Tagged With "getting drafted"
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Baseball
A letter to some:I enjoy coming here and reading posts.In most cases (NOT ALL) what is posted, especially when it comes to hitting and pitching is so far out in left field it makes it almost impossible to comment on.I work in baseball for a living. So...
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2010 Draft
Regional breakdowns on some of the prospects for this years draft. http://www.pnrscouting.com/
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Advisor/Agent
This summer I have received private pms from several folks regarding the contact of advisor/agents for their players. I figured instead of repeating myself I could give some general information as well as my own opinion on the process. ...
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JUCO over D1 for sooner draft potential?
I was talking with a few people today and the option came up of a HS player who has draft potential to look at JUCO schools instead of D1 schools since he could be drafted sooner. I had had never considered that. But getting...
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D-BAT Gallegos manager credits his mentor for teaching him about baseball, life
FARMINGTON — The celebration started moments after D-BAT Gallegos third baseman Noah Hill lifted his glove into the air, signaling he had caught the game-winning out of Friday's championship game against the Midland Redskins. Players from the Dallas-based team sprinted to the center of the infield, piling on top of each other and basking in the bliss of winning the Connie Mack World Series. Lost among the entangled arms and legs of the dog pile and drowned out by the cheers of the packed...
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AZ Community Colleges
Hi guys, What would you guys say is the general opinion of AZ jucos today? I know they're still good, but the talent isn't NEARLY what it was up until about 4-5 years ago. I'm not seeing as many kids get drafted out of them, and I went to a few...
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MLB vs College - Crunching the Numbers
I assume that anyone considering taking their draft spot out of HS and forgoing college has made at least some financial evaluation of the opportunity in front of them. For some the decision seems to be made for "life changing money." I...
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MLB Draft & playing till Deadline
Do players that are drafted continue to play and be scouted prior to the signing deadline? If so, does those outtings weigh into the bonus negotiations?
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incoming freshman position player concerns
My team has 8 freshman position players with 6 on scholarship (2 with 25%, 1 from FL (25% but big money and 2 SS in state with at least 60% on their NLI( 1 was drafted but decided on school) the other 3 are walk ons. Also the coaches brought in 2 JC...
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Fall instructional league
One of the players I follow on milb.com has been told to report to the Arizona Fall League. My understanding is the AFL is for prospects projected to ultimately make the MLB roster. The player in mind signed for significant money. But he...
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Help me Interpret a write-up
My 2017 recently attended his first showcase. Below is the “write-up” they did. I am hoping someone can help interpret it. "6-foot-3, 175-pound two-way player, long lanky frame, body projects. Left handed hitter, slight open stance, arm bar load. Pull side approach, path works around the baseball, 87 mph exit velocity from the tee. Defensively arm played at 74 mph across the diamond. 7.49 runner in the 60. On the mound arm played from a long over the top slot. Fastball is mostly straight,...
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All Tidewater!!!
Thoughts? ALL-TIDEWATER FIRST TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR ZACH RUTHERFORD , Western Branch, Senior outfielder/infielder/pitcher Staff ace who helped the Bruins win the Group 6A state championship – the program’s first since 2004. Finished 11-1 on the mound with a 1.29 ERA and 10 complete games. Batted .479 with 30 RBIs, 30 runs scored and 19 stolen bases. Played first base, third base, outfield and pitcher. Monitor-Merrimac Conference Player of the Year and All-South Region co-Player of the...
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Joe Bohringer interview with Andy Andres
ANDY ANDRES: Joe, we're here in Phoenix at the SABR Analytics Conference in 2014. And there's a lot of folks here talking about baseball analytics, how it's grown up, where it is today, where it might go forward. One aspect of that is that we've got this huge course coming up at BU offered to thousands of people to understand sabermetrics better. But you were there a long time ago. You've been in baseball for a long time. Can you talk about the arc of the change in sabermetrics and analytics...
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Comments from Dr. Jaeger
I've not posted here for some time (Actually had to re-register , I submitted a thread a couple of years back on "The Convention on Over-use" and through my research met and became aquainted with Dr. Alan Jaeger, well he hit me with the following on another forum and asked if I'd share his thoughts with this community...so here it is; http://baseballnews.com/throwi...s-of-elite-pitchers/ (Editor’s Note: This in-depth report took more than eight weeks to research after contacting hundreds of...
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Age or grade on travel team?
Here in Georgia, it is time to start looking at travel teams for fall and next summer. My son has a May birthday, so he has always been faced with the challenge (or opportunity) to play either with his age or with his grade. For example,...
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#1 draft failed to sign with the Astros
I read some information about this, would like to know what all of you guys think.
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JUCO Player
I was able to be a part of a discussion recently that I will refer to as the JUCO discount. Basically what the person was saying is that JUCO players are not looked at as having proved themselves because of the level of competition they face and that...
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Us Naval Academy Baseball
My son has been offered an admission and a place on US Naval Academy baseball team. What do we do? What questions do we need to ask before commitment? Draft and Pro-ball- is it out? Worried mom
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Elite Pitchers Program - Driveline Baseball
With summer ball winding down, the 2014-2015 off-season is nearly upon us. Driveline Baseball is once again running off-season Elite Pitcher groups for the following ages: -Youth (11-13) -HS / College -Pro Kyle Boddy is the head...
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Signed Pro Contract and Left to Attend College?
This is a link to an article about a HS kid drafted by the Braves who signed a pro contract, was at their facility for a week, then left to attend a community college. I was under the impression that this wasn't even possible... http://www.dailyfreeman.com/sp...er-community-college BASEBALL: Kingston High graduate Pat Dorrian leaves Atlanta Braves, will attend Herkimer Community College By Freeman staff Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Pat Dorrian’s professional baseball career seemingly came to an...
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Mariners call up Chris Taylor
Congrats to Chris Taylor! He made his mlb debut last night with the Mariners. Played shortstop and batted ninth, even got his first mlb hit in his second at bat. Chris, a fifth round draft pick in the 2012 Player draft, made short...
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Texas Blackhawks Tryouts
The Texas Blackhawks organization will be holding private tryouts to fill out positions for the fall and summer of 2014 and 2015 for our 15u -18u high school age teams. The 2013 class had 3 draft picks. The 2014 class had all 14 players from one team...
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Red shirt Junior vs Senior Draft Bonus
Does a red shirt Junior (Academic Sr/Athletic Jr) have more bargaining power in the draft than a Senior?
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How common is it to get invite to pre draft workout
1st home visit last night with son. Great meeting, low to no pressure. Personality test was given. Scout brought up "rounds/money topic" and squelched it early saying now wasn't the time to discuss. 2.5 hours later, we (mom, son and i) had learned a...
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Options?
What college options would be available to a 2015 RHP who is relatively unknown due to minor injuries occurring at the worst possible times if he goes to the pre-draft showcase and hits 90-91 with a very sharp curveball? Son is 602/170 with a...
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Questions regarding In-Home visits with Pro Scouts
Hey all, this is my first post to the site, even though I have been following this site for quite some time now. I have a son who has had three in-home visits so far with area scouts from three different teams. I had a couple questions regarding this...
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college eligiblity
Can a player in JUCO do a workout for professional teams? My son has been asked to hit for some scouts and his JUCO coach is worried about eligibility. He says you can't tryout. But I thought this was just a look to see if they would like to draft him...
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Tommy John Surg, Rehab & Return
I thought I would start a new thread on Tommy John Surgery (TJS) & rehab for those interested in discussing the surgery, physical therapy, interval throwing program, timeline & the mental aspects of returning. Also any recruiting, MLB draft or thoughts on commitments & scholarships post TJS. My 2015 had TJS in May & is headed to an ACC school as a 2-way player. He just returned positionally & will not begin mound work till the 12 month mark & will not see game...
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Lawsuit filed over minor league pay
This one will be interesting to watch. http://online.wsj.com/articles...J_hp_RightTopStories During his days as a minor-league pitcher, Garrett Broshuis figured that the long bus rides, late-night workouts and meager pay were trade-offs for a chance to someday pitch in the big leagues. He also believed those working conditions might be illegal. Five years after hanging up his glove and spikes, Mr. Broshuis is putting that theory to the test. Earlier this year, the 32-year-old, now a lawyer...
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Offseason Pitching Instruction from current Minor Leaguer - Virginia Beach
I am offering baseball lessons in the Virginia Beach area. I can do private lessons or group/team lessons. I have extensive prior experience working with ballplayers from elementary age up through high school. Lessons are typically given at Cape Henry...
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Books about baseball scouting
I Just finished reading a great new book called "Five Plus Tools" By Dave Perkin. He is a pro MLB scout who now works for Sports Illustrated ( SI.com ) and is their draft analyst each year, scouting all the top HS players in the nation. This book is...
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JB Bukauskas shut down rest of season
InSideNOVA.com Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 8:15 am | Updated: 8:22 am, Tue Jun 3, 2014. Eric Hobeck | 0 comments As a precautionary measure, Stone Bridge senior standout pitcher JB Bukauskas has been shut down for the season as a pitcher due to tendonitis in his throwing shoulder. The right-hander, who has signed with North Carolina, is appearing at the plate more often now and batted seventh in the order on Monday as the designated hitter in the Bulldogs’ 9-5 win over North Stafford in...
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Texas - Baseball America Draft Board
Good luck on Thursday-Saturday boys.........hope your dreams come true: Name Pos. National Rk State Rk School Source Subscribers can read scouting reports on the BA 500 Tyler Kolek RHP 2 1 Shepherd (Texas) HS HS Brandon Finnegan LHP 18 2 Texas Christian 4YR Michael Kopech RHP 37 3 Mount Pleasant (Texas) HS HS Garrett Fulencheck RHP 54 4 Howe (Texas) HS HS Zech Lemond RHP 78 5 Rice 4YR Trey Supak RHP 99 6 La Grange (Texas) HS HS Dillon Peters LHP 112 7 Texas 4YR Justin Twine SS/OF 138 8 Falls...
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2014 MLB Draft: VA High Schoolers
BA's Top 500 includes the following VA HS players who are draft eligible this year: Rank Player Pos School State State Rank 33 Jacob Bukauskas RHP Stone Bridge HS, Ashburn, Va. Va. 3 119 Nick Wells LHP Battlefield HS, Haymarket, Va. Va....
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College Juniors being drafted
Being 2 nd day of the 2014 draft I would assume the scouts to being extremely busy. I watched a portion of the draft last night, 1 minute between rounds isn’t a lot of time but made for great TV. Unfortunately I fell asleep in the chair 30 minutes after I sat down! My wife has been texting a friend who is anxiously waiting for the day’s festivities to begin. Her son is projected for rounds 3-10, Big range but an exciting day for the young man and his family. A question I have concerns...
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2014 MLB Amateur Draft
To all my HSBBW family. my son Thomas got drafted in the 10th round, pick 297 by the San Diego Padres. His mother and I are so very proud . He stayed the course and it finally paid off. YEHAAAA !
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Johnny Baseball
OK, serious question... why would the Padres draft Manziel in the 28th round? If there is such a thing as "waste" rounds, wouldn't it be down around 36-40? Surely, the odds of him ever playing baseball has to be REALLY low. Is...
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Time to get a life
My son's college career ended a couple of weeks ago with his team's elimination from the Atlantic 10 tournament. Most of the last 15 years revolved around some baseball event, whether coaching, watching him play, family vacations around a baseball...
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College Pitching
Looking for a little information with regards to college pitching and the draft possibilities that come with starting pitching and relief pitching. My son is a converted RF to pitcher in JUCO with first season being redshirt and only really...
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2014 MLB Draft breakdown
Does anyone know or know how to figure out the breakdown of the draft in terms of how many players were out of HS, D1, D2, D3, NAIA, JUCO? I'm curious about the mix.
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US Elite Tryouts
That time of year is upon us again. You are just getting over the fantastic summer season, maybe wrapping up the fall season before heading into a long (possibly cold) winter filled with the sweat of the offseason. As you dive headlong into offseason...
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Who was that Scout?
Having seen trouble with the curve several times, tonight makes me wonder who looked at Madison Bumgarner as a HS player in North Carolina and said lets pick him? Talk about unsung! Same with the one who said pick Joe Panik. Turning that double...
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What to do if you're not signing tomorrow
I want to congratulate all the hsbaseball webers that will be signing tomorrow! I thought it would be good to start a dialog for all the hard working kids that did not sign. There is still a lot of time and plenty of spots to be filled. ...
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What do the Stanford camp numbers mean in terms of college interest
Hi folks. My son is a RHP and he attended the Stanford Futures camp this summer as a rising junior. (He loved it, by the way, and will return). I know many of your son's have attended camps there as well through the years. I am trying to be realistic...
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Pre Draft Workouts
Son was invited to 7 pre draft workouts so far. He has attended 4. Two of them are in major league parks. Is there a difference, as far as interest in the player, in those held on local area fields vs. those that are actually...