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SUGAR LAND, TX -- Some notes from the Southland and Conference USA tournaments on Wednesday: • Oral Roberts right-hander Alex "Chi Chi" Gonzalez has been one of the biggest risers in this year's draft, moving up from 44th on my mid-March ran...

Blog | May 23, 2013

HOUSTON -- Eric Hosmer looked like a future MVP as recently as spring training of 2012, but since then his failure to develop as a hitter has been one of the more surprising developments on the prospect front, and it's a major reason why the Kansas C...

Blog | May 22, 2013

After my redraft of the 2003 draft was published, I got a lot of questions on Twitter about some of the high-profile flops. Here's a quick breakdown of what went wrong for the 15 flops from the first round of the 2003 draft (all WAR stats come from B...

Blog | May 21, 2013

Keith Law redrafts the 2003 draft with the benefit of hindsight, to see how different it would look.

Story | Conversation | May 17, 2013

Keith Law unveils his first mock draft for 2013, and the Astros are being linked to a surprising name at No. 1 overall.

Story | Conversation | May 15, 2013

We're at the start of a short but very powerful spike in the quality of shortstops in baseball right now, with several highly gifted shortstops debuting in the majors over the past 12 months and several impact prospects in the minors at that position...

Blog | May 14, 2013

Keith Law unveils his ranking of the top 100 draft prospects for 2013, with Mark Appel solidifying his No. 1 spot and a couple of college arms taking a tumble.

Story | Conversation | May 08, 2013

The mystery of San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt, my 17th-rated prospect in baseball going into the 2011 season, only deepened this spring when he had a strong March statistically but seemed to maintain the bad habits at the plate that ...

Blog | May 07, 2013

Brandon Belt sat down for lunch with Keith Law to discuss his swing mechanics.

Blog | Conversation | May 07, 2013

Friday night's matchup between Stanford and Arizona State featured a battle of two first-round arms, and it was well-attended as a result, with one GM and at least five scouting directors in the house. Stanford starter Mark Appel came out the vi...

Blog | May 04, 2013

Keith Law attended Friday night's Stanford-Arizona State game to scout pitchers Mark Appel and Trevor Williams. The Cardinal's Appel, the No. 1 prospect for the 2013 MLB draft, won on the scoreboard and in the scouting report.

Blog | Conversation | May 04, 2013

The Los Angeles Angels have been batting Mike Trout, their best all-around hitter, second for most of this season. The Cincinnati Reds could learn a thing or two from that. The idea of putting your best hitter second, rather than third, is still a...

Blog | April 30, 2013

Keith Law explains why Joey Votto should bat second for the Cincinnati Reds.

Blog | Conversation | April 30, 2013

BATON ROUGE -- LSU's Saturday starter Ryan Eades has been on the downswing recently, with two disappointing outings in a row heading into this weekend's series against South Carolina at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge. (LSU set a record for...

Blog | April 28, 2013

LSU right-hander Ryan Eades hasn't had a great year, but he showed this weekend why he could go in the first round.

Blog | Conversation | April 28, 2013

NASHVILLE -- Mississippi State right fielder Hunter Renfroe has had a breakout junior year after two mediocre seasons with the Bulldogs, hitting .410/.488/.827 coming into Friday night's game at Vanderbilt, leading all SEC hitters in OBP and in ...

Blog | April 27, 2013