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Originally Posted by Lukas Berger
Obviously we could change the current ratings to create more of these guys, but as of now I would say doing that would be somewhat unrealistic as well.
It does not seem this ever actually happens in real life anymore. 25 years ago it did for sure. Not so much now.
Just doing some quick research, of the players taken in the first 3 rounds of the draft in 2018 and 2019, only one, Nico Hoerner, has played in MLB at all, and he only has 20 games and is not a lock to make the Cubs roster this year.
If you include the first 3 rounds of 2017, then you get 6 guys who have played in MLB, but only 3 (Adam Haseley, Griffin Canning and Keston Hiura) who have played in more than 13 games and/or are likely to make their team's Opening Day rosters this year. Or would have been likely without getting injured, in Canning's case.
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No Lukas, I agree with what you've said. But by fast tracking I didn't actually mean the big leagues, but it'd be nice to see a couple of the picks, and not even just the top couple of guys reach High A in their draft year. That does actually happen