Top D1 or Top D2

TPM,

One of the things that I really love to do is look at the facts.

Nowadays - with the massive amount of garbage thrown out there by various forms of media - you have to go to the hard numbers to even get close to the truth.

Its painful, but I love numbers.

Here is an interesting one to think about regarding players entering pro ball at any level.

I used the Cardinals as an example - and it took a bit - but I have the numbers.

All Professional teams in Cardinals organization- 278 players
(from the DSL-GCL-VSL-Johnson City-Batavia-Quad Cities-Palm Beach-Springfield and Memphis)

Players from outside the US (almost exclusively Latin America) - 146

Thats 53% - and almost all of them have never set foot on a college campus.

Add that to the MLB average of US born high school draftees - approx 30%.

Even if the Cardinals draft High schoolers at half the MLB average rate of approx 30% - thats 15%.

So - before we even start to really analyze he numbers - you have about 65% of the players entering pro ball in the Cardinals organization that have never set foot on a college campus of any sort.

I love the numbers!

As far as I know, there are roughly 175 milb players in camp now. So are you saying their DSL and VSL teams consist of about 100 players? Or does this inclue GCL too?
Now you are getting picky, most of those players will never reach the US.

Interesting, the article states that roughly half of the players in MLB went to college. I was surprised it was that many.

TPM,

These are the professional teams you cited.

The VSL - 39 players
The GCL - 21 players
The DSL - 48 players

About 10 of them have attended some sort of college.

I havent looked at the % of how many make it to MLB.

The 50% of MLB players with college experience isnt that surprising to me.
The more surprising number - for me - was the 40% of MLB players that attended a 4 year school. Still in the minority - but higher than I would have guessed.

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Originally posted by itsinthegame:
The VSL - 39 players
The GCL - 21 players
The DSL - 48 players

I actually didn't cite those players, and IMO most of those players will never see a field in the US but obviously they are being counted within your statement that most players at the next level never went to college.

I'd like to see the statistics in 5 years, as more and more players, exept the few elite out of HS will not attend HS.

Let's not get away from the original OP's topic. He is concerned about which school will give him the most exposure for the next level. You and I both agree (as well as others), it doesn't matter where you go, but, given the odds of making it at the next level, getting some education does (matter).

TPM,

I chose to "stray away", as you put it - from the topic.

I may choose to do so again.

If it is deemed unacceptable - so be it. It can be squashed by a moderator.

No offense intended - but I will not accept your instructions as to what I should write - and what I should not. Ever.

iitg,
Not sure why you got on the defensive, I was basically done with what I had to say, so I just wanted to make a comment that we shouldn't forget about the original topic.

If you see that as an order, that's your perception.

Hello, i'm from canada and i dont now what this D1 and D2 stuff is can someone fill me in on this

thank you,

In a brief synopsis...

NCAA Division 1 is what most consider the Top Tier in collegiate baseball here in the states.

NCAA Division 2 is the next division just below Division 1.

Both are very competitive in their own right.

YGD

Thanks alot,

now i know