Scouts

No Way ...

Since your son plays in Texas, and that is one of the states that has so much talent and so many prospects, I wouldn't worry too much. There are a ton of games going on right now at all levels ... high school, JUCO, and 4 year schools ... and the scouts have a lot of territory to cover and prospects to see.

Someone our son trusts told him not to worry about the fact that there were now just a few scouts in the stands ... most everybody who wants to has seen him and they are now at the high school and JUCO games. The scouting activity will pick up again as the draft gets closer.

Bottom line, as I know some of our posters have probably stated before ... just be sure your son's "ducks are in a row" as far as advancing his education after he gets out of high school and don't worry about the other stuff for now.

I am a strong believer that God is in control and He knows what is going to happen for your son. If pro ball is in his summer schedule, it will happen. Otherwise, sit back and enjoy the ride and look forward to higher levels of competition at the next level ... no matter where that may be.

That is really great advice H-Mom.

I was at a game pitched by one of the nation's top HS players the other day. Rumored to be a very legitimate 1st round pick. I saw him earlier this year and about 40 scouts at that game. Maybe 10, at most, at this game. Probably fewer.

Was then talking to a coach who's been through this before, he said, this is normal. They'll be back he said. They're off to see other players now and they'll check back in late April or May.

Just all part of the cycle.

I spoke to a scout that said that right now , in the southern states, they have seen everybody at least once and are in the process of prioritizing who they will see for the last half of the season and who they will not watch anymore.

In our area many scouts are awaiting psych reports which are now being taken online by some of the prospects. Many are setting up their home visits.
The results of those tests might determine who they might and might not visit anymore.
Here in Florida there is so much baseball between HS, colleges, JUCO's and Universities, they are kept quite busy.
H-mom is correct, get your education ducks ina row and try to enjoy the ride.

Thanks for the responses. It sounds like we will have to wait and see. My son signed early with the D1 school that he has always wanted to go to. So we do have our education ducks in a row and feel very fortunate that everything has worked out the way it has. However, like many my son has big dreams of playing in the major leagues someday.

I know many players that took psychological evaluations several months ago. Do all teams use them?

Kid,
My understanding is that all team do NOT give the psych test.

Not all do. Also, once you take the MLSB test, you can just tell them that you took that one. The MLSB sends a report of the test to every team. However, if they want you to take their own individual tests, do it promptly.

I know one of MLB scouts has to cover Texas, Louisianna, and Mississippi while they have 3 scouts in one southern California county --- last year- on the car the MLB team provided the scouts - the front office would not let them have cruise control on his leased cars because they said costs too much -- if you have ever driven through Texas, Lousianna and Mississippi you know it's not a luxury to have cruise control----

---other MLB teams are laying off scouts and are just going by stats when draft---

psych tests? I'm at a loss...why do they do that? is it SOP?

"...can't afford cruise control. Now just relying on stats."

Need we really wonder why they use psych tests?

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Big, I had to take the test, too. Did you?

I wanted to take it for him just for fun. He told me he did not want to be recognized as "having serious issues".

When you refer to axe murderers, are you referring generically as coaches do, to malcontents, dimbulbs, headcases, wannabe's,, or do you mean real axe murderers?

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They do it because they don't want to give a lot of money to a looney or a loser.

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Did the Yankees give Jeff Weaver the test before they signed him? If not why not?

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They do it because they don't want to give a lot of money to a looney or a loser.

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And it's a good thing they do, because there's no room for bad behavior in this business.

Sincerely,
Karim Garcia

....meet me at the Ritz and we
can discuss it...

Isn't the Ritz a cracker?

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Originally posted by Bighit15:
I wanted to take it for him just for fun. He told me he did not want to be recognized as "having serious issues".

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Are you trying to tell us something Big?

I been around. Ya know? There was a time.......

Oh, wrong movie! I have no issues, just stories.