Cadad, The same year Plouffe and Bush were drafted, 2004 which would have made the players Frosh this past year, the following guys were taken too....Walker, Butler, Elbert, Golson, Hughes, Waldrop, DeWitt, and Hurley. They all did well at advanced levels. As 19 year olds, Plouffe and Bush were in the Midwest League which is way past any level of D1 ball. In 2003 the class that would have been Sophs this past year included Young, Lubanski. Harvey, Danks, Stewart, Milledge, Moses, Wood, Barton and Billingsley. The only one who had a tough time from the 03 group was Allison, who had off field problems.
I would like to ask you this question....have you seen a short season team play? The nearest one to you is in Eugene, Oregon.