What is the difference between AA and AAA baseball?
The answer isn’t as obvious as you would think. While the minor league system in baseball is generally hierarchical — Low A is better than rookie ball, High A is better than Low A, AA is better than High A — that hierarchy splits at AA / AAA rather than continuing in sequence.Counter-intuitively, the talent level at AA is at least as good as AAA and likely slightly better than AAA.What? Why? How?In the baseball minor leagues, the most valuable assets (players) are so-called “prospects”. Having the label of prospect means the major league team that owns a player’s rights believes that player’s top-end ceiling (assuming he fully develops) is high enough to produce a major league quality player.Starting with rookie ball, players are generally matched up by age and ability. Players who succeed quickly are often pushed up to play with older and more proven players to see how they perform vs harder competition. Players who languish too long at lower levels can lose that prospect label.So players move up levels as they show they can handle each lower level, increasing the level of competition each step of the way until they get to AA. Then they typically stop at AA, because AA is the level where most of the best prospects for every team play.Why? Because AAA is where older prospects, players who are no longer prospects but still productive against minor league players, and lifelong minor league veterans (think Crash Davis from Bull Durham) play. Teams want their best young prospects to play against other teams’ top young prospects, not against the grown men of AAA who already have topped out as players and may succeed against the young prospects on veteran guile and experience.Sometimes if a top prospect stagnates at AA, you will see them promoted to AAA to see if they can get them jump started by playing against different players or getting different coaching or just getting a change of scenery.Sometimes a top AA prospect will move to AAA because the big league club thinks they are almost ready for the big leagues and just need polishing and practice rather than developmental time in AA, so it is true that you will see some top prospects in AAA. However the best prospects in baseball are usually jumping directly from AA to the majors instead of making a stop at AAA first.Among all of the levels in the minor leagues, it is generally accepted that the transition from High A into AA is the hardest one to make and represents the biggest step up in competition.
Whats the longest route for route 66?
Route 66 originally went from Illinois to California. Although the route has been replaced by our Interstate highway system, much of the original route is still used today. Virtually all of the original route is accessible, with a few exceptions in the west, where interstate 40 cut off access and the original roadbed has deteriorated form disuse and lack of maintenence.
How long will a drafted player stay in a minor league?
As a generic answer, usually 1st–3rd round players get at least 3–4 years to work (should be in AAA or close by the 4th year) out their kinks in the minors (barring injury) before they are either promoted or cut. If they are cut, usually another team or two will take a flier and place this player in their AAA team for a year or two to see if things work out/for depth. Players in later rounds (15+) usually have a much shorter leash. As someone previously mentioned, a player who spends ~3 years at the same level will probably never make it to The Show. Catchers are harder to come by, so they seemingly have more chances.Undrafted players and international free agent signings (non-top prospects, eg. signees from Dominican camp) have an even shorter leash. A sub .200 BA or a 4.00+ ERA in Rookie Ball usually calls for a release as well.
What are some slang terms used among police officers?
The most derogatory terms for the bad guys and citizens who are just pains in the rectum:A.H. = Adam Henry (A-dam H-enry) If you don’t get it…..sometimes you will hear it as “Jack Hole”…..now what starts with an “A” that ends with HOLE ?RICHARD CRANIUM= What starts with a “D” and is a nickname for Richard ? What is the non-medical layman’s term for the Cranium ? Do these clues HEAD you in the right direction ?