About a year ago I started learning how to code at Tread. None of this would be possible without the brains of Cam (@k_camden) and Rylan (@RylanDomingues). Making this blog forced me to go back and clean up the code, but some of it is still a mess since it’s…

Anybody that works with amateur data knows it has flaws. Sample sizes can be small, and even more so with batted ball data. It’s why I’d never say a model should be followed blindly. For example, the model I built doesn’t combine Wyatt Langford’s sophomore and junior batted ball data…

When it comes to the draft, every player is unique and plenty of variables impact how a player’s career tuns out. Many of these variables aren’t quantifiable, but drastically change how a player pans out. Random variance plays a big role into how an amateur prospects career plays out. In…

We’re halfway through the college season and plenty of prospects have stood out or regressed. Here are 29 players who have either garnered interest this spring or prior to this spring. Nolan Schanuel, 1B, Florida Atlantic Schanuel reminds me of Tyler Locklear from last year. He’s been one of the best hitters in college baseball…

I’ve been watching Letter Kenny and it’s starting to give the Sopranos a run for their money. I’m not one for primers, so let’s get cooking. Khristian Curtis, RHP, Arizona State Curtis’ heater isn’t good and is right in the dead zone but his secondaries are plus all together. His cutter at 87–91 is probably…

College baseball starts in two weeks, and we’re five months away from draft day. Similarly to how a pro team would this far out — and before they’ve ran their final model — I’m highlighting who I’d be sending scouts out to see at the start of the spring. …

The MLB draft will have its first ever draft lottery today. Unlike the NFL draft, we rarely who the ‘can’t miss’ top prospect is one year out, though we do have a hunch. This year that player looks to be Dylan Crews, but there plenty of others in the mix. …

College baseball is routinely a few years behind every advancement in the baseball world, and that’s not a knock on the college game. The coaches that are ahead tend to get scooped up before they have a chance to influence the college game. The Cardinals hired Dusty Blake away from…

First it was Carroll, the top prospect on my top-100 list. Then it was Gunnar, the second-best prospect on that same list. With both of them gone, somebody else has to slot in at the top spot. …