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
November 25, 2009
Today begins our two-part series on player summaries from the 2009 Angels Elite Fall Season. These are not player rankings and we have not listed the players in any preference or order. This follows the professional scouting model, where at this time of the year, the scout is in follow mode and letting the players dictate which players are on the rise entering the spring.
These summaries have been compiled from personal scouting done this fall. In each case, the players have been seen multiple times.
Be sure to come back Thanksgiving Thursday for the completion of the list.
By John Klima
September 25, 2009
Catching prospects for the 2010 MLB Draft do not begin and end with Bryce Harper. As we conclude our Fall Preview of the 2010 draft here in September 2009, here’s a look at some of the catchers nationwide who will receive interest from scouts. As we said in our Fall previews of pitchers, infielders and outfielders, September previews are meant to be road maps rather than definitive lists. Some will rise, some will fall, and some names that are not listed here will come out of nowhere.
By John Klima
September 21, 2009
Right-hander Dylan Covey pitched so impressively in his first outing for Angel Elite last Wednesday that one scout quipped, “He broke all our guns.”
Covey was outstanding. He only threw a bullpen at the Area Codes and pitched well at Aflac, but he was better here, specifically because his good curveball was great. (more…)
