Originally Posted by 24'sdad:
Originally Posted by 10-22:
10-22 I am not sure of ball players in the minors. I ran across these figures a while back on the odds of playing up at each level and kept it. Very simplistic but gives kids an idea of the road ahead. TwoTex and swampboy have it narrowed down for you though.
I live in the D/FW Texas area and there are ALOT of pros, ex pro and minor league ball players around here.
24'sdad, just a curiosity, how many active players are there in the minors? I live in a small city (<300k) and there seem to be about a dozen former milb guys 30 or under around here. Would be an interesting stat to see what the turnover rate is in milb.
Given that there aren't new minor league teams popping up every year, there should be in the neighborhood of 1500 new unemployed professional baseball players every year, since that's the new number drafted. Obviously, some of those guys don't sign, some FA do, and there are all the players from areas not eligible for the draft, but that's as good a starting point as any.