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 1.6.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2024-04-13 21:56:09 UTC
#> # A tibble: 2,321 × 102
#> bis_player_id headshot_link is_drafted is_pass year pick_round
#> <int> <chr> <lgl> <lgl> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 774590 https://img.mlbsta… FALSE FALSE 2020 NA
#> 2 5011020 https://img.mlbsta… FALSE FALSE 2020 NA
#> 3 766434 https://img.mlbsta… FALSE FALSE 2020 NA
#> 4 5002768 https://img.mlbsta… FALSE FALSE 2020 NA
#> 5 780097 https://img.mlbsta… FALSE FALSE 2020 NA
#> 6 807343 https://img.mlbsta… FALSE FALSE 2020 NA
#> 7 5011060 https://img.mlbsta… FALSE FALSE 2020 NA
#> 8 788413 https://img.mlbsta… FALSE FALSE 2020 NA
#> 9 5000968 https://img.mlbsta… FALSE FALSE 2020 NA
#> 10 802769 https://img.mlbsta… FALSE FALSE 2020 NA
#> # ℹ 2,311 more rows
#> # ℹ 96 more variables: pick_number <int>, rank <int>,
#> # scouting_report <chr>, blurb <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>, …
# }