In Major League Baseball, how do teams benefit from their farm systems?
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its VERY rare that a team calls up a player from A ball to the majors, although from time to time players in AA get the call.dontrelle willis from the marlins is a great example of a player who went from AA to the majors with great success.
Generally, yes, the talent level at AAA is greater than at other levels, although sometimes AAA rosters are filled with several players who are "career" minor leaguers...ones that just dont have the "stuff" to play in the majors. Often times AA has players with more sheer "talent", but those players just dont yet have enough experience to be able to succeed at the major league level.
teams assign players to the different levels of the minor league system first by experience. nearly every player starts out in a rookie league or low level A team. the very best players however will quickly advance thru levels, opften times being promoted twice or more in their first couple of seasons. promotions after that are based on the players production and talent and the immediate needs of the major league club.
in addtion to teams using the minor leagues to eventually fill their own mlb roster, minor leaguers are very often used in trades. if you check out the mlb transactions, you will see that a large percentage of teams when trading players will include minor leaguers. teams often will trade high level mlb talent for another teams "top" minor league prospects. its always a guessing game as to which team got the better deal...sometimes it takes years to actually and accurately gauge it.
almost all teams have "good" affialtes. there are literally hundreds of minor league teams...chances are you are within 30-60 miles of one(not a guarantee, but a good chance)...check it out and go see a game soon...even if you dont like or root for the "parent" team, its fun to watch guys who play the game for next to no money and most oten are more available to the fan base for autographs and such, as compared to their mlb counterparts..and just think how cool it would be to have watched a youngster in the minors perhaps become a well known major leaguer after a few years.
i hope this cleared up some of your questions.
That's a rather complicated question... check out this website. Start following the "best" players when they're just drafted and starting off in the minor leagues. Then you can watch them grow and hopefully get called up. Do you have any minor league ball where you are at? We follow the young guys and travel to minor league parks to watch them play. It's a lot of fun.
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/i...
I can only answer the last question. The Yankees used to have the best farm system in baseball, hence their 26 world titles. But now, I don't think their farm system is that good. They rely more on older established players from other teams instead of brewing thir talent.
they either bring players up, or advertise them and trade them
it is a place to store OK players and have prospects grow
Well, one may pull from a lower league because of a positional need, if you need a LF and your only AAA LF is in a slump but your AA LF is on fire, you may want to give him a try. The front office assigns which players play at each level, from the lowest (Rookie League for rookies, A for non rookies) to AAA the highest. Currently the best AAA team is the Charlotte Knights (24-7) the White Sox AAA team.
Well when a player gets drafted they are assigned to a minor league organization.Players that are drafted out of high school are usually assigned to a lower level like single A, mostly because they are not experienced at a high level but are very good and have a lot of potential. While a player coming out of college would most likely get assigned to double AA because the have played at a high college level.And theres this thing called "September Call Ups" that comes every september when the Major League roster gets to expand from a 25-man roster to a 40-man roster. So they usually pull up lower guys just for the experience because they know that they are going to be in the major leagues 1 day.And Triple A doesnt mean that they have the best talent. There are 2 kinds of players in the Minor Leagues, prospects and roster fillers. Prospects are usually one of the early round draft picks like 1st-5th round. and roster fillers are just everyone else. But some "roster fillers" do get to the major leagues like Mike Piazza. He was a 62 round draft pick! he probably wouldn't even gotten drafted if it wasnt for his uncle who was the general manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They usually pull from a lower minor league organization if they feel a player is ready for the major leagues. Like C.C. Sabathia who went from Class A Mahogany Valley because he threw gas and he hasnt had a bad Major League Career. The Brewers have a good minor league, they have Manny Parra, Tony Gwynn Jr., and they already brought up some good talent like Prince Feilder and Rickie Weeks, Tampa Bay Devil Rays have B.J. Upton and yes Delmon YOung the guy who threw the bat at the umpire.But, he was named minor league player of the year last year.But the best would have to be the Oakland A's, even though they are So poor they keep on coming out with studs. That Billy Beane is a Genous!
Several teams have several needs. For example, the Texas Rangers. The Rangers have a helluva lineup, one of the best in the league. However, their pitching is weak. That's why down in Single-A Bakersfield, 3 pitchers (C.J. Wilson, Edison Volquez, and Scott Feldman) were called up to the majors in 2005. They went from single-A to the majors not only because they pitch very well (trust me, i've been to their games), but their parent club needs pitching. 2 other pitchers from the 2005 Bakersfield Blaze are on the move (Thomas Diamond and John Danks). So look out Texas, here comes your starting rotation.
(^The following has been an example to prove my point, and to clear up your foggy mind. Hopefully, this helped...^)
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