{"id":9916,"date":"2023-06-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=9916"},"modified":"2023-06-09T23:09:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T03:09:44","slug":"stick-to-baseball-6-9-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/10\/stick-to-baseball-6-9-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 6\/9\/23."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I posted my first Big Board of 2023<\/a>, ranking the top 100 prospects in this year\u2019s MLB Draft class, over at The Athletic this week. I wanted to do a chat of some sort but my afternoons weren\u2019t clear, unfortunately. Next up will be the ten-year redraft posts I do every year, this time looking back at the very mediocre 2013 class, followed by a fresh mock draft on June 21st. I also had a minor-league scouting post looking at some Yankees and Nationals prospects<\/a>, including Spencer Jones and James Wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the board game front, I reviewed Heat: Pedal to the Metal<\/a>, a 2022 racing game that earned just the second perfect grade of 10 I\u2019ve given to any game since I started reviewing for Paste in 2014. Heat\u2019s a blast to play, and if you ever played the bike-racing game La Flamme Rouge from about five years ago, you will know a little bit of the mechanics, as one of Heat\u2019s designers also did that game. Vulture asked me to list the best new games of 2023 so far<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had Jonathan Mayo on my podcast last week to talk mock drafts, then took this week off to finish the Big Board and take care of some personal stuff. I hope to be back next week. In the meantime, you can listen & subscribe via iTunes<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, Stitcher<\/a>, amazon<\/a>, or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sent a fresh version of my free email newsletter out to subscribers on Friday. Why not sign up<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n