Amateur scouting is all about projection. Even the best high school and college prospects need significant development to reach their ceilings. There’s a few ways that scouts go about projecting players. Sometimes it’s as simple as looking at a player’s age; over a five-year period, 16-year-olds are likely to improve more than 22-year-olds. Sometimes it’s as simple as looking at body types; a wiry, wide-shouldered prospect is more likely to gain strength than a shorter, stockier prospect. But t
Baseball America annually polls major league organizations’ scouting departments to vote on the preseason High School All-America teams, and they make their selections based on…
There’s a few ways that scouts go about projecting players. Sometimes it’s as simple as looking at a player’s age; over a five-year period, 16-year-olds…
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