Scouting The Sally Top-25 Baseball Players Scouted: August Edition

The August update to my Scouting The Sally Top-25 Baseball Players Scouted ranks current and former prospects seen in person over the live of Scouting The Sally.

Scouting The Sally Top-25 Baseball Players Scouted: July Edition

The July update to my Scouting The Sally Top-25 Baseball Players Scouted ranks current and former prospects seen in person over the live of Scouting The Sally.

Scouting The Sally Top-25 Prospects Scouted: June Edition

Scouting the Sally re-releases it’s top-25 prospect scouted list with a new look and updated prospect information.

Lazy Sunday Links – 8/22/2010

Earlier this week, Robinson Lopez was dealt to the Cubs from the Braves as the key prospect in the trade for Derrek Lee.  Gondee of Talking Chop bestowed upon me the “Braves Quote for the Day” for comments about the deal.  In the piece, he links to a number of trade reactions from the biggest [...]

Starting Pitcher Showdown – Banuelos vs. Kelly

Manny Banuelos and Casey Kelly were the two most polished starting pitchers I had the opportunity to see in person during the 2009 season. After writing game reports on both, Yankee fans have questioned my placing Casey Kelly above Manuel Banuelos as a prospect. While both were similar in terms of production in the South [...]

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 [...]

Breaking Down Baseball America’s “Sally” Top 20 for 2009 Part 1

With Baseball America’s track record pegging top prospects in the Sally, it’s difficult for me to pen a piece like this in which I’m forced to go against quite a bit of their recently released South Atlantic League top 20 prospects list. Maybe I’m a bit pretentious, but I was able to see a number [...]

Maximum Velocity

With my polishing off a scouting piece on Red Sox prospect Will Middlebrooks today, I am not going to be able to pen another full piece before going back to work tomorrow so I wanted to begin to share some raw data from the 2009 Sally season for readers to feast on. To start, here [...]

Game Report: Manuel Banuelos, SP, New York Yankees

Manuel Banuelos (6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 7 H, 3 K, 1 BB) – Quickly becoming the Yankees best left-handed pitching prospect, Manuel Banuelos was signed out of Mexico and entered 2009 as an 18-year old in full season baseball. With a 2.58 FIP, 8.06 K/9, and 1.83 BB/9, the Charleston RiverDog is one of [...]

Manuel Banuelos vs. Jeurys Familia Tonight!

Manuel Banuelos is starting to garner his share of prospect hype as the 18-year old has posted a 2.51 ERA and almost a strikeout per inning in his first taste of full season baseball. Tonight he goes against a personal favorite, Jeurys Familia. This will be my 5th time seeing Familia pitch as he always [...]