Buckeye 2015 posted:Curious how the process works leading up to the draft. Son is a college junior, draft eligible this year. He had a good summer. Had a scout who was at one game talk to his team about him...had tried to get back to see him again, but schedules didn't work. This past week, son got a letter from another scout asking for info. Son answered everything and returned it. This scout has known my son for a long time, he's a local guy...and nobody really knows how much pull he has. Does the info that my son provides go to MLB...or just the team? Do other teams see that info? He hasn't heard from the other scout that saw him play this summer, but he is from within a couple hours of us, so son is hoping he'll see him in the spring
There is not a MLB "clearinghouse" anymore so each team does their own questionnaire. Some have additional psychological tests. It bugged me that son got bogged down with them and interviews (very willingly) right at winter exam time. Of the 30 teams, I think son eventually did 26 team questionnaires. It can get tedious, especially when medical records and xrays need to be dug up and eye exam dates found, which involved me.