Dusty on minor leaguers

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Telling, I think. This is from today's Trib:

The Cubs won't get a chance to see Felix Pie in September because of his season-ending ankle injury, but Baker isn't too disappointed.

"Generally speaking, if a guy does well in the minor leagues, he has a better chance of doing well in the major leagues, but sometimes it doesn't work like that," he said.

"Sometimes it's a situation like George Brett. He was a .280 hitter in the minor leagues and came up and led the league for years. So you really don't know how a young man responds until he gets here."

And Brett hit .284 in AAA while starting the season at age 19. Amazing that he could still improve.

[Lippa]

What, exactly, is his point?

[Iowa_Card]

"Generally speaking, if a guy does well in the minor leagues, he has a better chance of doing well in the major leagues, but sometimes it doesn't work like that," he said.

Yeah, Dusty, but those guys who do well in AAA but poorly in MLB aren't the ones you call "prospects" or use a draft pick on.

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"So you really don't know how a young man responds until he gets here."

Or, in the case of your players, get there and either ride the bench or have their arms turned into two-week-old mayonnaise.

[Cubs4ever]

Baker??


Fire him yesterday.