Baseball Prospectus 2025

by Baseball Prospectus

The 2025 edition of The New York Times Bestselling Guide.

PLAY BALL! The 30th edition of this industry-leading baseball annual contains all of the important statistics, player predictions and insider-level commentary that readers have come to expect, along with significant improvements to several statistics that were created by, and are exclusive to, Baseball Prospectus, and an expanded focus on international players and teams.

Baseball Prospectus 2025 provides fantasy players and insiders alike with prescient PECOTA projections, which The New York Times called “the überforecast of every player’s performance.”

With more than 50 Baseball Prospectus alumni currently working for major-league baseball teams, nearly every organization has sought the advice of current or former BP analysts, and readers of Baseball Prospectus 2025 will understand why!

Genres: Baseball, Sports

576 pages, Paperback

Published January 20, 2025

About the author

Baseball Prospectus is an organization that publishes a website, BaseballProspectus.com, devoted to the sabermetric analysis of baseball. BP has a staff of regular columnists and provides advanced statistics as well as player and team performance projections on the site.

Since 1996 the BP staff has also published a Baseball Prospectus annual as well as several other books devoted to baseball analysis and history.

Reviews

[Austin Thomas]

The Bible, The Iliad... Baseball Prospectus. Not in that order.

[Rob · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite annual pre-season read. Love to reference it throughout the season when I come across players/prospects I've never heard of.

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mostly I'd re-up what I wrote about last year's edition. Like 2024 American League Cy Young-award-winning pitcher Tarik Skubal, who happens to play for my favored team, these yearly volumes have found an excellent groove.

All you gotta do is assemble an all-star cast of the best baseball writers (many of whom write about plenty of other things) to do their thing. Meanwhile, compile hundreds of human-written snippets on every single active-ish player, and provide insight or at least some pretty good jokes every single time.

What I am saying is, these volumes are each something of a miracle. If you don't care about baseball that's a defensible life choice. But also it means these books are meaningless to you, and so this is a pleasure you will never, ever experience in your short time on Earth. But your call.

[Jay Louttit · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been reading Baseball Prospectus from its beginnings. While it may have lost a little of its edge and snark since the original great baseball revolutionaries of its founding and early days, it remains essential baseball reading. I love all the great baseball writers; Posnanski, Angell, Verduci, James etc., but if you want the smartest baseball writing available, I couldn't recommend any book more than Baseball Prospectus yearly annual. Whether you are looking for a new perspective on the game, insight on your favorite team, or player information, Baseball Prospectus has it all.

[Brent Blackwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

As usual, some essays are brilliant, some skew so personal the "preview" aspect seems totally forgotten. For the most part, it's as great as ever, but they really need to stop handing team chapters off to fans of rivals for uninformative essays. When the BP staff writes, it's excellent. (also, the White Sox chapter might be the exception that proves the rule)

[Dan Cichalski · Rating 5 out of 5]

My go-to for baseball season preview content.

[Jack Mcloone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Look it’s the big baseball book, you get exactly what it says on the tin.

[Rodger Payne · Rating 4 out of 5]

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