What you don’t understand (but probably should if you really have a background in marketing) is that BA asks who they ask and the opinion they get really is moot since the people they ask have not seen the rest of the players that eventually get RANKED!

One team who had a lot of high draft picks or picked AS EXPECTED based on what scouts said about them 2 years ago are the ones who get more guys on the list and it really has nothing to do with who is better than who!

The other thing you fail to grasp with my problem of your use of BA is that BA is a fine for what it is. A publication to read and pass the time but it is NO GOOD AT ALL when used the way you guys always attempted to use it as an arbitor of which team had the best Minor League system in the MLB!

It’s not any decent indicator of who has the best or strongest MiL system at all!
In fact I bet teams that by your standard had a weak MiL system probably had more kids come up and make the MLB than the team you thought had the best system!

Most kids evaluated,as are draft picks, are a shot in the dark most times, especially with pitchers.

Glad to have some recognition for Minor League players in our system from outside source.

As for my definition of a what a HIT is why don’t you tell us all what you think a guy on BA’s list is SUPPOSED to be when he gets to the MLB!

For every name you cite as a good player that came off thier list are 5 players who made the list and are busts!

My point was there are SOME who acted (and even said) that Baseball America “owes people an apology.”

Because they feel for some odd reason that what BA does is sit in a dark room, decide who will be good and spit out a list and hope for the best.

They refuse to admit the rankings are in large part due to actual conversations with people who make player decisions.

“Basically they survey minor league scouts and league managers for all the affiliates”