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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Draft Buzz'
Introducing (Some Of) The SaberScouting High School Hot 30
July 16th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Tags: 2009 MLB Draft · Draft Buzz · Prospect Lists · Scouting Reports
The Draft Liveblog
June 5th, 2008 · 18 Comments
By Kiley McDaniel
This is the place where I’ll yammer on and on about all kinds of stuff. Join me in the comments with some of your thoughts, or hit me at kiley@saberscouting.com.
And if you’d like to talk to Frankie, he’s liveblogging this thing for FoxSports.com here.
Join me after the jump for periodic updates and […]
Tags: 2008 MLB Draft · Draft Buzz · Our Opinion
The New and Improved SaberScouting Top 100
June 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
By Kiley McDaniel & Frankie Piliere
I’ve run out of ideas for an intro for the last minute update to the Top 100, so I’ll talk about other articles.
Looks like we won’t be able to get the top 100 capsules and spreadsheet up and running by draft time, but it might be something we’ll do blurbs […]
Tags: 2008 MLB Draft · Draft Buzz · Prospect Lists · Scouting Reports
Posey Requests Moon, Stars, Second Half of SaberScouting Mock Draft
June 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
By Kiley McDaniel & Frankie Piliere
We’ve got the second half of the mock draft here for you, but you might want to take it more in spirit rather than at face value, since there’s been a lot of developments in the past 24 hours that may make this attempt moot, but one particularly that will […]
Tags: 2008 MLB Draft · Draft Buzz · Our Opinion
SaberScouting’s Mock Draft, Draft Eve Edition
June 4th, 2008 · 14 Comments
By Frankie Piliere & Kiley McDaniel
It is the eve of the most highly-awaited day for all of us weird people that follow the MLB Draft. Here at SaberScouting, we’ve decided to celebrate Draft Day Eve by breaking out our crystal ball and projecting the first 15 picks of Thursday’s draft. Why just 15, […]
Tags: 2008 MLB Draft · Draft Buzz · Our Opinion
SaberScouting’s Draft Top 100
June 2nd, 2008 · 20 Comments
By Kiley McDaniel & Frankie Piliere
Bad news first: there’s going to be a delay with the formal draft capsules and downloadable spreadsheet, but look for those later today or early tomorrow.
The good news? The SaberScouting Top 100 is hot off the presses, and while it will change as information comes to our attention, the […]
Tags: 2008 MLB Draft · Draft Buzz · Prospect Lists
Prospect Profile: Pedro Alvarez
May 29th, 2008 · 8 Comments
By Kiley McDaniel
The first in Saber-Scouting’s series of prospect profiles will start out of order with our #2 draft prospect, much-ballyhooed Vanderbilt third baseman Pedro Alvarez.
Alvarez has been on the prospect radar since entering his senior year in high school in the Bronx at Horace Mann High. He was a 14th round pick by […]
Tags: 2008 MLB Draft · Draft Buzz · Mechanical Analysis · Scouting Reports
Draft Buzz: Late-Rising Prospects
April 28th, 2008 · 31 Comments
By Frankie Piliere & Kiley McDaniel
We’re now entering the homestretch for the MLB Draft as June 5th quickly approaches. Area scouts have compiled their lists and evaluations and are stepping aside as crosscheckers, scouting directors, and other top team brass come in to see prospects and form the help form the draft board.
And, as that […]
Tags: 2008 MLB Draft · Draft Buzz · Scouting Reports
News & Notes: High School Update
April 23rd, 2008 · 15 Comments
By Kiley McDaniel
I’ve been hitting (and will continue to hit, although metaphorically) high school games this week because it is district tournament week here in Florida, and some draft prospects are playing their last games of the season, while others are just getting started on a long journey to the state tournament in Sarasota.
I caught […]
Tags: 2008 MLB Draft · Draft Buzz · News & Notes · Scouting Reports
Saber-Scouting’s Mock Draft, Version 1.0
April 21st, 2008 · 42 Comments
By Frankie Piliere & Kiley McDaniel
We promised this mock draft a week ago and are finally delivering it now. So, we apologize for the delay and are trying to make it worth the wait by giving you a little more information than the average mock does. I know the one thing I hate when I’m […]
Tags: 2008 MLB Draft · Draft Buzz · Our Opinion