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PG had a headline about them.  I think I'd read something about them awhile back.  It could have been a different program though.  The team has six former MLB players.  Most seem to be 2011 grads, and most were super highly rated players.  Many went to top SEC programs.  Many were first round selections.

I am admittedly a bit ignorant on this and don't have the time to research everything, but, how does one go from a 2013 or even 2016 MLB debut to playing in Perfect Game events?

How many other teams out there are stacked like this?

Is it fair for them to play against high school kids in WWBA events?  Why would they want to?

I'd bet good money that PGStaff has some really interesting insight into this for us.  

I am that wretch.

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Are you sure you are talking about a current team?  I don't believe FTB (Florida Travel Ball) has been associated with the Cardinals for a few years. Their Mizuno team is all 2017's or younger.

All PG events are either age or graduation year limited, so I can't think an overaged team would be allowed - nor why one would bother participating.

Could you be referring the FTB Mizuno team from 2010-2011? That one had Lindor, Baez and Fernandez on it.  

I did make a mistake.  I apparently read an article that was referring to 6 former players having made MLB rosters.  The team I was looking at did, indeed, play together in 2010.

I conflated all of this with an article I read earlier in the year discussing Tim Hudson and several other former MLB players playing in an amateur tournament, and I didn't pay close enough attention to the article.

Oops.

2010 PG WWBA Championship, Jupiter Florida

FTB/Cardinals Scout Team finished in third place.

Here was their roster for that event. They ended up having 10 first Rd picks.

Name Pos. Ht Wt B/T Yr. School Hometown Commitment

Javier Baez IF C 5-11 170 R/R 2011 Arlington Country Day Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville

Dante Bichette 3B 1B, SS 6-1 205 R/R 2011 Orangewood Christian Orlando, FL Georgia

Hudson Boyd RHP 6-2 235 R/R 2011 Bishop Verot Fort Myers, FL Florida

Jason Carmichael RHP 6-3 170 R/R 2012 Mariner Cape Coral, FL Florida

Devon Carr LHP 1B 6-2 175 R/L 2011 Cardinal Mooney Bradenton, FL Florida Gulf Coast

Daniel Cortes OF 1B 5-9 150 L/L 2011 Lake Mary Altamonte Springs, FL Army

Zach Eflin RHP 1B 6-4 200 R/R 2012 Hagerty Chuluota, FL UCF

Jose Fernandez RHP 6-4 215 R/R 2011 Alonso Tampa, FL South Florida

Tyler Gonzales RHP SS 6-2 175 R/R 2012 James Madison San Antonio, TX Texas

Dominic Jose OF 6-3 185 S/R 2011 Boca Raton Community Lake Worth, FL Stanford

Jakob Junis SS RHP 6-3 210 R/R 2011 Rock Falls Township Rock Falls, IL North Carolina State

Patrick Kulick LHP OF 6-1 200 L/L 2011 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Coral Springs, FL Miami

Brad Labozzetta RHP 6-2 165 L/R 2012 Lakeland Senior Lakeland, FL Florida Gulf Coast

Deshorn Lake RHP 6-0 210 R/R 2011 Menchville Newport News, VA East Carolina

Francisco Lindor SS 5-11 170 S/R 2011 Montverde Academy Clermont, FL Florida State

Tyler Marlette C 3B 5-11 195 R/R 2011 Hagerty Oviedo, FL UCF

Henry Owens LHP 6-6 195 L/L 2011 Edison Huntington Beach, CA Miami

Jamie Paulding RHP 1B 6-2 210 R/R 2012 Martin County Palm City, FL U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Tyler Pike LHP OF 5-10 165 L/L 2012 Winter Haven Senior Winter Haven, FL Florida State

Gabe Rivera RHP UT 6-0 160 R/R 2011 Hagerty Oviedo, FL Florida Gulf Coast

Roberto Rodriguez C OF 5-10 180 S/R 2011 Montverde Academy Clermont, FL Georgetown

Justin Shafer RHP OF, SS 6-2 185 R/R 2011 Lake Wales Senior Lake Wales, FL Florida

Jarred Smith MIF 6-0 165 L/R 2011 Lake Wales Senior Lake Wales, FL Florida Atlantic

Elvin Soto C 6-0 190 S/R 2011 Xaverian New York, NY Pittsburgh

Conner Stanley RHP 6-3 180 R/R 2011 Oviedo Oviedo, FL Georgia State

James Vasquez 1B 6-0 205 L/L 2011 Martin County Palm City, FL UCF

Daniel Vogelbach 1B OF 5-11 280 L/R 2011 Bishop Verot N. Ft. Myers, FL Florida

Richard White RHP 6-2 175 R/R 2011 St. Croix, VI

Jesse Winker OF 1B, LHP 6-2 190 L/L 2012 Olympia Windermere, FL

 

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