I mentioned it briefly earlier in the week, but I participated in the MVN MLB Outsider: 2009 Mock Draft. Out of context my turn as the Angels scouting director may not be the most interesting read (that’s why I linked to the whole mock – it’s full of pretty interesting opinions on who is going [...]
One of the most popular (fine, the only) question I’ve been emailed since starting this site up goes a little something like this: I’m going to see ____ University/College/State play this weekend and I was wondering if there was anybody with a professional future that would be worth watching. The College Team Profiles are designed [...]
By Rob Ozga
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Posted in 2009 College Team Profiles, 2009 MLB Draft, College Team Profiles
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Tagged Preston Clark, Brandon Belt, 2009 MLB Draft, David Hernandez, Austin Wood, Texas Longhorns, Russ Moldenhauer, Riley Boening, Keith Shinaberry, Michael Torres, Travis Tucker, College Team Profiles
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On this week’s agenda: respond to comments/emails, update links on the sidebar, finish Texas team profile, publish new first round tiers post, publish new mock draft…and get to anything else topical that comes to mind. For now, the first three writeups from the “College Team Profile – Texas” post that I had hoped to have [...]
Hope everybody out there had a nice, relaxing long weekend. I spent too much of mine trying to think of creative ways I could cobble something ready to publish Tuesday morning without having it eat into my own nice, relaxing long weekend. I also made my selections as the Angels scouting director in the MVN [...]
By Rob Ozga
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Posted in 2009 Big Board, 2009 Catchers, 2009 MLB Draft, 2009 MLB Draft, 2009 MLB Draft Position Rankings, Big Board
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Tagged 2009 MLB Draft, Andrew Susac, Austin Maddox, Cameron Garfield, Carlos Ramirez, dan black, Dane Phillips, Jack Murphy, Jonathan Walsh, Josh Leyland, Josh Phegley, JR Murphy, Justin Dalles, Luke Bailey, Mark Fleury, Max Stassi, Michael Zunino, Mike Ohlman, Miles Hamblin, Miles Head, Robert Stock, Steve Baron, Tommy Joseph, Tony Sanchez, Tucker Barnhart, Wil Myers
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Jeff Malm (Nevada) – good size (6-2, 220); plenty of pop to stick at first long-term; above-average defensive player with a fantastic throwing arm; not sure he couldn’t stick in RF if given enough reps with professional instruction and if he puts enough time in the gym; part of a star studded Southern Cal class [...]
By Rob Ozga
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Posted in 2009 First Basemen, 2009 MLB Draft, 2009 MLB Draft Position Rankings
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Tagged 2009 MLB Draft, Breck Ashdown, Colton Cain, Ethan Bright, Geoff Baldwin, Jeff Malm, Jonathan Singleton, Kelly Dugan, Kris Hobson, Rudy Flores, Telvin Nash
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Wil Myers (North Carolina) – raw, but with plus power and arm; versatile on defense, but questions abound about his ability to stick behind the plate; he has the tools to remain a catcher, but his bat may be special enough to make a position switch (expediting his path to the big leagues) worthwhile; South Carolina [...]
By Rob Ozga
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Posted in 2009 Catchers, 2009 MLB Draft, 2009 MLB Draft Position Rankings
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Tagged 2009 MLB Draft, Andrew Susac, Austin Maddox, Cameron Garfield, Chase Anselment, Dane Phillips, Geno Escalante, Jonathan Walsh, Josh Leyland, JR Murphy, Luke Bailey, Max Stassi, Michael Zunino, Mike Ohlman, Miles Head, Richard Stock, Roidany Aguila, Steve Baron, Tommy Joseph, Tucker Barnhart, Wil Myers
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A few quick bullet points to start the week off right. I’ll apologize in advance for the fact that they are almost all meta-bullets…I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately and this seemed like as good a place as any to unclog some of my jammed up thoughts. Sorry again, that’s a gross metaphor. [...]
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What and Why: Formally known as the First-Year Player Draft or Rule 4 Draft; informally known (by me) as the MLB Draft or the Draft. The basic concept behind holding a draft is to restock the worst teams in the league with the best amateur talent available. The Rule 4 Draft is massive in size and [...]
This site has only been around a few months, but my own personal obsession with tracking amateur talent goes back years. Indulge me for a moment as I share an old piece I wrote about the newest member of the Boston Red Sox bullpen, Daniel Bard. This was, I think, the very first “published” thing [...]
