mlb tryout scores

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Originally posted by kevin25:
was looking at tryout scors of palyers at tiger tryout camp. catchers were scored for example hitting 30, power 35 field 40 power. how are scores computed and what do the mean

Not sure totally what you are asking, but if those are numbers rated, 30 would mean well below average, same with 35, 40 would mean below average, based on a 20 to 80 scale. When a scout writes down 30/35, just basically means there can be some improvement in that number but not a great amount of improvement, it's a fringe number so to speak.

50 is considered ML average based on my experience with the 20-80 scale or 2-8 scale.

Hope this helps answer your question.

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Kevin25, to expand slightly what XMLBScout pointed out, the scale is used to compare a player to ML average, so 50 is an average Major League skill, not high school average, not college average, not teenage league average. I found at all ML tryout camps that we attend that there are numerous 30's and 35 grades because to grade a 50 in hitting for example, the player would be equal to an average ML hitter. Sometimes you will see a 70 or so in running if a guy cranks out a 6.4 sixty or you might see a 60+ arm on a guy who throws 90+ from the outfield. At a camp we were at the scout stated he had seen an 75/80 arm in the outfield before at a tryout camp but maybe once or twice. You are talking about a young Vlad Guerrero or Ichiro there. 20 or 30 is very much below ML average so that tool doesn't play. Sometimes the scout will write down a second number if there is potential for improvement. I watched about 25 guys throw from first base one day and one after another the scout would grade them almost all 30's and 35's as most all of them had arms you see on an average high school field, not a Major League field.

I had a chance to talk to a scout at a combine a few months ago, he had scored a couple kids high 40's (48/49). One ended up being drafted in the 34th round, the other is projected a little higher this year. For the total rating they would probably factor hitting more into the equation, fielding, arm and speed being important and seperately graded, but hitting comprising the biggest fator in the equation. My guess is you might be able to compare to PG ratings something like 7 = 35 8 = 40; 9= 45, 10 = 50

So then a 51 for a rising SR is OK ?

A 51 would be goood at any age. Mostly just seen them graded on individual tools.