Rob Murray took over as the Noble and Greenough School baseball coach in 2013 and has since helped turn the program into one of the model outfits in the Independent School League. Murray recently joined the New England Baseball Journal Podcast to talk about his process for culture-building and … [Read more...]
2021 MLB Draft: Biggest surprises, snubs through the first 10 rounds
MLB scouts occasionally downplay the significance of a particular player's performance over one season. For instance, if a college pitcher can throw 98 mph, it's not the end of the world if he has an inflated ERA due to a couple of bad starts. The MLB Draft emphasizes projection over production, so … [Read more...]
2021 MLB Draft: 15 players from New England selected in first 10 rounds
Northeast regional scouts have been saying for months that this could be a historic draft for New England players. It turns out they were right. A total of 15 players from New England were selected in the first 10 rounds of the 2021 MLB Draft -- surpassing the previous record of 12 for the first 10 … [Read more...]
2021 MLB Draft: Morissette, Baez, Hajjar earn second-round selections
The hits keep on coming for New England draft prospects in 2021. After three New England natives were selected in the first round yesterday for only the fifth time in MLB Draft history, three more New England natives were selected in the second round this afternoon. Boston College infielder Cody … [Read more...]
2021 MLB Draft: 10 candidates to get selected in Rounds 2 through 10
The 2021 MLB Draft will restart at 1 p.m. with the first pick in the second round. Teams will have one minute to make each pick for today's portion of the draft, which includes Rounds 2 to 10. You can live stream the draft at MLB.com. Three natives of New England earned selections in the first round … [Read more...]
2021 MLB Draft: How much will New England’s first-rounders get paid?
The economics of the MLB Draft play a large part in when players get selected, as general managers strategize as to how to best allocate their respective team's bonus pool. In the first 10 rounds of the MLB draft, each pick is assigned a certain amount of guaranteed bonus money that teams are … [Read more...]