Field Notes
Writing on scouting, AI, and the modern game.
Long-form posts on scouting craft, AI in player evaluation, and how ProScoutAIQ thinks about the future of talent identification.
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scouting craft
How to Write a Scouting Report That a Front Office Will Read
The reader is triaging forty reports and has ninety seconds for yours. What to lead with, what to cut, and the habits that make a report worth acting on.
Steve Denney
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scouting fundamentals
The 20-80 Scouting Scale, Explained
How baseball's grading scale actually works, what each number means, and why the benchmark charts you find online are quietly out of date.
Steve Denney
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industry insight
What MLB Area Scouts Actually Do
The job behind the reports: territory coverage, the scouting hierarchy, the calendar, signability, and what an area scout is really being asked to produce.
Steve Denney