University of Miami baseball coach Jim Morris recently spoke with DA about his former star catcher Yasmani Grandal. The switch-hitting backstop was drafted 12^th overall by the Cincinnati Reds in this year's MLB Draft.

DA: What was it like to coach a player as talented as Yasmani?

JM: When I first saw him play, I remember saying this guy's outstanding, and he'll probably never go to college because he's too good. Because he could really catch and throw, and when I saw him he really hit we...

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DraftAmerica recently spoke with Bishop Blanchet HS coach George Monica about No. 17 overall pick Josh Sale, the outfielder taken by the Tampa Bay Rays.

DA: What's it been like to coach Josh and see him grow in front of your eyes like that?

GM: He was a starter for us starting with his freshman year, so we got him for four years and he's got about every school hitting record, both career and single season – or pretty darn close anyway. He worked very very hard, [and] it was tremendous ...

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Woodward Academy High School coach Jim Minor recently took the time to discuss his former standout Delino DeShields Jr., selected 8th overall in this year's draft by the Houston Astros.

DA: I want to congratulate you on Delino being drafted.

JM: Well thank you. That's real exciting to have a player chosen in the first round like that. It actually brought tears to my eyes, to be honest with you.

DA: Have you had any other players come out of Woodward?

JM: We haven't had anybody come out ...

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I'm Draft America’s NHL Draft Editor, Ryan Wagman, and today the Spotlight shines on Corey Pronman, hockey prospect guru from Puck Prospectus, and a key player for the upcoming prospect site, Premium Scouting. Let's get right to the interview...

Ryan Wagman: Corey, thanks for taking some time for Draft America’s readers. Tell us about your newest project.

Corey Pronman: The site is called Premium Scouting. The purpose of it is to bring regular reports, analysis and news on pre-and post NHL ...
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I'm Greg Pappas... welcoming everyone to Draft America’s 'Spotlight' on industry giant Kevin Goldstein of BaseballProspectus.com!
    
Thanks again for agreeing to do this Kevin, it’s an honor to have you.

GP… Can you give us some information regarding your background (how you got into the business, your work experience and progression, etc.) and what your current duties at BP entail?
 
KG… Here's the very short version.  Early in the last decade, I started an email newsletter called The ...
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I'm Greg Pappas... welcoming everyone to Draft America’s 'Spotlight' on Andy Seiler of MLBBonusBaby.com.
    
Thanks again for agreeing to do this Andy, it’s an honor to have you.

    
GP... Can you give us some information regarding your background (how you got into the business, your work experience and progression, etc.) and what your current duties at MLBBB entail?


AS... Like most people, I really started into baseball as a fan and player as a kid. I don't remember any time in my life wh...
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This is Greg Pappas... It's my pleasure to conduct our very first "Spotlight" interview with Perfect Game and 5ToolTalk.com's Patrick Ebert.
 
GP... Patrick, can you give us some background information on how you got into writing about the MLB Draft, your professional progression -including what you are doing now, and what you hope to accomplish going forward?

PE... I've been a prospect junkie since the late 1980s, years before I had ever even heard of Baseball America, and when The Sporting ...

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