2011 Draft Sneak Peak: Gentleman, Start Your Horses

By John Klima
June 15, 2010

No sooner does one draft cycle end than the next one begins. The next draft cycle always starts with a group of players pretty much everyone knows, but from now until next June, the draft cycle is nothing but a horserace. What follows are some of the prospects that I have already seen and will see more of in 2011.

This is not meant to be a complete list or a ranking, and if this story is the first time you are discovering Baseball Beginnings, we invite you to stick around throughout the year to see video and read about the players we are talking about. If you stay with us, by the time draft day rolls around, I promise you many players that are not even in this story will come alive for you through video, scouting reports, scouting updates and interviews.

If you’re a 2011 prospect and you’re not in this story, it doesn’t mean you are not a prospect. It just means I haven’t seen you yet. If you can play, chances are I will find you.

Here, then, is a sneak peak at what is inside the 2011 stable, both high school and college, on a national scale.

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Ace vs. Ace: Addison Reed (San Diego State) vs. Alex Meyer (Kentucky)

By John Klima
March 8, 2010

This was a meeting of Friday night starters at different stages of their pitching lives. In San Diego State’s Addison Reed, you have a junior who is learning to stretch himself out from closing to starting and showing he knows how to pitch in the process. In Kentucky’s Alex Meyer, you have a young right-hander with a big arm who is chucking and ducking at this stage of his.

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