Bradley Throws Bullets at Aflac
By John Klima
August 15, 2010
SAN DIEGO – With apologies to anyone else in this baseball game, right-hander Archie Bradley is an absolute horse.
Baseball Beginnings
Scouting professional prospects and identifying future major leaguers
Aflac Home Run Derby and Scrimmage Notes
By John Klima
August 15, 2010
SAN DIEGO — Here’s a look at what you got in a five-inning look Friday and a shortened BP followed by a first-round home run contest Saturday. I have to admit, it wasn’t exactly the full speed infield, use the whole field BP, or every pitcher gets a look type of look I was hoping for. But as happens in games, you have to take what the players give you. The pre-game Sunday infield was much more crisp.
Scouting Video: Tyler Beede, RHP, Lawrence (MA) Academy (2011 Draft)
By John Klima
August 12, 2010
Tyler Beede is a guy who looked good in Summer 2009. Here’s a look, and we’ll be back to break him down after getting fresh looks in Summer 2010. It’s easy to see why I liked him. I’m looking forward to seeing him again. Last summer, he was long and lean with high hips and a ton of arm speed. We’ll see how we looks entering his draft year.
Area Codes Game 19: Everything’s Faster in Texas
By John Klima
August 10, 2010
Give me power arms on a slow day and you’ll make me a happy lad.
Area Codes Game 18: Paging Passenger Chris McCue, your sinker is working
By John Klima
August 10, 2010
I overheard someone say a team “ran itself out of that inning.” Yes, it’s Tuesday, get-away day, when bat speed looks like traffic through Culver City at 5 PM (a little local color for our readers around the country) and running yourself out of an inning is OK as long as you have your batting gloves in one hand and your boarding pass in the other.
Area Codes Game 17: I’m Giving Him the Home Run
By John Klima
August 9, 2010
Sometime in this game, left-handed hitting outfielder Billy Flamion smoked a ball high and deep down the left field line. The ball got out of here in a split second. The ball was ruled foul.
Area Code Games 16: Dante’s Damage
By John Klima
August 9, 2010
I love it when the bat speed I see beforehand comes into play within a game.
Area Codes Game 15
By John Klima
August 9, 2010
Not much to report in this get-away game for the Washington team.
Area Codes Game 14: Monday Morning Pepper
By John Klima
August 9, 2010
Outfielder Charles Tilson was the player people came back to see. In his first at-bat he was hit by a pitch and then out on a double play. The infielder who turned that double play, Drew Stankiewicz, is growing on me. I’ve watched the infields and more importantly – the pre-game pepper – and the guy has soft, fast, and instinctive hands. These little things play huge in games but get lost in the radar gun, long-ball world. Playability matters when you’re playing games where scores count and getting paid to do so. To shore up the case, he had another hit, what I term solid slap, to left. It works just fine for the player he is. The guy plays the infield as smooth as anyone you will find.
