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Q and A with Jeff Luhnow
For those of you who don't know, Jeff Luhnow is the VP of Amateur Scouting and Player Development for the St. Louis Cardinals. As you'll read from the interview, Jeff comes from a business background,...
Statistical Prospect Evaluation Primer: Part 3: Pitchers
Part 3 in a series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. Pitchers In the last part, I mentioned that I don't spend too much time looking at a hitter's triple slash line, but with pitchers I ta...
Statistical Prospect Evaluation Primer: Part 2: Hitters
Part 2 of series. You can read part 1 here. Hitters The first thing I look at when evaluating a hitter is obviously his triple slash line (AVG/OBP/SLG), but I don't spend too much time dwelling on t...
Statistical Prospect Evaluation Primer: Part 1, Context
Over the course of the spring, I have often commented that Chris Getz has built a minor league track record which forebodes future major league success, but I've never gone into specific detail to exp...
News: High School Games Started, Other News, More Apologies
The high school team that I coach started games yesterday. We played 6/7ths of a great game, meaning that we lost by allowing one big inning. As many of you know, I coach a Freshmen team in the Seattl...
Don't Harsh Our Porcello Mellow, Mr. Scout
Who's revving the engine on The Rick Porcello Bandwagon today? Well, he's had a seat for a while, but the Detroit News' Lynn Henning reiterates what's fast becoming an inevitability: The kid sho...
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