Don’t mean shit.

Not that Moustakas may not have any faults, and not that some scouts may have been a little too optimistic last year, but this is akin to playing Monday Morning QB.

This is why I distrust scouts in general. Yes, scouting is hugely relevant. A good scout can tell us things that would be incredibly difficult and time-consuming to quantify with numbers (bat speed, power potential, pitching mechanics), but it can also be some of the biggest cop-out bullcrap in the game. Either Moose had the tools to succeed at the MLB or he did not. If it turns out he does not, then a lot of scouts flat-out misinterpreted his ability.

 An exception might be a dramatic shift in the way Mike plays the game, but we have heard no such rumblings. There were definite red-flag in Moustakas’ game last year, especially concerning his plate discipline, but scouts should not come out of the woodwork to point those out only when things start going south (and, to be fair, some did point out Moose’s flaws last year). To make it clear, I am not complaining about this scout in particular (who knows what he thought of Moustakas before?), but of the scouting community in general. It seems often that scouts are influenced by what kind of numbers a player is putting up which, to me, shows very little integrity.

On the brighter side, Omaha’s top prospects (especially Moustakas) cleaned up tonight.