http://firebrandal.com/2004/12/02/2004-arizona-fall-league.html Analyzing the Boston Red Sox since 2003 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:55:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://firebrandal.com/2004/12/02/2004-arizona-fall-league.html/comment-page-1#comment-598 Sam Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:28:25 +0000 http://firebrandal.com/newblog/?p=165#comment-598 That's the usual complaint I hear about the AFL--and probably an unfounded complaint, according to Prospectus <a href="http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2528" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2528</a> That’s the usual complaint I hear about the AFL–and probably an unfounded complaint, according to Prospectus
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2528

]]> http://firebrandal.com/2004/12/02/2004-arizona-fall-league.html/comment-page-1#comment-597 jamie Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:07:19 +0000 http://firebrandal.com/newblog/?p=165#comment-597 one of the big problems in assessing the quality of hitters in the AFL is that in recent years more teams are reluctant to send their best pitching prospects for fear of tiring out their arms and/or causing an injury. it's always been a hitter's league, but when you look at the rosters these days there's almost no high-end pitching prospects. this year you had Jesse Crain and Huston Street, but who was the best starting pitching prospect this year? Jae Ryu? Bobby Bradley? not pretty. one of the big problems in assessing the quality of hitters in the AFL is that in recent years more teams are reluctant to send their best pitching prospects for fear of tiring out their arms and/or causing an injury. it’s always been a hitter’s league, but when you look at the rosters these days there’s almost no high-end pitching prospects. this year you had Jesse Crain and Huston Street, but who was the best starting pitching prospect this year? Jae Ryu? Bobby Bradley? not pretty.

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