By John Klima
March 30, 2010
The drawing cards with Robbie Aviles are his live, loose arm, the physical projection, and the two-seam fastball movement. Some of these traits can be seen in this scouting video.
By John Klima
December 30, 2009
I’ve seen enough of Robbie Aviles to convince me that he’d be getting looks no matter what part of the country he is from. He possesses a fast arm and a right-handed frame suitable for physical projection.
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
September 17, 2009
The prospect vs. prospect at-bat is one of the traditions here at Baseball Beginnings. This AB will be our first look at right-hander Robbie Aviles and shortstop Jacob Rice. Sit behind the stands with the scouts as you watch this video. (more…)
By John Klima
August 16, 2009
Bryce Harper, the made for TV prospect, went hitless. Anthony Wolters, an undersized shortstop who can run and play defense, showed he also will place himself in the running to be a top-round pick next June on Sunday night at the Aflac game at Petco Park in San Diego.
By John Klima
August 10, 2009
Robbie Aviles, Albert Minnis, Kevin Ziomek and Jerrick Suiter each pitched well and placed themselves on scouting follow lists with their final outings at the 2009 Area Code Games Monday morning at Blair Field in Long Beach, Calif.
