It doesn't happen often, but Missouri State baseball head coach Keith Guttin sometimes will sign a player without having ever watched him play.
It just so happens to be the case with the best player on his team this season.
Guttin remembers his former volunteer assistant coach, Joe Lincoln, calling him from Chicago where he was coaching a summer ball team. Lincoln's team was getting ready to practice when he watched a player take batting practice and work out.
Lincoln gave Guttin the name "Drake Baldwin."
From Madison West High in Wisconsin, Baldwin was the fourth-ranked player in his class and was rated as the 41st-best catcher in high school baseball.