[luckymann]

Thanks Bradley my friend, here's the Bay save on 05/23/75; just pitchers, which is where the problem clearly lies:

Braves

SP Dan Greenhalgh, Jessie Hill
RP John Hankammer, James Healey, Tomas Johnson, Jim Koering, Raymond Zappone, Dennis Lingenfelter


Orioles

SP William Graves, Terry Williams
RP Joseph DeLuise, Robert Gause, Randolph Brunner


Red Sox

SP Daniel Bielski
RP Denny Taylor, Leo Edge


Angels

SP David Evans
RP Pat Knutzen, James Marshall, James Raynor


White Sox

SP Robert Giesler, Jim Michal
RP Edward Davis, Robert Hall, Steve Kokor


Cubs

SP Gerald Lensing, Tom Moore
RP David Colon, Daniel Roberts, Donald Roth, Roberto Ruiz, Blas Mazon


Just a AL clubs from here on, I think my point has been made...


Indians

SP Thomas Bell
RP Douglas Duffie, Jose Ramirez


Tigers

SP Pedro Reinoso
RP Elmer Gregory, Francis Mulligan


Royals

SP John Hilts, Gary Schlieve
RP Byron Dismukes, Larry Hubbard, Darroll Phillips


Brewers

SP Herbert Doebler, Don Gregson
RP William Osborne


Twins

SP Stephen Hertz
RP John Jackson, Joe Reyda


Yankees

SP Thomas Jones


Rangers

SP Frank Mohr, Michael Wills
RP Bing Bingham, Bill Ferrell, Frank Ward, Thomas O'Connor


So we're talking between 33 and 50% of pitching staffs around the league being composed of career MiLBers. Which is too high by a degree of one or two, I reckon. Should be more like 10-20%, tops, wouldn't you say?

The problem goes beyond this again when you look at who's on the 40-man rosters and see all the MLB guys constantly on the WW. EG Age-25 Bruce Kison for the Tigers seems perpetually on the shuttle run.

Like I said, I want there to be a few who make the leap, but this is way above that sort of level.

G