Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley speak to FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen and ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel about their brand-new volume, Future Value: The Battle for Baseball’s Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar, touching on topics including the best kinds of scouting legends, how technology and data have confirmed or invalidated traditional scouting creeds, how smart-alecky teams are spending, how to make a miserly proprietor invest in scouting and development, whether scouts should have access to data, whether scouts can accurately analyse makeup, introverted vs. extroverted scouts, whether it’s good or bad for squads to have a ” form ,” how crews will train prospects if there isn’t a minor league season, whether it’s possible to foresee gashes, Eric and Kiley’s scouting concentrations and weaknesses, and much more.
Audio intro: The Weakerthans, “Relative Surplus Value” Audio outro: Erick Dayz, “Scouting Report“
Link to lineup Future Value Link to Future Value excerpt Link to Eric and Kiley’s scouting primer Link to Ben on Scout School Link to Kiley on the Yankees subscribe minor league free agent Link to Russell Carleton on adolescent cognitive increase Link to Brandon Martin story Link to Toe Nash story Link to Ebert’s John Prine review Link to article about serial competitor impersonator Link to article about Joba impersonator Link to article about Pasqua impersonator Link to article about Mets/ Marlins con artist Link to Stark on Molina’s home run Link to lineup The Only Rule Is It “re going to have to” Work Link to guild The MVP Machine
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