Baseball America prospects and projections

Infielddad: That's a good question.

I can only think that the team's initial expectations are not being met or this low rate of success is what they were really expecting. Which one is the case I'm not sure.

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IMO says 3 things...

1. Picking those who will make it to the next level is an art not a science, though many would like to tell us that it is. (Fast runners = better pitchers )

2. As much as all of us here with players in the family are bought into "the dream" and are holding on tight, the statistics for our players getting to "the show" are simply dismal.

3. Know a record setting player from a Top DI drafted high who signed then bailed after a month. Simply didn't like the lifestyle. The grind up the ladder is not for everyone.

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As of today, of the 60 past players, 20 went on to play. That's one third. Not bad.
They say it's all in the percentges?

Gulf Coast league has turned out the most, 6.

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3. Know a record setting player from a Top DI drafted high who signed then bailed after a month. Simply didn't like the lifestyle. The grind up the ladder is not for everyone.

I know of one of those guys too...wonder if its the same guy?

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JB...
Believe it probably is. Bay Area kid.


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I think O44 hit the nail on the head when he said the “grind up the ladder” is not for everyone. You can measure talent with radar and stopwatch but there are many aspects that are essential to move up that cannot be measured. My son called yesterday from instructional league and was describing a practice “game” they have called “tempo”. It has to do with teaching the minute details of the game and the consequences for missing a detail was your team had to run each time a player on the team missed a detail. Details were everything from not hustling, not calling for a fly ball, not backing up a play to not having your hat on in the dugout. Petty? I don’t think so. When a player accepts the responsibility to put on the uniform and step on the field in front of the world, the businessmen behind the organization want that player to perform in a particular manner. When you get to the professional level (and even at some colleges) there is a big difference in “a” game of baseball and “the” game of baseball.
Fungo

Fungo,