Baseball Prospect Report

By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
July 20, 2012

Kieran Lovegrove is one of those arms I would bet my book career that the Indians’ area guy was thrilled got to him. I knew a lot of people who thought there was a lot of upside to this guy. So we will see. I saw him in Summer and Winter but never had the time to go see again in Spring, so I don’t know if he began learning how to pitch with his body and not just his arm. He was pitching so upright in this first clip that it looked like a guy was holding a gun to his back. But you could see the arm strength and the loose arm, so that’s what you take the flyer on.

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Tags: Cleveland Indians, Kieran Lovegrove, Kieran Lovegrove Video

By Jen Marder
June 6, 2011

Today the Cleveland Indians selected Francisco Lindor in the 1st round (#8 overall) in the 2011 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Lindor from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we have published on him through the year.

Watch Francisco Lindor Video
Read Francisco Lindor Scouting Report

Buy Francisco Lindor and other Aflac player Photos

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Tags: Cleveland Indians, Francisco Lindor

By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
November 6, 2010

Drew Pomeranz got a ton of money, a summer vacation, and his feet wet in Instructs. In this look, he was 89-94 with a high 3/4 arm slot. Fastball has occasional cut and 40 command. CHG 82 lacks feel and consistency. Slurve, 79, has depth and arm speed to be average or above-average in time. Bullpen arm if rushed, potential no. 3 starter if allowed to develop secondary stuff.

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Category: 2010 Minor Leagues | No Comments »
Tags: Cleveland Indians, Drew Pomeranz, Drew Pomeranz Update, Drew Pomeranz Video, Ole Miss

By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
July 17, 2010

The Indians went for an interesting cross-section of high school and college pitching and position players.  I think I know why.

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Tags: Cleveland Indians

By Jen Marder
June 8, 2010

Today the Cleveland Indians selected Tony Wolters in the third round (#87 overall) in the 2010 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Wolters from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we have published on him through the year.

Watch Tony Wolters Video
Watch more Tony Wolters Scouting Video
Read Tony Wolters Scouting Report
Watch more Tony Wolters Scouting Video
Read about Tony Wolters at the MLSB Showcase

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Tags: Anthony Wolters, Cleveland Indians

By Jen Marder
June 7, 2010

Today the Cleveland Indians selected Drew Pomeranz in the first round (#5 overall) in the 2010 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Pomeranz from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we have published on him through the year.

Read Drew Pomeranz Scouting Update
Read Drew Pomeranz Scouting Snapshot
Drew Pomeranz Scouting Update/Video

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Tags: Cleveland Indians, Drew Pomeranz, Ole Miss

By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
January 9, 2010

The immediate comparison for Indians right-hander Connor Graham is White Sox closer Bobby Jenks. Graham is a big body with a big arm, a power closer two-pitch type with a fastball, split, and an average curveball. In the brief look I had, Graham struck me as a potential closer who needs to watch his body, improve his fastball command in the strike zone, and keep his composure. Big league hitters tend to smell blood against frustrated young pitchers who throw their gloves against the side of the dugout wall.  

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Category: 2009 Minor Leagues | No Comments »
Tags: Cleveland Indians, Connor Graham, Connor Graham Report, Pro Report

By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
July 23, 2009

Lonnie Chisenhall
Bats: L; Throws: R
6-2, 190
2009 Opening Day age: 20 (B:10/4/88)
Drafted: Indians #1 (29^th overall) 2008 draft
2009 club at time of report: Kinston (High A)
Games seen: 1, Innings: 5 (Cal-Carolina League All-Star game)

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Tags: California-Carolina League All-Star Game, Cleveland Indians, Lonnie Chisenhall, Lonnie Chisenhall Report, Pro Report

By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
July 22, 2009

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians with the club’s No. 1 pick (29^th overall) in the 2008 draft, Lonnie Chisenhall is following up his solid pro debut in the short-A New York Penn League with another solid season at high-A Kinston.

The jump from short-A to high-A sometimes kills young players, but Chisenhall has showed that he’s on track to hit double-A in 2010, a pretty nice pace for a former junior college player. He entered July 2009 hitting .283 with 13 home runs and 19 doubles in 71 games, with an .864 OPS in a pitcher’s league.

The left-handed hitting Chisenhall moved over from shortstop to third base and put the onus on himself to hit for power. He’s done that through three months in 2009 and earned a trip to the California-Carolina League All-Star game, though he was somewhat alarmed at the rise in strikeouts.

Born and raised in baseball rich North Carolina, Chisenhall has a loose and whippy body that should allow for more power as he progresses. Baseball Beginnings caught up with him in Lake Elsinore.  (more…)

Category: 2009 Minor Leagues | 2 Comments »
Tags: California-Carolina League All-Star Game, Cleveland Indians, Lonnie Chisenhall, Lonnie Chisenhall Interview, Pro Interview

By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
June 24, 2009

A funny thing happened Tuesday night: I went to an A-ball game and actually saw some guys who might pitch in the big leagues one day.

When one of these games goes 10 innings and features 25 strikeouts, it’s safe to say that either the wind was blowing in or the pitchers were throwing somewhat controlled smoke — or perhaps a combination of both.

Baseball Beginnings scouted the California-Carolina League All-Star game Tuesday night at Lake Elsinore. We were in the house at 2 p.m., we believe before any pro scouts were in the joint. We collected several interviews, most notably with Giants prospect Buster Posey, Royals prospect Mike Moustakas and Braves prospect Cody Johnson.

We’ll get to those stories in the coming days, but before they kick me out of the press box and make me hop the barbed-wire fence, I have to report what mattered most Tuesday night, the pitching. Read the story after the jump, and I hope that wearing shorts today wasn’t a bad idea. (Ah, the joys of online digital journalism as opposed to print. Personality plays!)

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