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Scouting Reports: Wisconsin

Jun. 6, 2007
The Badger State should have a player selected in the first three rounds for the third time in four years, with several intriguing pitchers to boot. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Ohio

Jun. 6, 2007
The Buckeye State has another productive class, highlighted by five pitchers among the Top 200 Prospects. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Minnesota

Jun. 6, 2007
It's another thin crop in the Gopher State, which will struggle to produce a pick in the first 10 rounds. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Michigan

Jun. 6, 2007
The Great Lakes State doesn't have much to offer this year, though it's a slight improvement over 2006, when the state produced only one player in the first 15 rounds. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Indiana

Jun. 6, 2007
The Hoosier State offers great high school pitching, led by Jarrod Parker, but little else. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Illinois

Jun. 6, 2007
The Prairie State has strength at the top, with four players in Baseball America's Top 200 Draft Prospects, and deep high school pitching, but things drop off quickly after that. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Dakotas

Jun. 6, 2007
The Dakotas are always thin, but they offer one intriguing college player and one projectable high school player, among others this year. [...] Continue Reading »

Rice Pitchers Battle Injuries, Stigma

Jun. 5, 2007
Like seemingly every prior moment of his baseball career, Rice lefthander/first baseman Joe Savery was acutely aware of how his July 6, 2006, surgery to remove bone spurs from his left shoulder could affect his draft position. [...] Continue Reading »

Aumont Highlights Canadian Crop

Jun. 5, 2007
The first time the light went on for righthander Phillippe Aumont was at the East Coast Showcase last August. A coach came into the clubhouse at the showcase in Wilmington, N.C., and said it was "nice to have a first-rounder on our team." [...] Continue Reading »

Diminutive Parker Rises Quickly

Jun. 5, 2007
Jarrod Parker's wakeup moment, the one that he might reflect back on one day and consider the significance of, occurred in the summer of 2005. It came in the form of an invitation to the Area Code Games, a prominent showcase for high school players in Long Beach, one typically reserved for rising seniors. Many amateur baseball observers around Fort Wayne, Ind., already knew the spindly righthander had loads of talent. They just weren't sure he had realized it quite yet. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Nebraska

Jun. 4, 2007
Disappointing seasons by a number of players at the University of Nebraska added to a disappointing year in the Cornhusker State. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Iowa

Jun. 4, 2007
The Hawkeye State has one player who could go in the first 100 picks, and decent talent in the junior-college and college ranks. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Kansas

Jun. 4, 2007
Wichita State dominates the talent in the Sunflower State this year, while the high school class is unusually weak. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Missouri

Jun. 4, 2007
The Show Me State has some talented pitchers to show teams this year, but beyond that it's marginal college players and high schoolers who will probably head to college. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Oklahoma

Jun. 4, 2007
The Sooner State is booming in 2007, even with a high school and junior college group that is down a bit, thanks to three hitters who should be gone by the supplemental first round. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Arkansas

Jun. 4, 2007
The all-prospect rotation at the University of Arkansas alone makes it a good year in the Natural State. [...] Continue Reading »

Harvey, Porcello Share More Than Great Talent

Jun. 1, 2007
With three weeks remaining until the 2007 draft, high school seniors like Matt Harvey and Rick Porcello already have reached the height of anticipation. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Texas

Jun. 1, 2007
Even in an unremarkable year for the Lone Star State, Texas offers more than a hundred players worth taking a look at, including a dozen who could go in the first or supplemental rounds. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Upper New England

Jun. 1, 2007
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont don't have much to interest professional scouts, with Division II Franklin Pierce rounding up the only real talent in the area. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Pennsylvania

Jun. 1, 2007
The ascent of Devin Mesoraco is the big story in a good year for high school talent in the Keystone State. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: New York

Jun. 1, 2007
The Empire State doesn't have one player who'll knock your socks off, but there are lots of interesting prospects in both the high school and college classes. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: New Jersey

Jun. 1, 2007
The Garden State offers several candidates for the top of the draft, as well as nice depth in the high school class. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Mid-Atlantic

Jun. 1, 2007
The Mid-Atlantic region, which includes Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Washington, D.C., has a few players with intriguing tools but not much depth. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Massachusetts

Jun. 1, 2007
The Bay State has almost nothing to offer from its colleges, but lines up a nice high school crop behind two-way talent Jack McGeary. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Lower New England

Jun. 1, 2007
This two-state area (Connecticut and Rhode Island) offers one of its best draft crops in years, thanks to an unusually deep high school class. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Canada

Jun. 1, 2007
America's attic could produce its greatest number of draft picks ever, including a couple of pitching prospects who could go in the first round. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Washington

May. 30, 2007
The Evergreen State has some intriguing arms, and players' stock seemed likely to continue to rise and fall right up to the draft. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Utah

May. 30, 2007
Scouts were buzzing in the Beehive State this year, with a strong high school crop that will be worth watching to see if players sign or head to college. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Pacific Rim

May. 30, 2007
The 49th and 50th states have little to offer this year, with a few interesting college players in Hawaii and a few Alaskan high school players who might bear watching as college players. [...] Continue Reading »

Scouting Reports: Oregon

May. 30, 2007
Once again Oregon has a decent crop of draftable talent including a pair of solid Oregon State prospects. [...] Continue Reading »