Baltimore manager Buck Showalter receives regular calls from veteran Authentic Dontae Johnson Jersey , out-of-work scouts looking for jobs.

Many are longtime baseball men who once hit the road to major league cities ahead of their clubs to offer detailed insight of upcoming opponents. Now, advance scouting for many teams has turned to technology: video from every angle and situation, and analytics.

¡±Advance scouting by humans is history,¡± said Bay Area-based Mets scout Shooty Babitt, who also works as an analyst on Oakland Athletics broadcasts. ¡±Thank goodness I¡¯m a scout who evaluates talent. Advance guys prepare strategy.¡±

Showalter¡¯s Orioles don¡¯t have an advance scout working in the ballpark. Same goes for World Series champion Houston, Minnesota, the Angels, Oakland and others.

¡±I¡¯d like to know how many clubs have a human being advance anymore,¡± Showalter said.

With the push of a button, a hitter can watch video of every 2-2 breaking pitch Giants ace Madison Bumgarner has tossed, or flame-throwing Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman¡¯s tendencies with a man on base, or any other specific scenario that requires a closer look. Instead of hoping a scout saw that type of situation in the pitcher¡¯s recent outings, there it is on a screen ¨C sometimes even up to the minute as teams do their own version of advance scouting during a game to gauge what a hitter might see in an upcoming at-bat.

Clubs like the A¡¯s stopped using an advance scout on the road years ago as technology improved and so much data became readily available. While the cost savings might not be as significant as it would seem, many teams have used that money instead to invest in infrastructure Authentic Ryan Jensen Jersey , databases and other state-of-the-art systems to evaluate talent through strategic study.

Yet even with the trend toward video analysis, it doesn¡¯t always provide a complete view of a player but rather glimpses of what he does.

¡±When I¡¯m looking at a pitcher, I¡¯m just looking at clips and pitches. I don¡¯t see his body language in between, I don¡¯t see if he wants to work really fast, we need to slow this guy down,¡± Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. ¡±There¡¯s some little, subtle things that you may not see. ¡­ But we can get a lot done on video.¡±

San Diego¡¯s advance scouting department works from video, staying in-house.

¡±We have advance scouts, not in the traditional sense,¡± Padres manager Andy Green said. ¡±A lot (of teams) have migrated away from that traditional role. There¡¯s so much video I can watch every single throw that every outfielder makes. There¡¯s a camera angle on absolutely everything at this point in time. ¡­ You can see every single pitch from multiple camera angles, so you get a feel for a lot now that you didn¡¯t used to be able to get a feel for. There was a point in time where that advance scout was sitting on signs trying to decipher what the signs were for other teams. That doesn¡¯t happen as much anymore. You¡¯re not finding them out that way.¡±

Still, certain organizations have stuck to traditional methods.

The Marlins use a combination, with president of baseball operations Michael Hill noting Miami has ¡±a live advance scout to monitor things that the analytics don¡¯t capture.¡±

Colorado manager Bud Black firmly believes in advance scouts and what they do to prepare a club ¨C one working at San Francisco¡¯s AT&T Park before the Rockies¡® recent series.

¡±In this ballpark, in the stadium Authentic Vinny Curry Jersey , in a seat, and maybe walking around different viewpoints, too,¡± Black said. ¡±I love the input from advance scouts.¡±

Black appreciates the human element these scouts offer ¨C ¡±There¡¯s some things that the television camera doesn¡¯t pick up, right? And our guys keep an eye on that¡± ¨C and recommended keeping advance scouts when he got the Colorado job before the 2017 season.

Some players sense a difference.

Giants right fielder Andrew McCutchen indicated they might feel devalued because there¡¯s less information on a player without those on-site scouts.

¡±It¡¯s all about what a computer can spit out and let you know. It makes the game a little more efficient and easier for people,¡± McCutchen said. ¡±But in the midst of that, guys are losing an opportunity to be able to showcase what they¡¯re capable of doing. It¡¯s just the way it¡¯s evolving in this game. It¡¯s just baseball and, honestly, life in general. Technology is just what¡¯s new, it¡¯s what¡¯s going on that matters right now.¡±

The NBA is still heavily reliant on the advance scout who hops from city to city at a frenetic pace, and it¡¯s something champion Warriors coach Steve Kerr still counts on as he and his staff must immediately get ready after a game for another opponent as soon as the very next night ¨C or on short notice, like this year leading into the first round of the playoffs when there were several potential opponents as the regular season concluded.

Many baseball managers see both sides of the argument over having a scout in the stadium seats versus studying from afar.

¡±I think it¡¯s how advance scouting has changed,¡± Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. ¡±Some are still in the stands, truly the traditional advance scouting where they¡¯re in the stands following teams you¡¯re about to play. Some are more behind the scenes Authentic Jonathan Allen Jersey , video and analysis. We¡¯re on the latter side of that, so we don¡¯t have a body in the stadium as much as we have an advance scouting department th

The Dallas Cowboys placed the franchise tag on DeMarcus Lawrence on Monday, and the Pro Bowl defensive end quickly signed the one-year contract that guarantees him $17.1 million in 2018.

The Cowboys had until Tuesday to put the tag on Lawrence, who can still sign a long-term deal with the club that traded up him to get him early in the second round in 2014. Lawrence¡¯s agent, David Canter, wrote on Twitter that his client signed the deal.

Lawrence tied All-Pro Calais Campbell of Jacksonville for second in the NFL with 14 sacks last season. The 25-year-old¡¯s breakout year came after he struggled with injuries most of his first three seasons. He had back surgery each of the previous two offseasons.

On the one-year contract, Lawrence¡¯s salary would be the average of the NFL¡¯s five highest-paid defensive ends.

Lawrence is an important piece with the Cowboys trying to get back to the playoffs after missing at 9-7 a year after they had an NFC-best 13 wins before losing a divisional playoff to Green Bay.

The former Boise State player emerged for a Dallas defense that has lacked star power beyond 2016 All-Pro linebacker Sean Lee. Lawrence surpassed his previous career high of eight sacks in the fifth game.

Pass rushing was a problem for the Cowboys in each of their past two trips to the playoffs. In 2014, they finished 28th in sacks and couldn¡¯t get to a hobbled Aaron Rodgers in a divisional loss to the Packers after Lawrence clinched a wild-card win over Detroit with a sack of Matthew Stafford.

In the rematch with Rodgers, Dallas sacked him three times but couldn¡¯t get a stop in the final minutes of a 34-31 loss in January 2017.

Lawrence broke a foot in training camp his rookie year, missing half the season. His second year was Lawrence¡¯s only full season, when he had 31 QB pressures to go with the eight sacks.

After serving a four-game drug suspension to start 2016, he had three sacks in nine games before missing the final three regular-season games with a back injury. He played in the divisional loss to the Packers.

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