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Nothing to get excited about, but at least these guys are upper-minor league talents (usually AA compares to indy ball). An ss an what could be an rf are things we need. Sorry if someone beat me to it.

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My source is not good.

But a buddy of mine is a high school coach and played D-1 ball, his observation was the closest level in comparison is AA. Guess I shouldn’t have said “usually”.

by Dadunca on Oct 29, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i just have a hard time believing 22 year olds drafted in the late rounds of the draft....

are the equivalent of AA talent.

Very very few big time college players are even ready for AA at 22.

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 29, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Indy leagues

I remember reading something on the Northern League (when JD Drew was playing there) that the quality of hitters was better than the pitchers, as most of the hitters had washed out somewhere between AA and the majors, while the pitchers were more A ball quality since MLB systems tended to hoard any healthy pitchers under age 25 with remotely good stuff.

by Gopherballs on Oct 29, 2009 7:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So if somebody like Luke Hochevar or Aaron Crow pitched there

it would be somewhat the equivalent of AA for them, and at the worst High A.

by AxDxMx on Oct 30, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i cant imagine the level being that high across the board

22 year olds like pedro alvarez who were the best of the best in the best conferences were started in Hi-A.

How many teams dump guys who at 22 put up these type numbers even Hi-A? If these guys were that good, they’d never have spent a day in crappy independent leagues.

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 30, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Quality certainly varies by league and by team within a particular league

For the better indy leagues, most of the position players are guys who made it to at least AA but were just not good enough to make the majors, or got too old to be prospects, or got hurt. These are basically the guys who are a step down from the AAAA players that fill out AAA rosters — they might hold their own in AA or AAA, but because of their age or lack of upside, the major league organizations pass them over for younger guys or guys with upside. That’s why you do not see many 27 year olds in AA ball, even though they might perform as well as the 23 year olds who do play there.

by Gopherballs on Oct 30, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i can see the older guys being AA level or so....

but a 22 year old who puts up numbers like these guys did, doesnt get dropped and then passed over by 29 other teams

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by billybeingbilly on Oct 30, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heck the are full of MLB All-Stars like our own Ken Harvey

Jeff Zimmerman - Protecting the world from RBI's and Wins from my mom's guest house.

by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Oct 31, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs


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