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The Major League Baseball Draft began Thursday night with the first two rounds, and runs through Saturday. Here's a quick rundown of the New England natives chosen, round by round. ROUND 2 58. Kevin Ziomek, LHP, Vanderbilt/Amherst HS - Detroit Ti...

Pitcher Aaron Crow, a 2011 All-Star for the Kansas City Royals, has agreed to a $1.28 million, one-year contract that represents the maximum 20 percent cut.

Anxiety held sway over Zack Greinke since before high school, gnawing at his insides, leaving him with what felt like no escape from his fears.

AJ Mass says to look at stats like K/9 rate and quality starts to find hidden gems among pitchers.

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The first game of the 2012 Area Code Games couldn't have gone much better for catcher Dominic Miroglio at the plate and behind the dish. The Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland, Calif.) rising senior paced his Oakland A's team to a 6-1 wi...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The defensive star for the first day of games at the 2012 Area Code Games was Kansas City Royals outfielder Ryan Littlefield, who made a diving snow-cone catch as he sprinted toward the right field line to save a run, although h...

2012 KANSAS CITY ROYALS AREA CODE TEAM The 2012 Kansas City Royals Area Code team will be filled with prospects from the Northwest, one from Texas and one from the Midwest. Last year's squad went a perfect 5-0. This year's team could do the same. ...

A number of high school and college players from Illinois were selected during the second day of the MLB draft on Tuesday. Here's a rundown of the selections: High school players Galesburg catcher Chad Johnson, Kansas City Royals, fifth rou...

A dedicated ESPNHS team managed the Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year selection process, resulting in this winner based on the program's three pillars: athletic production and impact in the 2011-12 season, high academic achievement and exemplary p...

Mike Sheets offers lineup suggestions for Week 7 of Baseball Challenge.

Shortstop Corey Seager, of Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, N.C., has seen his stock rise during the past few weeks to the point where he's seen as a likely first-rounder, a future plus third baseman who should hit and grow into power....

Blog | April 27, 2012

Keith Law checks in with a scouting report on Corey Seager -- the younger brother of Seattle's Kyle Seager -- who's developing into a likely first-round pick. The only question is if Seager will pass on South Carolina to sign with a professional club.

Blog | Conversation | April 27, 2012

Baseball's free agents are signed and in spring training, so now the focus for many in the league's front offices is how to draft and sign high school and college players under the new pool system that is part of MLB's collective bargaining agreement...

The Kansas City Royals announced their date and location for the 2012 Area Code Baseball regional. The team, which will be comprised of players from the Pacific Northwest, will hold a regional for Area Code on Wednesday, June 20, at Gesa Stadium in P...

Is it too early to start chalking up mocks in anticipation of this June's MLB Draft? When it involves both local talent and a local team, the answer is no. Today, one website is projecting Mansfield native and Buckingham, Browne & Nichols senior R...

Put a football and baseball in front of Jameis Winston and ask him to pick which one he'd rather have in his hand. To the Hueytown (Ala.) senior, it's an easy decision. And it's clearly something he's thought about before. "I will just juggle t...