High School Baseball in America is arguably the most popular high school sport in the United States.  With the advent of the internet, it has become easier for fans and scouts to keep track of high school teams across the nation.  In addition to being very popular, it is currently the only major American sport that allows players to be drafted straight from high school.  This fact gives the players added incentive to perform at high levels because of the chance they are being scouted by a Major League team.  The popularity of high school baseball has especially boomed because Baseball America, which is a publication that focuses a lot of man power on high school baseball.  This allows many Major League scouts to see what players are doing well and who should be seen in person for further evaluation.

 Baseball America was founded in 1981 with the main purpose of the publication being to help evaluate young talent in high school and bring this information to minor and major league clubs across the country.  Baseball America almost single handily brought high school baseball into the limelight and many high school players can thank the publication for them being scouted.  Baseball America not only highlights players in high profile areas but also in more rural areas where a lot of high school players do not get the attention that they deserve.

 Baseball America is known for its ability to scout up and coming baseball players quite accurately and have over 17,000 players across the country in their database as of May 2009, with the majority of these players having full scouting reports in addition to their basic statistics and information.  Many major league scouts will only use Baseball America in order to evaluate talent before seeing the player in person because of the reliability that Baseball America has shown over the years in finding the next big thing in the baseball world.  Since 1981, Baseball America has awarded a player of the year for high school and every player on this prestigious list has made it to the Major Leagues.  The list of players includes but is not limited to Dwight Gooden, Jose Canseco, Frank Thomas, Manny Ramirez, Derek Jeter, and Josh Beckett.  It seems than whenever Baseball America touts a new hot prospect they are rarely if ever wrong on evaluating their potential.

 Baseball America while great at evaluating talent is also great at evaluating teams and ranks teams across the country into a Top 25 poll every week during the season.  This gives teams without the next breakout star to have a sense of team pride when they are considered in the top echelon of teams across the country.  This also allows Major League and Minor League scouts to check out these teams during high profile games and see if any player that went unnoticed previously is someone that could help improve a team at the next level.

 Baseball America is a very integral part in the success of High School baseball in America and without their hard work and dedication to bringing information on prospects to the correct people, the high school baseball world as we know it might not be the same today.