Prospects

Best Prospect Names for 2018

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Armed with my already well-worn copy of the 2018 Baseball America Prospect Handbook, here are some of my favorite player names of future stars: Arizona Diamondbacks: Jazz Chisholm, Daulton Varsho, Socrates Brito Atlanta Braves: Touki Toussaint, Huascar Ynoa Baltimore Orioles: Ryan Mountcastle, Chance Sisco, Ofelky Peralta, Jimmy Yacabonis, Boston Red Sox: Darwinzon Hernandez, Josh Ockimey … Read more

First Names by Debut Year

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Given the ever-expanding world upon which Major League Baseball casts its scouting net, it shouldn’t be a surprise to note the growing uniqueness of player names. Just this season, we had big league debuts from players born in Taiwan, Cuba, Venezuela and Germany, to name a few “home fields”. Here is the complete list of … Read more

“Spoonerized” Top 101 MLB Prospect Names

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A “spoonerism” is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis) between two words in a phrase. They are named for Reverend William Archibald Spooner. These spoonerisms included “it is kisstomary to cuss the bride,” “The Lord is a shoving leopard,” and the classic: “Mardon me padom, you are occupewing my pie. May I sew you to another sheet?”

Now, in the baseball Twitterverse, spoonerisms of player’s names seem to crop up as an insult, when that player does something . . . umm . . . not too good. Or when folks are just being a bit silly, like this recent stream of tweets by Friend of the VORG, Andrew Padyk:

Andrew Padyk

Helix Fernandez

Andrew Padyk

Pichael Mineda

Andrew Padyk

Ravid Dobertson

Andrew Padyk

Vustin Jerlander

Andrew Padyk

Hatt Marvey

Andrew Padyk

Vason Jargas

The VORG loves spoonerisms too, and offers you this “spoonerized” list of the Baseball Prospectus Top 101 Prospects:

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