By John Klima
May 18, 2010
Continuing a chat with our regional scouting source, I asked him to break down three of the SEC’s draft prospects based on recent spring looks. Again, these are not my comments. As I have said before, if they were, I would tell you so.
By John Klima
April 25, 2010
Baseball Beginnings is certainly resourceful. While working the Cape Cod League beat last summer, we ran across a few teams having lunch at the Chicago Uno’s in Hyannis, which, if you’ve ever done time on the Rock (I mean, the Cape), you know that’s pretty much as good as it gets. After lunch, we ran down Auburn’s Hunter Morris in the parking lot before the little yellow school bus drove the players to work. Yes, if you think I’m fabricating even one detail of this, you have never worked in amateur baseball. Most of you, I think, know what I mean.
Morris is a power hitter and, along with Arizona Diamondbacks prospect Matt Davidson, is one of the few players we have met that prefer wood over metal as amateur hitters.
Morris was Mr. Everything at Gus Grissom High in Huntsville, Alabama. His career high school Triple Crown numbers of .470-46-198 helped get him drafted in the second round of the 2007 draft, 84th overall, by the Boston Red Sox. Based on his 2010 start at Auburn, he’s got a chance to go higher and move fast.
By John Klima
September 30, 2009
Moving onto infielders, this list is mostly drawn from the clubs Baseball Beginnings had a look at on the Cape. As we stated in our high school lists for pitchers, infielders, outfielders and catchers, and our college list of pitchers, our college lists are not meant to be taken as definitive this early in the process. As Letterman used to say, please, no wagering in the audience (unless you’re an agent or a team).
