California Dreaming
FULLERTON, Calif.–The first day of a busy week in Southern California is winding down. I’m at the nightcap of the first round of the Phil Nevin National Classic, where Riverside High (Greer, S.C.) and...
View ArticleA Prospect On Every Corner
ANAHEIM–As luck would have it, the best games in Tuesday’s quarterfinal action were all held at one location, so I saved some gas money and settled in for a couple of intriguing matchups. One of the...
View ArticleMcFarland, Province Are On The Rise
Neither T.J. McFarland nor Chris Province made our Top 200 Prospects list that we put together early last week, but both pitchers would make it if we were updating it today. McFarland is a 6-foot-3,...
View ArticleO’Neil Opens Eyes
The rise of Devin Mesoraco was easily the most exciting story of amateur baseball in Pennsylvania this year. While Mesoraco, a senior catcher from Punxsutawney, made his move early this spring, the...
View ArticleBrewers Land Haydel
Another high-profile draft-and-follow signed Wednesday. Delgado (La.) Community College outfielder Lee Haydel didn’t match the seven-figure bonuses righthanders Matt Latos (Padres) and Jordan Walden...
View ArticleCuckoo For Cuckovich
BA’s own bird dog, Dave Perkin, checks in from the inaugural Big 3 of the West college showcase. LONG BEACH—The dream, rarely fulfilled, of every baseball scout and recruiter is to attend a game or...
View ArticleDraft Calls Tidbits
BA staffers have started their draft calls in earnest, bearing down for our mid-May Draft Preview issue, and conversations with scouts and college coaches always reveal interesting information that...
View ArticleReynolds Heating Up In The Desert
What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas . . . One of the names continually popping up during my four-corners calls is Danny Reynolds, a righthander at Durango High in Las Vegas. Over his...
View ArticleD-III Popup In Georgia
The theme in Georgia this spring is that none of the top arms for the 2009 draft are at Georgia and Georgia Tech. That doesn’t mean those teams lack arms; Tech’s Zach Von Tersch will go in the single...
View ArticleNews & Rumor Roundup
We're putting Part I of BA's Draft Preview issue to bed. We're lining up the top 200 or so players by position, with 100 or so scouting reports, before the Part II blowout later this month and before...
View ArticleSoCal Small College Standouts
LOS ANGELES — MLB Network will televise the first and first supplemental rounds of the draft on Monday, June 7. Once the cameras have been switched off and the pundits depart, the final stages of the...
View ArticleRavel Works Quickly At East Coast Pro
SYRACUSE — The East Coast Professional Showcase has seen plenty of pitchers over the years who were not high picks (or went undrafted) out of high school, but went significantly higher out of college...
View ArticleAppalachian State Lefthander Rob Marcello Brings Heat In New Role
RALEIGH — Appalachian State senior Rob Marcello wasn't drafted out of Royal Palm Beach (Fla.) High. He wasn't drafted out of Indian River State (Fla.) JC as a teammate of Padres 2011 first-rounder Cory...
View ArticleSleeper Alert: Pat Young, RHP, Villanova (with video)
It's a bit of a light year in the Northeast for college pitchers. One of the most exciting draft-eligible arms in the region was on display in Cary, N.C., on Opening Day, so there were about a dozen...
View ArticlePersonal Sleepers, Part 2
Going through my notes file of all the 2013 high school players I’ve seen over the past several months, here are six players, listed alphabetically, who didn’t make Baseball America’s High School Top...
View ArticlePersonal Sleepers, Part 3
Going through my notes file of all the 2013 high school players I’ve seen over the past several months, here are six players, listed alphabetically, who didn’t make Baseball America’s High School Top...
View ArticlePersonal Sleepers, Part 4
Going through my notes file of all the 2013 high school players I’ve seen over the past several months, here are six players who didn’t make Baseball America’s Top 100 list, or the list of 50 players...
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