To do this job well, you can't focus all of your time at the top of any draft board. Afterall, area scouts hardly get the luxury of sinking their teeth into buckets of first-round caliber talent on a weekly basis. You ahve to do your digging. You have to get lost in the process, leaving no stone unturned. Finding the D-II left-handed pitcher or mid-major corner outfielder can be just as exciting as writing 800 words on Seaver King and his electric ceiling. The famous names will always be there for the taking, it's the unheralded relief pitchers and and scrappy second basemen that keep me moving each week.
On any given week, I'll write upwards of 10-15 scouting reports on random players I come across in my research. These guys are unearthed in any number of ways. Film study, data study or word of mouth. Then the process begins, …