Al Goldis has spent more than forty years as a major league scout, having worked in the front offices of the Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Anaheim Angels,
The purpose of this book is twofold: one, to give ballplayers an inside look at just what scouts are really looking for in their search for professional ballpla
This is the straight talk the book you've wanted to see in print. Read it and re-read it. The sections on why scouts sign certain ballplayers and bypass others
An in-depth look at the intersection of judgment and statistics in baseball Scouting and scoring are considered fundamentally different ways of ascertaining val