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Originally Posted by MB.Pelicans
ok, How about getting the extra leagues cleaned up? Is that challenging enough? 
That would be perfect if they were. |
Year or two ago's version I believe I got Markus to help clean it up, I know he's following so perhaps we could con him into it again!
As I go through and do these teams, I'm getting really excited about the set. Players who aren't major prospects now have their own feel, there aren't a whole lot of just useless players out there like in previous sets.
One thing everyone has to keep in mind is that we're basing a lot of this in the lower minors on minor league conversions. For most guys that works extremely well, but a few might be overrated by a little bit. However, at the very worst, you're probably going to come out with a 4.50ish ERA guy out of Single-A at the very worst (best?). There won't be any players who were in Single-A this year in MLB that will make too big of a jump in the set.
That being said, it's cool to see Baseball America chats talk about lesser players in the system and seeing what they're talking about, perhaps in the upside in a less heralded prospect who does one thing very well, or a late bloomer, or a reliever in AA who put up some solid stats and could have a future with the team, where before we would probably have them rated as 30/40/30 out of 100, and leave it at that.
Emeel Salem from Tampa is a good example, a guy who before would be rated so that he would never ever have a shot at the majors. However, in the set, he could have a future as a fifth outfielder or perhaps a AAA OF. BA says this about him:
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alexei from St Johnsbury Vt asks:
How does Emeel Salem rate (tools, projection role)? Are there any others OFs in the Rays system that have upside?
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Bill Ballew: You've mentioned another one of the my favorites. Salem did not crack the top 30, but there's a lot to like regarding his game. He got off to an impressive start at Columbus last year before suffering a season-ending injury. He's a little long of tooth for the Class A level, but he has the package of tools that could make him an impact player. Keep an eye on Salem, because he has true sleeper potential. As far as other outfielders, Jennings is a little ahead of Salem, and Royster has the potential to be a good one as soon as he makes the adjustments.
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Just something cool to point out. Really excited about the future for this set.