Marcus hit .412 last season. Threw out six runners at the plate. Never missed an inning. Then showcase invites went out — and three teammates with worse numbers got the call because of one highlight-reel moment. Marcus got a group text instead.If tha...

Every season, some kid with a .280 average and a below-average arm gets more looks than the guy hitting .340.It's not fair. It's also not random.Scouts and coaches don't watch stat lines first. They watch a radar gun, a bat speed number, a 60-yard ti...

A 16-year-old gets cut from varsity tryouts. Again. His coach even tells him his arm looks "pretty live" in the bullpen — but live doesn't get remembered, loud does. So he does what almost every overlooked player does: benches three times a week, add...

A scout sat three rows up. Kid at the plate hit a sharp grounder, busted it down the line, beat the throw by half a step.The scout closed his notebook and walked to his car.Why? He’d already clocked the kid at 7.4 in the 60-yard dash earlier that wee...

There's a kid out there — great swing in the cage, nice exit velo on the tee — who goes 0-for-4 every time it counts.Maybe that's you. Maybe it's your son. Either way, it's not bad luck. It's a structural problem with how the practice time is being s...