016 MLB Draft: Latest Details and Reaction
    2015
  • • Landon Collins Comments on Tony Romo, NFL Debut vs. Cowboys
    2015
  • • Lakers Rookie Tarik Black Pushes Doll in Stroller, Wears Pink Backpack
    2015
  • • Why Finding the NBA's Next Star Is Much Harder Than You Think
    2015
  • • Bucks' Jabari Parker Gets Left Hanging by Ref, Ends Up Shaking His Own Hand
    2014
  • • Mike Pettine takes on bigger role with Browns' offense
    After Cleveland's offense fizzled out last season, Browns coach Mike Pettine is digging in, attending meetings with new coordinator John DeFilippo and learning the playbook "just like a first-year player would."...2015
  • • Sam Dekker Outs Dwight Howard, Tweets Senior Portrait-Like Photos from His iPad
    2016
  • • Griffey, Hunter kids highlight Day 3 picks
    2016

First Year Player fantasy rankings and news

  • • Collegiate Corner: Notes from Opening Week
    2021
  • • Week 2 Snap Judgments
    2017
  • • Fantasy Football Week 10 Rankings: Projections for Players with Matchups We Love
    2016
  • • Fantasy Football 2016: Sleepers to Target and Possible Team Names for Your Squad
    2016
  • • Bleacher Report's 2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Cheat Sheet
    2016
  • • Fantasy Football Week 14 Rankings: Projections for Players with Matchups We Love
    2015
  • • Daily Fantasy Basketball 2015: DraftKings Breakout DFS Rookies and Sleepers
    2015
  • • What Yoan Moncada Must Prove in the Minors to Become MLB-Ready
    2015
  • • What Is the Success Rate Reality of Big-Name International Free Agents?
    2015
  • • Will Yankees Resist Urge to Gut Emerging Farm for Blockbuster Trade?
    2015

First Year Player schedule, game

  • • Looking Forward: Alex Newhook’s Quest to Become a Top Six Center for the Avalanche
    2020
  • • Watch: Luka Doncic tosses up lob for beautiful alley-oop
    2019
  • • Ben Simmons nets triple-double, continues to join elite NBA company
    2018
  • • Lonzo Ball says he’s willing to play in Summer League
    2018
  • • Jets RB Matt Forte week-to-week with toe injury
    2017
  • • Week 2 Snap Judgments
    2017
  • • Slater, Burkhead return; 8/28 notes
    2017
  • • Tuesday NBA Roundup: Joel Embiid Continues March Toward Rookie of the Year
    2017
  • • Why Ezekiel Elliott Should Be the Leading 2016 NFL MVP Candidate
    2016
  • • Fantasy Football Week 10 Rankings: Projections for Players with Matchups We Love
    2016

First Year Player rumors, scandals

  • • Twitter reacts to Luka Doncic's highlight-reel first half
    2018
  • • Tuesday NBA Roundup: Joel Embiid Continues March Toward Rookie of the Year
    2017
  • • The Chris Borland Effect: He's Changed His Future, but Did He Change the NFL's?
    2016
  • • NBA Draft 2016: Latest Mock Draft and Teams with Most to Lose on June 23
    2016
  • • Bleacher Report's Official 2015-16 NBA Regular-Season Awards
    2016
  • • Golden State Warriors' Splash Brothers Show Never Ends and Friday NBA Takeaways
    2016
  • • Losing Culture is Changing for the Washington Redskins
    2015
  • • Why Finding the NBA's Next Star Is Much Harder Than You Think
    2015
  • • Realistic Expectations for Emmanuel Mudiay's Rookie Season with Denver Nuggets
    2015
  • • MLB Trade Ideas Based on Latest Week 11 News, Rumors and Speculation
    2015

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