Fun Prospects Links: Evan Longoria BP footage, Jay Bruce vs. Colby Rasmus, Homer Bailey, Rick Porcello Scouting Reports
Baseball Mastermind —
With Spring Training and the college baseball season underway, scouts are getting the opportunity to get some good looks at the up and coming players and prospects. It’s an exciting time, building up to the regular season. I’ve compiled some fun links for your viewing pleasure that covers some of the youngsters in camps.
First, some youtubeage of Tampa Bay Rays top-prospect Evan Longoria taking BP. Longoria is noted for his pure hitting ability and power to all fields. His swing looks smooth and quick to the ball and we can see that opposite field hitting come into play a bit in the video, ...
DC Top 100 Prospects Lists - My Take
Baseball Digest Daily —
After consulting the Top 100 prospects list Matthew Whipps has posted Sunday, I decided to add personal notes to the list, in order to have a little fun with it and maybe inform some readers. 1) Jay Bruce / OF / CIN - What a great prospect. The Texas native's stats the last two years give him Major League Equivalent (MLE) stats of .322/.376/.600 (253 AB) and speak of his overall ability at the plate. To give you an example of his power, his four home runs in AA last season went to opposite field or over the center field wall. He can spray the ball all over the field and make adjustments from at-bat to at-bat, something not all 20 ...
2008 Tampa Bay Rays Preview
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine —
These guys are for real.
And they're about to become really damn annoying. Ever since Andrew Friedman took over this organisation has been run as if it's a baseball team looking to improve, compete and contend rather than just collect talent and content to surround it with scrubs. For the first time this winter they took the plunge and started trading away some of their prospects to strengthen the team and to sign others to long term deals. They aren't ready to take on the big boys yet, but this is a team gearing up for what could be a long and serious run of contending in the AL East. They might have been a joke in the past but if ...
Tampa Bay Rays Pay Evan Longoria
Knuckle Curve —
No, Evan Longoria isn’t married to Tony Parker. He’s also not planning to be on Desperate Housewives anytime soon, as far as we know. He’s not even related to Eva Longoria. But Evan Longoria, with an N, has already made a name for himself.
With less than ten major league baseball games under his belt, the Tampa Bay Rays decided to lockup their third baseman super prospect to a long-term deal. The contract is said to guarantee Longoria approximately $20 million and could be worth as much as $45 million.
How good is Evan Longoria? Here are some outtakes:
One scout, after watching the ...
