Any hitters want to explain...

Can give you my son's schedule as a position player.
They play almost all night games. 3-4 days per week you arrive at the park at 10am for strength and conditioning sessions that last about 1 1/2 hours and on days you are not lifting you are probably there doing extra BP or taking extra ground balls. Get lunch til 1pm and back at the park. From 1-2,, at this time of the season, you are visiting the trainer and getting ready to be on the field. BP generally around 2pm with many players taking additional BP until around 5pm when the team breaks for a pregame meal. Back on the field at 6:15pm for stretching, throwing and getting game ready. Games are usually over by 10pm and then you have dinner and arrive home around midnight.If it is an away series, you are climbing the bus around midnight for overnight rides ranging from 4 to 10 hours.

Infield dad has helped me understand the MILB way of life a little better. DJeter2, I know you asked hitters to explain, but most minor league players (hitters) won't have time to respond to your request so maybe a couple of dads will have to do. They play just about everyday with maybe one day off a month. I might add the long bus ride might start at 10:00 PM after the last game of an AWAY series and instead of going back to the comforts of "home", you have to go directly to play another three game AWAY series. You ride all night and it's daylight when you arrive at your hotel. You eat, sleep, shower, and go throuh your motions because at 7:00PM that evening it's GAME TIME all over again!
Fungo

DJeter2, perhaps a little more explanation would be helpful. AHS is playing in the AZL rookie league where they get all the baseball done early in the day, play a short season, and have very little if any travel. Fungo's son is in the NY/Penn league which is short season A(75 games) and mine is in A(144 games plus Spring training and playoffs.) Once you are out of the AZL or the GCL, baseball in the minor leagues is much different that what AHS is experiencing and it can be very much a grind because of the travel, the heat and playing everyday. There are not many, if any, position players from A-AAA levels right now who are not aching from head to toe and truly mentally fatigued. Despite this, they know they need to make every at bat and every play in every game a good one...because they are graded on every at bat and every play through a report the coaches file with the major league organization.... after every game. At the levels of A-AAA, you can expect to put in a minimum of 10 hours per day at the field, exclusive of travel. Coaches put in those hours...and more. From what I am told, coaches cannot end there day before their reports are filed. It is not unusual to see them working their computers at 3 and 4am before their day comes to a close.

so are u saying that if a position doesnt do well in a specific game or makes a few errors he won't get moved up any time soon??

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Originally posted by DJeter2:
so are u saying that if a position doesnt do well in a specific game or makes a few errors he won't get moved up any time soon??

Sorry, that was not what I meant by the discussion. A single game, single at bat, or even a series of games where you play poorly is not too much of an issue. It certainly does bother the player though. As I understand things, the organization will accumulate this information on every player and use the accumulation to make judgements on assignments. The single biggest issue that is talked about by the manager of my son's team is development of players. That is the measure by which assignments and promotions are made and the accumulated day to day reports play heavily on judgements on whether the player is developing or not.