Grading on the Curve » Manuel Pina http://gradingonthecurve.com A Minor League Baseball Site - Draft and Prospect News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 11:22:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Breaking Through: Johnny G, Manny P, Brett Lawrie and Friends http://gradingonthecurve.com/2011/08/10/breaking-through-johnny-g-manny-p-brett-lawrie-and-friends/ http://gradingonthecurve.com/2011/08/10/breaking-through-johnny-g-manny-p-brett-lawrie-and-friends/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:40:07 +0000 Wally Fish http://seedlingstostars.com/?p=1113 Reaching the major leagues marks the achievement of a significant milestone in any player’s career. Whether it is a high profile prospect or an aging, grizzled veteran of the minor leagues, there is something about a debut that strikes a chord with me. For that reason I will take a look at each player that [...]

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]]> Reaching the major leagues marks the achievement of a significant milestone in any player’s career. Whether it is a high profile prospect or an aging, grizzled veteran of the minor leagues, there is something about a debut that strikes a chord with me. For that reason I will take a look at each player that makes his major league debut in a regularly occurring article which will typically appear on Wednesdays.

This past week (August 2nd-9th) eight players made their major league debuts, though interestingly enough, 7 were position players while only 1 was a pitcher. As you would expect for early August all of the call-ups came from teams well out of the playoff picture. The seven teams involved (the Royals had 2 players debut this week) are a combined 105.5 games back in their divisional races and no team was within 10 games of first place.

Clearly it’s time for these teams to start planning for the future.

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