You wouldn’t know it by looking at the site, but I’ve shifted focus away from 2011 draft reviews in favor of 2012 college/high school preview stuff. The realization that college ball is so close hit me last week, so I’ve been in a scramble to pull as much data off of College Splits (word count is currently at 34,848 in my 2012 “College Follow List” Word document…how cool am I?) as I can before they roll their database into 2012. Expect to see some good stuff in the near future – I’m thinking quick conference previews for college ball are in order, as is a badly needed update to the Big Board. I also have notes on some of the summer/fall/winter showcase events I’ve seen, so keep your eyes peeled for that.
In the immediate future, however, all I can offer is a far too long for a grad program supposedly designed with working professionals in mind (yeah, I’m a little bitter) term paper on fetal alcohol syndrome. Should I post that? Any interest? Anybody? No? Cool. Paper is due Thursday night, so expect something new on Friday (if I’m feeling frisky as I enjoy the brief post-deadline submission high) or, at the latest, Monday.
While there are still occasional gems to be found on the last day of the draft, I think we can all agree the the bulk of the heavy lifting is now out of the way. Time to catch my breath once again and aggregate all of the relevant draft links in one handy spot. Before the links, a quick rant…
I hate linking to my own stuff and promise not to make a habit of it, but below I’ve listed all of the “scouting reports” compiled on the 474 players I managed to get to this year. The reason for the scare quotes around “scouting reports” is simple: I’m not a scout. I also want to make clear that I haven’t seen the vast majority of listed players firsthand, and therefore can’t claim to have personally “scouted” more than a handful of the prospects anyway. I’m only calling them scouting reports for lack of a better term. No disrespect to any of the professional scouts out there working hard doing the legwork needed to help this site stay alive. Alright, I feel better now. Thanks for putting up with that. Now the links…
Top 125 2011 MLB Draft College Pitcher Scouting Reports
Top 75 2011 MLB Draft High School Pitcher Scouting Reports
Top 20 2011 MLB Draft College Catcher Scouting Reports
Top 20 2011 MLB Draft High School Catcher Scouting Reports
Top 25 2011 MLB Draft College First Base Scouting Reports
Top 15 2011 MLB Draft High School First Base Scouting Reports
Top 20 2011 MLB Draft College Second Base Scouting Reports
Top 13 2011 MLB Draft High School Second Base Scouting Reports
Top 25 2011 MLB Draft College Shortstop Scouting Reports
Top 15 2011 MLB Draft High School Shortstop Scouting Reports
Top 25 2011 MLB Draft College Third Base Scouting Reports
Top 16 2011 MLB Draft High School Third Base Scouting Reports
