Retrieve draft prospect information by year
Value
Returns a tibble with information for every draft prospect for the year requested:
| col_name | types |
| bis_player_id | integer |
| pick_round | character |
| pick_number | integer |
| rank | integer |
| scouting_report | character |
| blurb | character |
| headshot_link | character |
| is_drafted | logical |
| year | character |
| home_city | character |
| home_state | character |
| home_country | character |
| school_name | character |
| school_school_class | character |
| school_country | character |
| school_state | character |
| person_id | integer |
| person_full_name | character |
| person_link | character |
| person_first_name | character |
| person_last_name | character |
| person_birth_date | character |
| person_current_age | integer |
| person_birth_city | character |
| person_birth_state_province | character |
| person_birth_country | character |
| person_height | character |
| person_weight | integer |
| person_active | logical |
| person_use_name | character |
| person_middle_name | character |
| person_boxscore_name | character |
| person_gender | character |
| person_is_player | logical |
| person_is_verified | logical |
| person_draft_year | integer |
| person_name_first_last | character |
| person_name_slug | character |
| person_first_last_name | character |
| person_last_first_name | character |
| person_last_init_name | character |
| person_init_last_name | character |
| person_full_fml_name | character |
| person_full_lfm_name | character |
| person_strike_zone_top | numeric |
| person_strike_zone_bottom | numeric |
| person_primary_number | character |
| person_pronunciation | character |
| person_name_title | character |
| person_mlb_debut_date | character |
| person_name_matrilineal | character |
| person_nick_name | character |
| person_death_date | character |
| person_death_city | character |
| person_death_state_province | character |
| person_death_country | character |
| person_primary_position_code | character |
| person_primary_position_name | character |
| person_primary_position_type | character |
| person_primary_position_abbreviation | character |
| person_bat_side_code | character |
| person_bat_side_description | character |
| person_pitch_hand_code | character |
| person_pitch_hand_description | character |
| team_id | integer |
| team_name | character |
| team_link | character |
| team_season | integer |
| team_team_code | character |
| team_file_code | character |
| team_abbreviation | character |
| team_team_name | character |
| team_location_name | character |
| team_first_year_of_play | character |
| team_short_name | character |
| team_franchise_name | character |
| team_club_name | character |
| team_all_star_status | character |
| team_active | logical |
| team_venue_id | integer |
| team_venue_name | character |
| team_venue_link | character |
| team_spring_venue_id | integer |
| team_spring_venue_link | character |
| team_league_id | integer |
| team_league_name | character |
| team_league_link | character |
| team_division_id | integer |
| team_division_name | character |
| team_division_link | character |
| team_sport_id | integer |
| team_sport_link | character |
| team_sport_name | character |
| team_spring_league_id | integer |
| team_spring_league_name | character |
| team_spring_league_link | character |
| team_spring_league_abbreviation | character |
| draft_type_code | character |
| draft_type_description | character |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(mlb_draft_prospects(year = 2020))
#> ── MLB Draft Prospects data from MLB.com ──────────── baseballr 1.2.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2022-04-30 07:15:50 UTC
#> # A tibble: 2,322 × 99
#> bis_player_id pick_round pick_number rank scouting_report blurb
#> <int> <chr> <int> <int> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 5012013 3 82 97 https://atmlb.com/2… Ther…
#> 2 793928 2 39 74 https://atmlb.com/3… Avon…
#> 3 807255 1 1 1 https://atmlb.com/2… Tork…
#> 4 788201 1 2 10 https://atmlb.com/2… A 36…
#> 5 792606 1 3 9 https://atmlb.com/2… Meye…
#> 6 771881 1 4 3 https://atmlb.com/3… Thou…
#> 7 415542 1 5 2 https://atmlb.com/2… Mart…
#> 8 784616 1 6 4 https://atmlb.com/2… Hanc…
#> 9 5009176 1 7 5 https://atmlb.com/3… Gonz…
#> 10 807429 1 8 16 https://atmlb.com/3… Hass…
#> # … with 2,312 more rows, and 93 more variables: headshot_link <chr>,
#> # is_drafted <lgl>, year <chr>, home_city <chr>, home_state <chr>,
#> # home_country <chr>, school_name <chr>, school_school_class <chr>,
#> # school_country <chr>, school_state <chr>, person_id <int>,
#> # person_full_name <chr>, person_link <chr>, person_first_name <chr>,
#> # person_last_name <chr>, person_birth_date <chr>,
#> # person_current_age <int>, person_birth_city <chr>, …
# }