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Miguel Cabrera is the planet's best hitter, and he explained the other day why he doesn't really draw much information from the written scouting reports available to all players: All of that is based on what has happened in the past and isn't necessa...

Blog | May 21, 2013

C.J. Nitkowski examines how major league teams have become better at scouting Asian pitchers. Rather than pitchers from the Far East improving, MLB clubs are better identifying traits that lead to successful transitions, like size and velocity.

Story | Conversation | May 15, 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

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- White ball, white roof, look out below. It's an occupational hazard of playing in Tropicana Field, and it was a topic, David Ortiz said, that came up during the team's pregame meeting held to go over their scouting report o...

BOSTON -- Gary Hughes, who at 72 is serving as a consultant to the Red Sox near the end of what has been a legendary scouting career, came up and introduced himself to 23-year-old Sox rookie Allen Webster in the Sox clubhouse Wednesday night. This...

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

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

Many in the Yankees organization believe you should wait six weeks before there is a large enough sample for a scouting report. We are only a little more than halfway to what the club would consider a fair amount of games to begin judgment. So gr...

Keith Law scouts North Carolina 3B Colin Moran, who is one of the top college prospects for this year's MLB Draft.

Blog | Conversation | April 19, 2013

Keith Law takes a look at the Tampa Bay Rays top prospects, including Jake Odorizzi and Wil Myers.

Blog | Conversation | April 19, 2013

Keith Law breaks down high school pitcher Hunter Harvey (son of former big leaguer Bryan Harvey), and catcher Nick Ciuffo, two first-round talents.

Blog | Conversation | April 17, 2013

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- I caught the low Class A game between the Charleston RiverDogs and Augusta GreenJackets on Saturday night in Charleston, one of my favorite towns to visit for work. Charleston starter Jose Campos was the "other" guy the Yankees ac...

Blog | April 14, 2013

Keith Law checks in with a scouting report of Jose Campos, the "other" guy the Yankees acquired in the Michael Pineda-Jesus Montero trade. Plus notes on other Yankees and Giants prospects.

Blog | Conversation | April 14, 2013

Author's note: Please keep in mind that evaluating off TV footage isn't the same as scouting a player live or off video angles that are geared to allow for evaluation. Jose Fernandez's major league debut Sunday against the Mets couldn...

Blog | April 09, 2013

Keith Law breaks down Jose Fernandez, Matt Harvey and Julio Teheran after watching an early-season outing from each promising young arm.

Blog | Conversation | April 09, 2013