Nice. I was more trying to compare the cape cod, where a lot of the best college guys showcase, to advanced A.
Yes, teams in the NCAA are not comparable to High A teams, but an all star team of the top college players could probably compete there. I just don't see how guys get challenged by going to SS ball against basically a mix of all the same level guys they played against in college and other guys whose careers have stalled out, and the next year maybe go up to full season low A, where they should have been already.
The best guys from college should be going to Low A IMO.
"Probably a pipe dream but how much value does donaldson even have at this point, any way or reason they could sign him?"
Someone else here said this awhile back but... i fully expect the Donaldson situation to turn out as horribly as possible for the Jays.
There's actually numerous college draftees that start in Low A full season ball after the draft every year, just seems for some reason the Jays never seem to do it.
Advanced A is the rough equivalent to the highest level of college ball yet very few teams ever send their college draftees to that level.
"You need to learn, so during the spring we do Analytics for Dummies. That’s what we call it. We take our most veteran baseball people, our on-the-field lifers, and bring them upstairs to go over every analytic there is and find the [equivalent of a] .300 batting average in every one of them."
So Buck. You're talking analytics and then use the parallel of the must un-analytic thing, and probably most old school thing for hitters..... batting average.
Sounds like he should stay after class.
I know. Wasn't speaking about Happ specifically, just a general comment on why you try to get more from a division rival if you are trading an asset with multiple year of control.
First.... Pujols and Cabrera are 50 now, and their 20's were actually mostly their 30's.
By your same logic, Mike Trout should be a derailed player by now after 3 injuries to his wrist, thumb, and hamstring. 3 separate injuries over the past 3 seasons - that decline is gonna happen any day now.
Juan Soto was injured for most of last season in the minors.
As were any number of other top prospects who still go on to do well. As many examples you can find of injuries derailing a top prospects career, there's probably an equal number who go on to succeed anyways.
Point is.... 1 f***ing injury means jack s***.
Of course, but because you're gonna be playing them next year with guys you traded to them(assuming it's not rentals being dealt), you want to squeeze something extra out of them, because you're making them better too
You're kinda mixing up prospect talk. B guys in the Yankees org are still gonna be B guys in any other org.
Where they rank in a top 10 list doesn't matter
PLayers of the Day: Joshua Palafios, Gabriel Moreno
Honourable Mentions: Jordan Groshans, Leonardo Jimenez, Adrian Hernandez, Rainer Nunez, Josh Winckowski, Christopher Bec, Kacy Clemens, Rodrigo Orozco, Eduard Pinto
So... sounds to me like you're switching teams in order to be safer at home in case of a fire.
Pretty sound logic actually. I know my 5'6" 120 pound wife has zero chance of helping me in an emergency. Maybe this heterosexuality isn't all is cracked up to be