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Red Sox sign hard thrower (UPDATE)

Jason A. Churchill

...pick, the exception. For an updated list of the signed and unsigned first-rounders, with links to news stories on their signings, click here. The deadline to sign prep players and underclassmen is Aug. 17...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 14, 2009

Saturday signing updates: Owings and Skaggs

Jason A. Churchill

...fast approaching. For an updated list of all the signed and unsigned first-rounders, with links to news stories on their signings, click here. • With nine days until the deadline, the Arizona Diamondbacks and...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 08, 2009

Draft class continues signing freeze

Jason A. Churchill

...fast approaching. For an updated list of all the signed and unsigned first-rounders, with links to news stories on their signings, click here. While we wait for the verdict on top names Stephen Strasburg...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 06, 2009

Top draft picks remain unsigned

Jason A. Churchill

...I wouldn't be surprised if 27 or 28 [first-round picks] signed by the deadline." Other news • Left-hander Rex Brothers (No. 34, Colorado) made his professional debut Friday, tossing a scoreless inning...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2009

What could happen if Mariners pass on Ackley

Jason A. Churchill

As the super regionals get under way Friday, clubs will continue working out potential draftees while having frequent and lengthy discussions about th...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 05, 2009

Memorial Day roundup

Jason A. Churchill

...innings Saturday, striking out nine and issuing two walks in a regional quarterfinal game. The Abilene Reporter News reports that Miller touched 96 mph on the radar gun, and the special assistant on hand to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 25, 2009

Three things learned on the scouting trail

Jason A. Churchill

...school stars in this year's class. Lots of pitchers throw 90 mph While this isn't news, per se, it's quite remarkable how many high school and junior college pitchers can consistently hit...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 28, 2009

Wednesday Roundup: Trout's bat is "legit"

Jason A. Churchill

...and "huge" by a scout in attendance. "That one felt pretty good," Trout told the Philadelphia Daily News. "I knew that was gone." Trout has been put into the leadoff spot by his head coach...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 16, 2009

LSU's Ranaudo, UNC's White deliver

Jason A. Churchill

In Friday's showdown of one top draft prospect from this year's class versus a right-hander who could find his way into the top 10 of next year's draf...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009

High School arms in the news

Jason A. Churchill

While most of the top prep pitchers are strutting their stuff on the mound, left-hander Cameron Coffey will be rehabbing his throwing elbow instead. C...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2009

Three things we learned this weekend

Jason A. Churchill

If we learned anything over the first weekend of the college baseball season, it might be the simple fact that it's hard to learn much from a single w...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009