Scouting Video: George Springer, OF, UConn (2011 Draft)
George Springer is seen here in two different looks. The first is a Cape 2009 BP after his freshman summer and the second is a spring 2010 look. What you see is what you get. He’s a gunshot guy with...
View ArticleScouting Report: George Springer, CF, UConn (2011 Draft)
My scouting history on George Springer goes back to a time when nobody knew his name, much less thought he was a first rounder. In the summer of 2009, I was working an early BP at Wareham. Springer was...
View ArticleScouting Video: Matt Barnes, RHP, UConn (2011 Draft)
Matt Barnes is seen here in my first look at him, in Spring 2010. At the time, he was really just coming onto the national radar. You can take any number of paths to this discussion, one of them being...
View ArticleScouting Video: Nick Ahmed, SS, UConn (2011 Draft)
Nick Ahmed is a very solid college shortstop who probably played his way into a good round this year. It helps when you’ve got a pair of first-rounders on your team and a nice pipleline of young pros...
View ArticleScouting Video: George Springer, CF, UConn (2011 Draft)
George Springer is not a guy who gets cheated nor leaves much to the imagination. He’s not hard to break down — narrow stance, quick-twitch guy, gear pull, sweeping uppercut. You’ll take him as a first...
View ArticleScouting Video: Matt Barnes, RHP, UConn (2011 Draft)
Matt Barnes is going to have been written up in the business as a long, lean, loose, easy right-hander. This was my second or third look at him in the past few years. Pitching at high noon down in San...
View ArticleBaseball Beginnings on Nick Ahmed, No. 85, Braves
The Atlanta Braves selected Nick Ahmed in the 2nd round (#85 overall) in the 2011 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Ahmed from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we...
View ArticleBaseball Beginnings on George Springer No. 11, Astros
Today the Houston Astros selected George Springer in the 1st round (#11 overall) in the 2011 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Springer from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to...
View ArticleBaseball Beginnings on Matt Barnes, No. 19, Boston Red Sox
Today the Boston Red Sox selected Matt Barnes in the 1st round (#19 overall) in the 2011 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Barnes from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the...
View ArticleScouting Video: George Springer, CF, UConn (#11 overall, Astros, 2011)
George Springer had a pretty good college ball run. The first time I saw him, two summers ago on the Cape, he was just this little thin wiry kid who was very shy and kept to himself. He was coming off...
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