There's one last wave of prospects coming. Prospects come in waves nowadays, with the first coming up on Opening Day or shortly thereafter, with the second following in May/June, depending on how invested the team is in retaining Super Two eligibility. And then it tends to slow to a trickle until around mid-August, when teams can call players up without losing rookie eligibility for next season – and the associated incentives that come with having a Rookie of the Year candidate.

As long as a player has less than 45 days on the active roster, they retain that rookie eligibility, and that deadline is coming up by the end of this week. That doesn't necessarily mean we'll see every big-name prospect in the high minors called up in the next few days, but we should see at least a few. So, befor

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