Future Value: The Battle for Baseballs Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar

An unprecedented look inside the world of baseball scouting and evaluation from Fangraphs lead prospect analystsFor the modern major league team, player evaluation is a complex, multipronged, hightech pursuit. But far from becoming obsolete in this environmentas Michael Lewis Moneyball once forecastthe role of the scout in todays game has evolved and even expanded. Rather than being the antithesis of a datadriven approach, scouting now represents an essential analytical component in a teams arsenal.Future Value is a thorough dive into the world of the contemporary scouta world with its own language, methods, metrics, and madness. From rural high schools to elite amateur showcases, from the back fields of spring training to major league draft rooms, FanGraphs Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel break down the key systems and techniques used to assess talent. Its a process that has moved beyond the quintessential stopwatches and radar guns to include statistical models, countless measurable indicators, and a broader international reach. Practical and probing, discussing wideranging topics from tool grades to front office politics, this is an illuminating exploration of how to watch baseball and see the future.