Very nice of people to notice things. We'll take any positive feelings people can send our way. Things are challenging to say the least. I'll give some impressions...
There have been many discussions about low minors and D1 baseball and I'll offer my 2 cents on that topic. I have seen many schools in the ACC, SEC and the Big 12 play up close and personal. Many of these programs have future minor league prospects on their rosters and so in some sense, there is some equivalence. Using my son's 2008 super regional team as an example, two outfielders, three infielders, a catcher, and several pitchers are now playing pro ball off that team. Several of the teams they played in regionals had similar or better numbers of future pro players on their rosters.
Now that I have watched several pro games either live or on the Internet, here on some noticable differences.... (note - the level my son is playing is considered A- baseball or five levels below the big leagues, where many of the players on his roster were either in college last year or in rookie ball which is six levels below the big leagues).
Left-handedness is vastly different in the pros. Tremendous numbers of hitters and pitchers are left handed. This is a big difference from most D1 rosters.
Most pitchers would probably be Friday night starters in college imho and many of them are already millionaires. Thus, you go from seeing one Friday starter a week to five or six of them all week long.
In some cases, the three or four year college players are more polished than the younger guys coming up from rookie ball.
The next time I see a catcher with a weak arm will be my first time. Every catcher I have seen thus far (three on our team and four opposing teams) has a tremendous arm. Most positions on the field show plus arms however.
Pre-game practice is serious business and hard work for both coaches and players. One noted difference was for infielders. After they take BP, they go stand on the cut of the infield grass while the power hitters take BP. They stand there until a rocket-shot comes their way (which they are expected to field) and then the next guy takes his turn. The Rays roving infield instructor said they hated that drill when Josh Hamilton was a member of the organization.
Reports are sent to the organization after every game.
Production doesn't always mean playing time or lack of playing time. Development clearly takes precedence over winning and losing although it appears the team tries to balance things if possible.
The size of the players on minor league teams seems comparable to high-end D1 programs.
There seems to be good speed and arms in the outfield. The overall speed of a low minor game seems comparable to me to a decent D1 team where speed is a priority for the program.
Only two umpires work each game which is one less than in college.
Probably other differences as well. There is less per diem on the road than in college for example.
It is still baseball however minus the ping of metal bats
Seriously, I have followed Connor all these years and he is obviously doing well 
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I would have taken an infield nubber at that point.
