By Kiley McDaniel
After a number of conversations with scouts, club sources, and industry insiders, it’s time for the first full presentation of the SaberScouting High School Hot 30 for the 2009 draft.
We’ve already gone over the top 5 prep players for the ‘09 draft in about as much detail as possible at this juncture, and […]

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By Kiley McDaniel
We’re a little over a month past the 2008 draft and, if you think like we think, you can’t help but demand early rankings for the 2009 draft. You’re sick, but don’t worry, we’ve been talking to our scouting contacts, and we’re here for you.
I’ll be unveiling our top 30 high school […]

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You asked us your 2008 draft questions, albeit weeks ago, and now you get your answers, in podcast form. It took a little while to iron the technical end of this out, find a time we were both available to record it, edit it, and figure out how to post it, but we hope it […]

 

 The 2008 Draft Review [30:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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By Frankie Piliere
It’s been a while since we talked about PTO%. Isn’t it ironic that the first article I am doing after a long stretch of a busy scouting schedule is statistical in nature?
For those unfamiliar, it is a tool we developed that we believe is a measure of dominance or “ace hood.” […]

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By Lincoln Hamilton
Today, we’re going to take a break from the draft and July 2nd signings and jump back into the prospect world with a scouting report of arguably the hottest young hitter in baseball, Rangers slugger Chris Davis.
In a great piece of timing, Davis hit a homerun last night in Yankee Stadium, to go […]

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By Kiley McDaniel
There has been intrigue, rumors, and large amounts of money flying around with the opening of the signing period for nearly all of the top 16 year olds in Latin America beginning this morning.

Some scouts and agents started posting in the comments of the scouting reports article and 100 comments later, it turned […]

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