Archive for Scouting

Mark Appel is a leading candidate to go first in the draft to the Astros in 2012. But is the big righty the choice to make?

Josh Sherpardson’s top 100 prospect rankings, updated throughout the year.

Can Andrew McNally get a second look at professional baseball?

Are there clear patterns that tell us where fastball velocity comes from?

Jason Vargas tweaked his mechanics and ended up throwing over 1 mph faster on all of his pitches. How’d he do it?

He was the first pick in the 2011 amateur draft. How do Cole’s mechanical markers match up against the best in the big leagues?

Using crude biomechanical tools to analyze Danny Hultzen’s delivery.

As a preview to Monday’s first-year player draft, we take a stab at how things could shape up in the first round.

What Dylan Bundy’s strict adherence to his workout program can tell us

Brandon McCarthy has completely changed how he throws a baseball…