Minor League Baseball Analyst 2008 (Paperback)

by Deric McKamey (Author)

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Product Description

Deric McKamey's Minor League Baseball Analyst is the first book to fully integrate sabermetrics and scouting. A long-term Bill James disciple and graduate of Major League Baseball's scout school, Deric provides his unique brand of analysis for over 1,000 minor leaguers. For baseball analysts and those who play in fantasy leagues with farm systems, the Analyst is the perfect complement to the Baseball Forecaster and is designed exactly for the reader's needs.\n

About the Author
Deric McKamey, BaseballHQ.com's Director of Minor League Analysis since 1996, has over 20 years experience as a baseball analyst. He is a graduate of Major League Baseball's scout school (class of 2002), giving him unique skills in prospect evaluation. He meets regularly with players, development directors and major league GM's with his hands-on approach to evaluating prospects. Deric has been a regular contributor to Street & Smith's Baseball magazine for the past five years and has been an advisor to the St. Louis Cardinals since 2004. He graduated from Ohio State.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Shandler Enterprises Llc; 3rd edition (December 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891566725
• ISBN-13: 978-1891566721
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #639,971 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glad I picked it up, March 27, 2006

By	Greg Austin (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Minor League Baseball Analyst (Paperback)

I was hungry for another set of prospect evaluations after digesting all of the "Baseball America Propsect Handbook" and figured for $13 and from an author I was familiar with, what the heck.

I was impressed at the number of velocities he had(everyone's fastball) for the prospects secondary pitches and Home to First Base times he had for the position players( a 1/3 approx.). He also had his own top rankings for every position on the diamond including separating starting from relieving. There's over a 1000 players evaluated(around 35 for each) so you really get a good feel for each player with the combination of grades(on a 5 point scale), sabermetric stats and blurbs(and for 3/4th velocities or times). Not really a fan of sabermetrics but I liked the one used here to try to see how my favorite Giant prospects matched up with other team's.

He was really stingy with his accolades. He didn't hand out many 5's(his highest grade for the tools or pitches) and the ones he did hand out backed up what I've heard from a couple different sources. He also got a lot(around 95% for my Giants) of the velocities and times to 1b absolutely correct, as a couple places have gotten some exaggerated reports. Very interesting that he could have such a good read on so many players on what has to be a limited budget. Like the guy before me said, I will definetly be picking one up next year.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid read for people looking at future players., April 4, 2006

By	A. Tischauser "Baseball Book Hound" (Shawano, Wi) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Minor League Baseball Analyst (Paperback)

I really like this book for the information that it has. You can really look into the guts of a players ability by the stats and writes ups that are provided by the writer. Anyone trying to find a future star in baseball needs to have this book.

Only issue I had is that there are a few older minor league players in this book. These guys to me seem to be 4A players for their career and could have been left out for me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best in the business!, February 1, 2008

By	T. Linhart - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

All one has to do is a little research as to the prognostication record of minor league "gurus" and they'll discover that Deric McKamey's accuracy is at the top of the heap. For anyone who loves minor league baseball, this book is written by the one of the best. For those who have attended any of BaseballHQ's live seminars, they would agree. Deric doesn't use notes as he fields questions about any prospect. The reason? This book is written by a real MLB scout who has seen most of the players that he writes about.

If you are in a fantasy baseball league that includes minor leaguers, THIS is the book you want.