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Posted By: JK

Peter,

Scouts are used to sign players who might develop into stars. Once they are in the system, I assure you that the player's stats are what earns promotions to higher levels. Moreover, its a players stats (be it high school or college) that get the scout out there in the first place. Finally, go read moneyball - the whole premise of the book is that scouts dont have a clue what they are doing and that the stats tell the story.