By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
March 2, 2013
Riley Moore is my kind of ballplayer and has been ever since I went up to San Marcos to see him play a few of those dreary Channel League games. I never forgot the Area Codes BP before his senior year, nor did I forget that I had to wait like five days to see him get a start. It just goes to show you that sometimes the guys with the most upside get completely ignored when it’s between a guy on media lists and a guy not on media lists. The media does not scout. The baseball industry scouts. And that’s why in the long haul, Riley Moore is going to win.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
February 23, 2013
Trent Gilbert is a guy John Stevenson wanted. One day when the original old man ran into the hitter’s old man, he said he wanted his kid. John had instincts. John knew what lean, quick, whispy left-handed hitters who were slow blooming white boys looked like. He coached the original South Bay model himself.
I miss old John, but I’m glad he got his 1,000 wins, and I’m even happier that I went off script at that rubber chicken lunch to say so. I mean, I guess I could have just creeped out all the softball players by leering at them, but that’s what the other guy was there for, and I was reading my Tris Speaker book while he was leering anyhow.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
April 13, 2012
This guy won’t wow you with velocity, though you will wonder how Kurt Heyer can touch 92 on occasion from average height, slight build and a herky-jerky mid-to-low arm slot that ain’t pretty but might have to be chalked up to “works for this guy, but not for you.”
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
May 4, 2011
Trent Gilbert is the subject of today’s lesson, class. So what do I want you to tell me from watching this clip? No, the answer is not “Hey, he finally made it to Blair Field!” The answer has to do with…
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
December 10, 2010
There are two high schools called San Marcos in Southern California, but only one guy named Riley Moore. We’ve seen video of him here this fall and I’ve got a pretty long trail on him from summer to fall.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
November 29, 2010
Trent Gilbert is going to be a new name to most of the readers here. He’s also a fine lesson in the fact that not every player who is talented enough to be at the Area Codes gets to the Area Codes.
I first came across this guy in 2010 when I was scouting his former high school teammate, Angelo Gumbs, who became a second-round pick of the Yankees. Gilbert was a little bit shorter last year, but you couldn’t miss the wrists from the left side. He helped himself when he had three hits against left-hander Gabe Encinas, another player who signed with the Yankees, who shut down Gumbs but couldn’t get Gilbert out.
Have a look at the video here and we’ll break him down a bit more. If the draft doesn’t beat a path to this guy’s doorstep, he’ll get to the University of Arizona, where he committed earlier this fall.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
July 3, 2009
(photo: UA)
Brad Glenn, 3B
Arizona (2009 Draft)
6-3, 225
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Games seen: 1, Innings: 9 (plus BP)
(700th overall pick, 2009 Draft, Toronto Blue Jays)
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
July 3, 2009
Here’s a look at Glenn’s raw power, captured inside an empty Goodwin Field at Cal State Fullerton. Yes, I was standing behind the batting cage shooting BP. Yes, I talked my way into that opportunity. Yes, I am that good.
Glenn was streaky this season at Arizona, but he wasn’t the only guy on that team out of his element. He doesn’t need me to tell him what the Blue Jays will. But still, you can’t discard a player with power. Sometimes late-round picks surprise you. We’ll see what happens with Glenn, a proud product of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who could probably hit a ball from here to there if he got into one.
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