Baseball Gloves & Skills : What Do Baseball Scouts Look for?

Baseball scouts look for various tools, such as a player with a good body makeup, good foot speed, a strong arm, accuracy and hitting power. Learn about the five tools that make up a great baseball player with help from a professional baseball player in this free video on baseball scouts.

Expert: Mickey Hiter
Bio: Mickey Hiter played baseball at Lipscomb University.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• baseball
• baseball equipment
• baseball skills
• baseball gloves
• baseball scouting
• throwing baseballs
• baseball players
• baseball rules

[Thethrill1221]

honestly, i kind of wanted to punch him when he sayed they only like the tall ones. im a short 8th grader, and i play on jv for my school.

[Foilsdown]

say bonk plz

[Trey8knights]

@MrStudlyPants I think it is hilarious how you say Lincecum has perfect mechanics, when his are mayb the worst. For one he doesn't have front shoulder alignment, 2 he throws across his body, and 3 he jerks his head very bad. About the only thing good I know from his wind up is that he goes down, back, then up with his throwing arm, and he strides atleast his body length

[Trey8knights]

@TheCCny1 19 Homeruns in 30 games is garbage dude. when I was in 7th grade I hit 5 homeruns out of 12 games. That was my first year on high school field, and I still had more homeruns then most of our starters.

[MacDaddyssf]

There are some exceptions, but IT IS BETTER to be tall.

[MrXJaRvIsX]

Just to let you know i went to Cal State Fullertons camp Richie the starting SS and lead off is only 5'6.

[MrXJaRvIsX]

Im 5'5 and i plat starting JV and just recently got bumped up to practices for varsity and im a freshman!

[Hector3158]

Btw... I'm not being the antagonist.... This gentleman has very useful information....

I'm sure he has experience in the game...

But his conventional oversimplified conception of height is wrong and unfair....

[Hector3158]

@mrstudlypants agreed... Who is this guy to tell short players can't play baseball... I beleive the smaller you are, the bigger heart you have.... Why? Because many people like myself are under rated because of our lack of height...baseball is for short and tall. skinny or fat .... Baseball has no color, ethnicity, age, height, or weight.... That is why I strongly beleive baseball is the sport for ALL

[MrMackey2mhhkay]

@Thethrill1221 I hear ya bro i played on my varsity baseball team at the end of 8th grade on a summer team. im 5'6'' yea obviously its nice to be tall. But if it comes down to equally good players and ones short and ones tall they will go with the best attributes to because ones taller or shorter.

[OFWGKTAMA]

bullshit



[ibanezmanvicente8a]

ohhh wait..... so theyre looking for a fast guy, that plays good defense, hits for power, hits for average, and has a strong arm... AKA a beast baseball player