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Jason Churchill examines the likelihood that the Boston Red Sox can successfully sign their top draft picks and provides updates from around the scouting world.

Blog | Conversation | July 14, 2011

Jason Churchill examines several prospects playing in today's Futures Game who could have an impact on the MLB pennant races if they are called up.

Blog | Conversation | July 10, 2011

When the spring began the top two talents in the class of 2011 were Rice third baseman Anthony Rendon and UCLA right-hander Gerrit Cole. A month out that is still the case. But the top pick is not nearly the slam dunk it's been the past two seasons.

Blog | Conversation | May 06, 2011

The draft is still six weeks away and it's a bit early to get into mock drafts or to place teams with specific players, but clubs are starting to get an idea which players are most likely to be taken in the top five picks.

Blog | Conversation | April 22, 2011

One reader e-mailed to ask the following question: What is stopping Washington from manipulating the system, purposely not giving in to [Scott] Boras' demands for [Stephen] Strasburg, getting the No. 2 pick next year as compensation and draft...

Blog | August 13, 2009

Atlanta's choice at No. 7, seemingly between Alex White, Mike Minor and Drew Storen, will have a domino effect on the Reds at No. 8 and Washington at No. 10. Cincinnati is on Minor, as are the Nationals, per Keith's most recent mock, and ar...

Blog | June 09, 2009

No. 1 picks 1996: Kris Benson, RHP -- Pittsburgh Pirates Benson's been a bust of a top pick, but not due to lack of development or performance. The right-hander missed all of 2001 and parts of the next several seasons with Tommy John and rotato...

Blog | May 27, 2009

No. 1 Picks 1994: Paul Wilson, RHP -- New York Mets Wilson was one of the Mets' big three pitching prospects (Bill Pulsipher and Jason Isringhausen being the other two) who were expected to bring the club back to prominence in the mid-'90s...

Blog | May 20, 2009

As North Carolina's Dustin Ackley gets acclimated to center field -- greatly increasing his chances to be selected as high as No. 2 overall and crushing the dreams of clubs at the bottom of the top 10 -- some of the other prospects have question...

Blog | May 11, 2009

Are the names starting to get a little more familiar yet? Looking back at the history of the draft and assessing a player's value can be difficult if he didn't play while you were old enough to understand what you were watching. But as we g...

Blog | May 06, 2009

One thing before we round up the performances for Saturday and head into Sunday's action: I'm getting a lot of mail and comments that ask about or refer to the idea of clubs drafting a certain player over another because that organization i...

Blog | April 26, 2009

The 1991 draft is the last in a line of weak classes that began in the early '80s, as baseball, inspired by the NFL and the NBA, started to take the draft more seriously. But the class of '91 was as weak as any class since the draft began a...

Blog | April 22, 2009

I mentioned that I was going to ask some talent evaluators about the best tools they have seen on the scouting trail this spring, outside of Stephen Strasburg's tremendous two-pitch arsenal, and I received 11 responses. Here are the top six vote...

Blog | April 21, 2009