About the time Jimmy Carter left office and Brett Myers was born, the Philadelphia Phillies were a proud organization. They had the sharpest scouts, a huge staff of men trained in Branch Rickey’s maxims. Even their executives had a scouting mindset. The Phillies wrote the book on scouting: the Philadelphia Scouting Manual. Philadelphia’s scouts were…
Ryan Ludwick is an outfielder in the Oakland Athletics system. The A’s selected him in the second round in 1999 out of UNLV, and he’s been working his way up the system by hitting for power and playing notable defense since then. Ludwick is currently in the Texas League at Midland, where he’s hitting .269…