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More Gardner love? Let's see a list of all the no-power speedy centerfielders who never dominated the minors who panned out for their teams.

Furthermore, maybe they're not interested in the market because they're having a moment of sanity this offseason. It might have nothing to do with their own farm and more to do with the fact that Aaron Rowand is sure to be overpaid and Andruw Jones the first guy that comes to mind when I think of a guy who is just waiting to get that big payday so he can release his inner lazy fatass.

~~More Gardner love? ~~

Hey, I'm just recognizing the facts that, guys who do well in the AFL, usually, more times than not, become useful big league players.

Or, should I ignore the facts?

Steve is right about Gardner. He's a decent prospect who, for some reason, is under-rated. He may not pan out of course, but, if I were the Twins, I would take Gardner as sort of a poor man's Ellsbury.

Brett Gardner--very nice.

Now, back here in the real world there is a future Hall-of-Famer named Andruw Jones who just might take a short-term, high-dollar incentive-laden deal to play in the only Centerfield that really matters.

I say get him in pinstripes and in front of 50,000 people every night in the AL East and watch him become the Yankees' version of Randy Moss.

Hey, I'm just recognizing the facts that, guys who do well in the AFL, usually, more times than not, become useful big league players.
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First off, I like Gardner a lot. I've been talking about him forever and I saw him when he was in AA. He's as fast as anyone I've ever seen and it was fun watching him steal on pitch-outs. He's a nice little prospect, but probably not an everyday player. They should bring him up as a fourth outfielder.

Where did you get the idea that "guys who do well in the AFL, usually, more times than not, become useful big league players"? AFL is a hitters' league where guys like Kevin Howard and Eric Duncan usually go insane and then crash back to earth once back in the minors. People usually ignore AFL results completely. Do you have anything concrete to even remotely back up that statement (as statement that runs in direction contradiction to everything people have said about the AFL for years)?

T.J. Beam dominated the AFL a few years back. I guess you feel he will be a decent major-leaguer too.

The statement I made wasn't a dis on Gardner, anyway; it was a tweak of you -- since you have more faith in a guy with Gardner's skill set, despite his average sort of numbers, yet you fully doubt and fully expect Hughes to fail, despite the fact that his minor-league record looks like Bob Gibson in his prime. That doesn't compute for him. You fully believe in a guy with a tiny skill set over a guy with a tremendous skill set.

Who's more likely to be a big contributor to the Yankees in the future -- Gardner or Hughes? Apparently because Hughes is a pitcher, you assume Gardner, even though they are not even in the same stratosphere in relative talent.

~~~Where did you get the idea that "guys who do well in the AFL, usually, more times than not, become useful big league players"? ~~~

Read all about it:

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The Arizona Fall League, regarded throughout professional baseball as the "graduate school" for the Major Leagues' top prospects, has had over 1,200 players who came through the league reach the Majors.