Y-not Daily wrote:Not too many live scouting trips out this way... A lot of clubs are so numbers-reliant... How do they compare a North Dakota kid (hitting with wood) to a Minnesota kid (hitting with aluminum) without seeing and comparing them.
The local/regional scouts could say: "We've got this great kid out here that is hitting .300 with a wood bat," but the clubs want to know how that compares to a guy that hits .500 with aluminum. It's a lot tougher sell.
Obviously if they see a kid live, they can tell if he can play or not, but a .300 average with a wood bat doesn't pop out at you like a .500 average with an aluminum would.
Basically, aluminum is the standard in high school and college right now, so if you are hitting with wood, you are in the minority. By just looking at numbers, you will probably be buried behind a lot of kids that have big averages and power numbers with aluminum.
That was a long-winded post, but basically it is like comparing apples to oranges, when clubs would much rather compare apples to apples.
dwenzel34 wrote:Scouts dont just look at homeruns or batting averages, there is more to the game then that. If a scout sees that you have the potential to be a good player and have good speed, which i believe is the most important thing to have when it comes to baseball. Scouts know that they can teach a kid how to hit and field but they cant teach a kid how to be faster. Am i wrong?
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