Minor Leagues

The Next Wave of Catchers

Yahoo! Sports : Unmasking the next wave of catchers

As catchers such as Jason Varitek of the Boston Red Sox, Jorge Posada of the New York Yankees and Pudge Rodriguez of the Detroit Tigers near the end of their distinguished careers, a new generation of receivers is bubbling in the pipeline, with players such as Flowers and Taylor Teagarden, Matt Wieters and J.P. Arencibia, Mike McKenry and Jesus Montero advancing rapidly at the game’s most demanding position.

Top 15 First Base Prospects

Project Prospect : Top 15 First Base Prospects

It's a good year to be an up-and-coming first baseman. Four of our top eight first base prospects were 2008 first rounders -- including three of the top four. Lars Anderson tops this list, thanks to the way he took care of both the California and Eastern Leagues, with Justin Smoak burning not too far behind

college top 20

I am only going to give you the top five, you need to visit project prospect to see the rest

Project Prospect Early College Top 20

No. Player Pos Notes YR TM
1 Steven Strasburg RHP Clear
#1, 37.4 K% 4.53 BB%, FB touches 100mph, SL maybe be best pitch
Jr. SDSU
2 Alex White RHP Mid
90's FB with sink and plus SL, developing CH, 27.6 K% 10.2 BB%
Jr. UNC
3 Duskin Ackley CF .417/.503/.597,
.478 wOBA*, 15.7 BB% 8 K%, + speed, young Tony Gwynn?
Jr. UNC
4 Kyle Gibson RHP Plus
FB, SL, & command, clean mechanics, projectable, 96/23 K/BB
Jr. MIZZ
5 Grant Green SS True
SS with power (.254 IsoP), .478 wOBA*, good athlete, 35/15 K/BB
Jr. USC

Top 15 Catching Prospects

hey, at least they are honest ..

Project Prospect Top 15 Catching Prospects

Hardball Times - Breaking down the draft: Picks 44-49

The Hardball Times It has been a while since the previous installment of this series, but I was waiting to see who signed by the August 15 draft deadline.

FanGraphs - A Talented Trio

Leading up to the 2007 MLB amateur draft, there were three Puerto Rican players considered to be head-and-shoulders above their fellow country men in terms of potential: Reynaldo Navarro, Neftali Soto, and Angel Morales.

Siskels: Maybin vs. McCutchen

new poll up over at MiLB.com

Scouting Report: Chris Davis

SaberScouting has a great breakdown, with video on Rangers corner, Chris Davis.

A fine job of rebuilding

A little love for the rebuilding effort underway near the Mexican Border.

No I am not talking about that ugly concrete fence. 

Scouting Report: Rick Porcello

I just ran across this new blog that came on-line last month, Saber Scouting, and it is reportedly run by a couple of young MLB scouts. Could be kind of cool.

What caught my eye was this scouting report on Rick Porcello's first start .. A very impressive young man.

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