Below you will find links to our amateur content from this spring, including notes and video of the top prospects in this year’s draft class. It was a meaty spring on the draft content side, and we expect it to grow even more next year. Thanks for following us throughout the last four months, and we hope you’ll enjoy the 2014 draft content still to come!
Round One Analysis
Part One | Part Two
The Draft System Through the Ben Wetzler Case Study
Oregon State’s Ben Wetzler was hit was an NCAA suspension to start the 2014 season after being turned in by the Phillies for violating the ill-defined “no agent” rule. Nick Faleris examined the situation, and the larger issues at play as a result of this difficult to navigate portion of the draft system.
Draft Video Library
Over 250 videos of the top draft prospects
Draft Ten Packs
The Baseball Prospectus Prospect Team and our partners at Perfect Game USA provide notes and video on the top draft prospects throughout the spring:
February 11, 2014 – High school winter workout notes
February 18, 2014 – First collegiate update and Florida prep notes
February 25, 2014 – Scouting Jeff Hoffman and University of Virginia
March 3, 2014 – Jumbo college edition
March 4, 2014 – Jumbo prep edition
March 11, 2014 – Collegiate and prep updates
March 27, 2014 – Scouting Aaron Nola, Tyler Beede, LSU, and Vanderbilt
March 28, 2014 – Collegiate updates
April 8, 2014 – Scouting USA Baseball’s National High School Invitational (Pt. 1)
April 16, 2014 – National High School Invitational (Pt. 2) plus collegiate notes
May 7, 2014 – Whom Would You Draft? Picks 1 through 10
May 14, 2014 – Whom Would You Draft? Picks 11 through 20
May 22, 2014 – Whom Would You Draft? Picks 21 through 41
June 4, 2014 – SoCal and Missouri Valley Conference Tourney notes
MLB Draft Positional Preview
Nick J. Faleris takes an in-depth look at the top players in the draft class, broken down by position and including over 35,000 words of analysis and loads of scouting videos:
Series Links: Catcher | Middle Infield | Corner Infield | Center Field | Corner Outfielder | Right-Handed Pitcher | Left-Handed Pitcher
Perfect Game Top 300 Rankings
1 – 100 | 101 – 200 | 201 – 300
Eyewitness Accounts
June 5 (featuring Brady Aiken)
Fiftieth Anniversary Draft Retrospective
Part One | Part Two
Still want more? Check out the full body of Perfect Game USA’s draft content, including player focus pieces, spring scouting notes, state-by-state rankings and more here.
BP Draft Chats with Nick Faleris
May 30 | June 5 | June 9
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