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Scouting Video: Austin Aune, OF, #89, Yankees (2012 Draft)
Austin Aune is an Oppenheimer guy, high school guy with high offensive ceiling. So Opp breaks out the old man’s checkbook and takes the chance. It’s really the old Atlanta Braves way — um, the OLD...
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Scouting Video: Nathan Mikolas, 1B, #124, Yankees (2012 Draft)
Dear Oppenheimer — Hey, I liked this guy a lot last summer. I did. So here’s a Wisconsin kid being drafted by the Yankees while my book about the Milwaukee Braves beating the New York Yankees is on the...
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Scouting Video: Joe Munoz, 3B, #90, Diamondbacks (2012 Draft)
Joe Munoz is seen here taking BP. Loose, athletic body, whippy swing, so on and so forth. Is that leg kick all the way gone yet? [See post to watch Flash video] My next book follows Hank Aaron, Eddie...
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Scouting Video: Kieran Lovegrove, RHP, #110, Indians (2012 Draft)
Kieran Lovegrove is one of those arms I would bet my book career that the Indians’ area guy was thrilled got to him. I knew a lot of people who thought there was a lot of upside to this guy. So we will...
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Scouting Video: B.J. Boyd, OF, #139, Oakland A’s (2012 Draft)
B.J. Boyd is a guy I only saw a little bit of. I bet I have my notes somewhere. Don’t feel like looking for them. Press play. [See post to watch Flash video] My next book follows Hank Aaron, Eddie...
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Scouting Video: Andrew Pullin, OF, #188, Phillies (2012 Draft)
Andrew Pullin is hopefully Pullin the Ball, not Pullin off the ball, so Phillies fans will be Pullin for him to become Phillie Pullin. [See post to watch Flash video] My next book follows Hank Aaron,...
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Scouting Video: Theo Alexander, OF, #236, Dodgers (2012 Draft)
Theo Alexander is a guy whose scouting fortune cookie reads: Left-Handed power. I remember that I liked him at AC, which more than a year later, given everything in my memory, is saying something. [See...
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Scouting Video: Steven Golden, OF, #428, Phillies (2012 Draft)
The Phillies hope Steven is Golden and Andrew is Pullin, so down the road, the lineup card may read Golden Pullin. [See post to watch Flash video] My next book follows Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews and...
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Scouting Video: Bralin Jackson, OF, #182, Rays (2012 Draft)
Bralin Jackson is a guy I remember I liked. Upside. Send him to player devlopment, please. Can someone please explain to me why all these black kids with loose, fast bodies and bat speed all fall in...
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Scouting Video: Josh Ludy, C, #278, Phillies (2012 Draft)
Josh Ludy is a guy I saw once, here he is. Enjoy. His name reminds me of “Judge Judy,” but please don’t call him that from the stands. [See post to watch Flash video] My next book follows Hank Aaron,...
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