By Ryan Kelley | May 8, 2013 at 12:23 am | No comments
The below scouting footage is of 2013 MLB Draft prospect Matthew McPhearson. Included are clips of McPhearson batting, fielding and base-running in two different games from his spring 2013 season at Riverdale Baptist (MD). The first game is Riverdale's 14-4 route of the Bullis...
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By Ryan Kelley | June 5, 2012 at 10:11 pm | No comments
Gavin Cecchini
Shortstop/Second Base
Alfred M. Barbe High School (LA)
Drafted: 1st Rd, 12th Overall by New York Mets
Overall Future Potential: 58
The younger brother of top Red Sox prospect Garin Cecchini, Gavin was born in to a baseball family and he...
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By Ryan Kelley | June 5, 2012 at 6:49 pm | No comments
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Addison Russell
Shortstop/Second Base/Third Base
Pace High School (FL)
MLB Draft Prospect Rank: #16
Overall Future Potential: 58
Drafted: 1st Round, 11th Overall by the Oakland Athletics
Pace High School alumnus Addison Russell does not fit the...
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By Ryan Kelley | June 5, 2012 at 3:59 pm | One comment
Last night, the Minnesota Twins selected Byron Buxton with the 2012 MLB Draft's second overall pick. Many baseball analysts predicted that Buxton would hear his name called by the Astros, at the number-one overall slot. For the Twins, the young phenom's availability was a...
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By Ryan Kelley | June 5, 2012 at 2:10 am | No comments
Though the majority of baseball analysts believed that Mark Appel would be the 2012 MLB Draft's top overall pick, and the first bay area pitcher to hear his name called last night, Kyle Zimmer ended up taking home the honors out of the number-five slot. The Royals drafted the...
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By Ryan Kelley | June 5, 2012 at 1:49 am | No comments
For the third consecutive summer, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected a right-hander with their first draft pick. Though they didn't hold the number-one overall slot like they did last June, when they drafted Gerrit Cole out of UCLA, the Pirates still managed to get their hands on...
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By Ryan Kelley | June 4, 2012 at 9:58 pm | One comment
The Mariners selected Florida Gators backstop Mike Zunino tonight, with the third overall pick of the 2012 MLB Draft. A polished, athletic college catcher boasting a resume packed with awards and accolades, Zunino left the Mariners enamored with his skills this Spring....
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By Ryan Kelley | June 4, 2012 at 9:36 pm | 3 comments
Lucas Giolito, who was drafted by the Washington Nationals tonight out of the 16th slot, is a premier high school arm. Rated as the number-two prospect in BaseballNewsHound's "2012 MLB Draft: Top 60 Prospects with Scouting Grades" pre-draft rankings, Giolito draws comparisons to...
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By Ryan Kelley | June 4, 2012 at 4:47 am | One comment
During the past few weeks, BaseballNewsHound.com ranked the top 60 prospects for the 2012 MLB Draft and posted in-depth scouting reports on the top five talents. With draft time looming less than twenty-four hours away, Ryan Kelley posts his finalized rankings of the top ten...
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By Ryan Kelley | June 1, 2012 at 12:01 am | No comments
The 2012 MLB Draft is less than a week away. On June 4th, 30 MLB ballclubs will roll the dice on a bright group of young stars, hoping to fortify their team's future with some blue-chip talent. While this class doesn't contain any once in a lifetime phenoms like Stephen...
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