Scouting Video: Trevor Gretzky, INF, Oaks Christian (CA) HS (2011 Draft)
My policy with players with last names you have heard of is such: I’m interested in the kid as a player, not in the name. One of my best friends in baseball, well, his dad was a hard-working member of...
View ArticleBridgewater Blasts brighten BP
Rouric Bridgewater hit the hardest ball of the five-hour long BP session Thursday in the opening of the Area Code Games. Bridgewater, and some of the players who also had good rounds, are among players...
View ArticleArea Code Games 16: Dante’s Damage
I love it when the bat speed I see beforehand comes into play within a game. Dante Flores, a left-handed hitting shortstop from St. John Bosco (Norwalk) has it. In his first trip, he drove a ball about...
View ArticleScouting Update/Video: Trevor Gretzky, Oaks Christian (CA) HS (2011 Draft)
Trevor Gretzky is off playing quarterback Friday nights this fall, but my heart is with the guy as a baseball player. I have no problems with baseball players playing football, and in fact, I have a...
View ArticleFirst Look: 2011 Draft Prospects (High School Infielders)
Continuing our sneak peak at the 2011 MLB Draft here in September, eight months before the draft, here is the first look at infielders. We’ve divided up the prospects by first basemen, third basemen...
View Article2011 Draft Prospect Position Players at MLSB Showcase
The general overall feeling about the 2011 draft in Southern California is that this is a down year. Certainly this is not a new sentiment and it’s been known around these parts for a while. I wouldn’t...
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