The level of difficulty does though, and Cedeno isn't good enough to play at this level. How is it possible to be so great on one level and then be not even worthy of a roster spot on the next level. It makes no sense. Come on man, it's not like Cedeno is/was a can't miss prospect or anything. He was pretty good in Rookie ball, then stunk his way through A ball over the course of two and a half years, was alright in AA, very very good in AAA, then awful in his first full season in the big leagues, and looked like crap this year in both stints with the club. So really, in the five levels (Rookie, A, AA, AAA, and MLB) he was great in one of them. Fluke? I have my opinion, you're welcome to yours, but I can't say I agree with it. The question is why is it his AAA numbers that are more likely to be a fluke than his major league numbers. It seems you agree that there shouldn't be just a complete 180 from jumping one level, so it either has to be that AAA was a fluke, the majors were a fluke, or his true talent is somewhere in the middle. I tend to believe his true talent is somewhere in the middle.