Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-18-2009

[TruffleShuffle]

I heard them say the name and was wondering if that was him.

 

yeah i looked up their roster; apparently he's making the tour of the indy leagues now. last year he played for camden (about a one minute walk from my parents' place). great numbers there, actually: .333/.401/.549/.950. this year in the northern league he's at .327/.402/.542. there are probably a lot worse players on AAA rosters.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I heard them say the name and was wondering if that was him.

 

yeah i looked up their roster; apparently he's making the tour of the indy leagues now. last year he played for camden (about a one minute walk from my parents' place). great numbers there, actually: .333/.401/.549/.950. this year in the northern league he's at .327/.402/.542. there are probably a lot worse players on AAA rosters.

 

Arent those indy leagues filled with old big leaguers who nobody wants anymore? Vets like Jacque Jones and Carl Everett and failed prospects like Bobby Hill? IM assuming it would be bettwe than your average AAA roster. Kind of like an entire league filled with Pirates and Padres type teams.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I heard them say the name and was wondering if that was him.

 

yeah i looked up their roster; apparently he's making the tour of the indy leagues now. last year he played for camden (about a one minute walk from my parents' place). great numbers there, actually: .333/.401/.549/.950. this year in the northern league he's at .327/.402/.542. there are probably a lot worse players on AAA rosters.

 

Arent those indy leagues filled with old big leaguers who nobody wants anymore? Vets like Jacque Jones and Carl Everett and failed prospects like Bobby Hill? IM assuming it would be bettwe than your average AAA roster. Kind of like an entire league filled with Pirates and Padres type teams.

 

No, those leagues typically have guys who aren't quite good enough to make Low-A teams.

[craig]

Arent those indy leagues filled with old big leaguers who nobody wants anymore? Vets like Jacque Jones and Carl Everett and failed prospects like Bobby Hill? IM assuming it would be bettwe than your average AAA roster. Kind of like an entire league filled with Pirates and Padres type teams.

 

No, those leagues typically have guys who aren't quite good enough to make Low-A teams.

 

I live in Fargo-Moorhead, the home of Nic Jackson's team.

 

There is a whole range of guys in those leagues for a whole range of reasons.

 

On Fargo along, Nic Jackson bats 3rd (best player), ex-Cub Randall Simon bats 4th, and ex-Cub Alan Rick catches (4th rounder in the Brownlie/Dopirak draft).

 

I think that's fairly typical, that there are some guys who touched the majors or got to high minors, mixed in with some AA/A journeymen. Chirinos could end up spending years there if he wants to.

 

Pitchers don't have as many ex-major leaguers or almosts. But there are the usual group of pitchers who had surgery and are mucking along without the arms they once had. And there are a lot of guys who bumped around in low minors for a while. Sometimes with good arms but too wild; sometimes smart pitchers but just didn't have enough arm to stay in the way of younger prospects. And then the pitching staff often has some guys who just didn't throw hard enough to ever reach A-ball, but are still hanging around and sometimes having good success based on craftiness.

[UK1679666180]

The Northern League is probably among the best of the Indy Leagues given that they are one of the highest paying Indy Leagues with the best attendence, facilities, and roster rules that allow more veteran players than most other leagues.

 

Their set-up is where they will have guys with 5 or years listed as veterans, rookies, and in-between they have rules as well.

 

I would say the avg. age of an player in the Northern league is around 28-29 given the wide ranges of ages including rookies out of college and players in their late 30s who prob. played in the majors in the 90s (Mother Tucker is still playing I believe in the NL).

[Guest]

I think that's fairly typical, that there are some guys who touched the majors or got to high minors, mixed in with some AA/A journeymen. Chirinos could end up spending years there if he wants to.

 

Chirinos probably has a coaching gig in the Cubs system already lined up for when he retires.