players don't write letters to big league teams hoping to convince them to draft them. They are found, without exception, by scouts. Once in the system, one could (I guess, and it would be foolish) make decisions based on number crunching there exists no players that haven't been on recommendation of a scout, area scouting boss, cross-checkers etc. A guy with statistical knowledge only will fail at least as much any low-level 'buddy-scout'.If those are the fellas you are familiar with, you would have a point, but they are looked at mostly for rounds 20 and below, not the important picks. I'm not sure why you want to get into it with the players background crowd, but you never seem to miss a chance. I'm afraid that you are wrong in this case.