Matt Hobgood, RHP, Norco HS: 2009 Scouting Report (2009 Draft)
By John Klima
April 11, 2009
(photo: Baseball Beginnings)
Matt Hobgood
Right-handed pitcher
6-4, 250
Norco High (California)
(Games seen: 1, Innings: 7)
Baseball Beginnings
Scouting professional prospects and identifying future major leaguers
Q&A with Tyler Skaggs, LHP, 2009 Draft
By John Klima
April 1, 2009
Tyler Skaggs has the misfortune of being a left-handed high school starting pitcher in Southern California in the same year that another high school left-handed starter, Tyler Matzek, is on more top-end wish lists than just about any pitcher north of Stephen Strasburg. But that doesn’t mean that Skaggs isn’t in demand. Instead, his tantalizing combination of a left-handed starter who could one day throw three quality major league pitches is more than enough to earn him his own attention. (more…)
Q&A with RHP Matt Hobgood (Norco High)
By John Klima
March 25, 2009
(photo: Baseball Beginnings)
Matt Hobgood, RHP, 6-4, 250, Sr. Norco High (2009 draft class)
Matt Hobgood’s junior season put him on the prospect map. He won a ton of newspaper awards and was named California’s Junior of the Year by CalHiSports, joining a list with a big league linage. Hobgood joined fast-tracker Mike Moustakas and current major leaguers Delmon Young, James Shields, Gerald Laird, Jon Garland, Eric Chavez, Randy Wolf, Dmitri Young and the exiled Barry Bonds.
Hobgood, a 6-4, 250-pound right-hander, vowed not to live off one season alone. He trimmed 15 pounds off his frame and gave his body a look more like Giants right-hander Matt Cain and less like Yankees right-hander Joba Chamberlain. After shutting out Riverside Poly and holding outfielder Jake Marisnick hitless Tuesday, Baseball Beginnings caught up with Norco’s horse for a Q-A. (more…)
