Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

In a very interesting piece at Baseball America, columnist Chris Kline caught up with a National League scout to talk about Athletics first round draft pick James Simmons.  Simmons put up solid numbers as a reliever for the Rockhounds and he’s had a solid campaign for the Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League.  The scout talks about Simmons workload and he thinks the big thing with Simmons will be whether he can refine his breaking ball or not. He talks about he’s shown improvements in his breaking ball but whether he can perfect will determine the extent of Simmons major league career.