The draft is less than a month away, and new players will join the organization with the promise of being potential All-Stars, or perhaps, the next bust. Predicting player development is hard work, and that is perhaps best illustrated by going back and looking at old scouting reports. Baseball America has made that possible by archiving all of their scouting reports, and it is fun to go back and look at what they thought of players back when they were pimple-faced teenagers. Here is a snippet from a report on All-World outfielder Mike Trout.
Trout’s frame and skill set draws comparisons to Aaron Rowand, but he’s a faster runner--he runs the 60-yard dash in 6.