Have Prospects Will Travel: Taillon Time In Savannah

Thursday night, Pirates prospect Jameson Taillon is slated to toe the rubber in Savannah and Scouting The Sally will be there with bells on! With West Virginia games slated Thursday and Friday, along with Lexington Saturday, I’ll be able to scout a handful of players I would have missed otherwise. A little over a month [...]

Breaking Down Baseball America’s “Sally” Top 20 for 2009 Part 3

The third and final piece to the top 20 puzzle are the omissions who could have been included. Baseball America’s “Sally” top 20 included a number of early 20′s talents which led to the exclusion of a handful of worthy teens. Let’s look at a few. As a side note, I found it interesting Anthony [...]

Breaking Down Baseball America’s “Sally” Top 20 for 2009 Part 2

To build on part one of breaking down Baseball America’s “Sally” rankings, part two will focus on prospects eleven through twenty. While I did not see Rudy Owens in person, a 21-year old lefty with a plus change is going to have success in the “Sally”. Kudos to Owens on a great season, but there [...]

Game Report: Jay Austin, OF, Houston Astros

Jay Austin (2-5, 2B, 3 R, SB) – At 18, the Houston Astros aggressively promoted Jay Austion to the Sally after posting a paltry .198/.277/.236 line while stealing 14 bases in 20 attempts. Currently, Austin sports a .224/.281/.279 including 8 steals in 16 attempts; Not quite the table setter the Astros expected when he was [...]

Savannah vs. Lexington Quick Hits

Just returned home from the ballgame. The Ross Seaton/Jeurys Familia match up disappointed a bit as Familia didn’t have his best stuff and I doubt Seaton did either. Why not use Scouting the Sally as your Personal Scout? Familia was 90-92 throughout, but didn’t use his breaking pitches often. He did use his change as [...]