One minor correction, Ghandi San. Freese was obtained via trade. Also, Kozma is not clearly a miss. If determined, Pete can laugh last.

Even though the S-Cards have had a surprisingly good season, being 1 of 4 playoff teams in an 8-team league isn’t that big a deal.

Memphis still has a chance to win its division with a win today. (They won in 15 innings Sunday — Allen Craig had the game-winning RBI — to stay alive for one more day.) But even if they lose, they’ll finish w. the 2nd- or 3rd-best record in the PCL, out of 16 teams.

More significant, I think, is the fact that Johnson City won the Appy League, and Batavia and QC qualified for the playoffs by winning their divisions. All 3 teams finished w. winning percentages over .600. So they didn’t just sneak into the postseason, they dominated.

It was bizarre to read the complaints about the minor-league system in the P-D this weekend. The system generated 3 legit ROY candidates in Freese, Garcia, and Jay, plus useful role players like Salas, Tyler Greene, and a few others. Even Craig might’ve helped if he’d gotten more chances. It seems like the system is doing what it’s supposed to do, despite misses with top-round draft picks in ’06 and ’07.

http://projectprospect.com/article/2010/06/08/2010-mlb-draft-sleepers

Looks like we have some believers outside our STL HVPG club.