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[QUOTE="manleyzoo, post: 2604851, member: 519"]
It's tough out there when a team doesn't have much money invested you. With MLB it's more like 99.9% play in the minors -- only 8 since 1980 and two since 2000 haven't. Most who went straight to the big leagues came from the bonus baby era in the 50s and early 60s. But MLB is a whole different animal than NBA -- much more refining of your game needed to even get a cup of coffee. A good friend of mine was the 5th outfielder behind the 1990s Pirates team that had Bonds, Bonilla (in his prime) and Andy Van Slyke. He hit .347 in AAA, ran a 6.4 60, had a cannon, made the 40 man and couldn't even get a call up. There were 3 guys ahead of him who never got more than 30 games in the OF and together made up the 4th outfielder. Unless you're a super stud and the organization has money into you, you ain't getting a call up. They'll trade for somebody before they'll call you up. The front office wouldn't trade him because he was too good to let go.
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