By Jen Marder
June 8, 2011
The St. Louis Cardinals selected Charles Tilson in the 2nd round (79overall) in the 2011 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Tilson from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we have published on him through the year.
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By Jen Marder
June 6, 2011
Today the St. Louis Cardinals selected Kolten Wong in the 1st round (#22 overall) in the 2011 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Wong from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we have published on him through the year.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
September 18, 2010
This was almost a one-in-a-million, or maybe a one-in-six-million draft for the Cardinals. As it is, they still got a pretty good haul, even if the one that got away might have been the biggest fish of all.
By Jen Marder
June 8, 2010
Today the St. Louis Cardinals selected Austin Wilson with the #379 overall pick in the 2010 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Wilson from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we have published on him through the year.
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By Jen Marder
June 7, 2010
Today the St. Louis Cardinals selected Tyrell Jenkins in the compensation round (#50 overall) in the 2010 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Jenkins from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we have published on him through the year.
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By Jen Marder
June 7, 2010
Today the St. Louis Cardinals selected Seth Blair in the compensation round (#46 overall) in the 2010 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Blair from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we have published on him through the year.
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By Jen Marder
June 7, 2010
Today the St. Louis Cardinals selected Zack Cox in the first round (#25 overall) in the 2010 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has scouted Cox. Enjoy links to the content we have published on him through the year.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
February 21, 2010
Virgil Hill waited out the draft through three cycles before he found an organization that thought his athletic ability outweighed what other clubs told him was a lack of baseball experience. Originally drafted by the Florida Marlins as a shortstop in the 28th round of the 2007 draft, Hill had been a starting free safety, a starting point guard, and a sprinter in track and field at Valencia (Calif.) HS.
Hill went to Los Angeles Mission College and saw his stock slip in the 2008 draft to the Oakland A’s in the 35th round. Finally, in 2009, he signed with the Cardinals as a sixth round pick and began his pro career and started in the Gulf Coast League. Baseball Beginnings caught up recently with Hill, who might one day find himself patrolling center field for the Cardinals and following in a long line of guys who could flat-out run.
Like Vince Coleman or Lou Brock before him, Hill is a young athlete who can run, and will set out to show in the minor leagues that he can hit well enough to play every day in the majors, and that what he gained in other sports before focusing on baseball gives him some tools that single-sport baseball players don’t acquire as amateurs.
By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
January 17, 2010
I thought Daryl Jones had some of the better hands I saw in the Arizona Fall League, enough to make me think that he’s going to have a little bit more power than his 5-11, 180 frame suggests he will.
Batting practice in Arizona always has to be taken with a grain of salt because of the thin air. But the left-handed hitting Jones showed a little bit of power to right-center, which is a good sign. Power won’t be his ticket, but it won’t hurt if he’s viewed at the major league level as an occasional threat. I think his hands are going to allow him to develop that. I can’t stress that enough. From a scouting perspective, I want guys who can generate bat speed and wait for a pitch to get deep. I think Jones can do that. I think he’s aggressive and he’s developing a feel for discipline. He’s an above-average athlete, with quick muscle actions. I liked the guy as a Whitey Herzog type of ballplayer with a little less height and a little more pop.
