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Mature, Fearless Jared Johnson Took a Circuitous Route to Pro Baseball

Jul 17, 2017

Draft, Features, Interviews, Minor League Baseball, Washington Nationals

When a baseball player takes a few years off, it can raise questions. The most notable example is Josh Hamilton, whose league-imposed hiatus was not a pattern any aspiring ballplayer would want to follow. Almos...

Hard Work, Patience Paying Off for Furman RHP Will Gaddis

Jeff J. Snider

May 22, 2017

College, Draft, Features

It's easy to look at star athletes and think their success was inevitable. Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw and Bryce Harper and LeBron James and Aaron Rodgers -- they all used to be the "next big thing," and the...

College Standout Janisse Tosses No-Hitter

Kyle O'Neill

Apr 1, 2016

College, Draft, Headlines

Skylar Janisse, a senior at Oklahoma City University, was always on the radar of Major League Baseball organizations. His most recent outing, is just the latest to show why that's the case. On March 26, Janisse...

Growing Up Aldrete

Patrick Brewer

Jan 8, 2016

College, Draft, Headlines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4G7yw-oWlQ For many high school baseball players, the expectation to perform can be overwhelming. For Carter Aldrete, that expectation is assumed. The high school senior from M...

Oakland A’s Prospect Michael Nolan Confirmed Dead Following Shooting

Gershon Rabinowitz

Oct 9, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Minor League Baseball, Oakland Athletics

In baseball terms, when a prospect's stock begins to drop, he is referred to as a "flame out". On Thursday, that term took on a sad and callous meaning when Michael Nolan, a pitching prospect in the Oakland A's...

Red Sox Promote First Rounder Andrew Benintendi to Single-A Greenville

Gershon Rabinowitz

Aug 16, 2015

Boston Red Sox, Breaking News, Headlines, Minor League Baseball, Transactions

Just two months after being named the consensus winner of the Golden Spikes Award, Boston Red Sox prospect Andrew Benintendi has been promoted to Single-A Greenville, as first reported by SoxProspects.com. Beni...

2015 Draft Guide and Mock Draft 3.0

James Meslener

Jun 8, 2015

Draft

Everything You Need to Know about the 2015 Draft and Mock Draft 3.0 It’s finally here, baseball fans. June 8, 2015, the first year player draft. The Rule 4 draft was first started back in 1965, with Rick Mon...

Carson Fulmer Catches Red Sox Eye Once Again

Tyler Milliken

Apr 22, 2015

American League, American League East, Boston Red Sox, College, Draft, Major League Baseball

Three years ago today Carson Fulmer was a young high school kid attending All Saints' Academy in Winter Haven, Florida, where he continued to catch the eyes of scouts across the country each time he stepped on ...

UT Arlington-Georgia State Weekend Notes

Scott Stone

Mar 29, 2015

College, Headlines

UTA and Georgia State are in the mix early on in Sun Belt Conference play, as both are sitting at 4th and 5th in the standings through the first few series' of the conference season. Though this won't be posted...

First Hand Reports: P.J. Jones of Washington State

Shaun P Kernahan

Feb 24, 2015

College, Draft, Interviews

An undersized senior in college baseball is not traditionally a high priority prospect come MLB draft season, and P.J. Jones won’t be at the top of any draft boards, but don’t sleep on him. His numbers have act...

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