By John Klima
June 13, 2010
It was time for one last go-around for a bunch of high school guys from Los Angeles Saturday at Birmingham High School in the City vs. CIF All-Star game, including Austin Wilson and Le’jon Baker.
By John Klima
May 24, 2010
This was my first look at right-handed pitcher/infielder/possibly center fielder/all-around athlete Brando Tessar since I saw him pitch at the Area Code Games.
By John Klima
February 14, 2010
Dylan Covey continued to show the quantity and quality of stuff that separates him from a strong national crop of high school right-handed starting pitchers, but he wasn’t the only starting pitcher who helped himself Saturday at the Major League Scouting Bureau Southern California Invitational Showcase at the Urban Youth Academy. (more)
By John Klima
September 22, 2009
Baseball Beginnings is pleased to unveil our first NATIONAL look at the June 2010 draft here in September, 2009, eight months before the first name is called.
In the scouting world, every quality player is on a follow list. It’s a good bet that most of these players are already on such lists, but it’s important to remember that things will change over the next eight months – no list, no matter this one or one by a team should be considered definitive at this time of year, but should instead be regarded as a road map.
Some players who are not on this list will be hot and others who were hot in summer and fall will lose some luster in spring. That’s why you won’t see rankings here, because Baseball Beginnings works like a major league team. We’re not ranking players right now. And when we do, we keep them in-house. The world is full of people who will rank players. A good scout NEVER tells.
Every single player on this list has been seen by our scouting staff IN PERSON, meaning we don’t take our information from secondary sources. It’s on us.
By John Klima
August 9, 2009
Marcus Littlewood showed why scouts love his baseball instincts, his knack for timing and his ability to switch-hit and to influence a game with those skills Sunday evening at the Area Code Games at Blair Field in Long Beach, Calif.
