Talk:Ryan Costello (baseball)

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Keep. The highly-regarded baseball statistician Bill James did a study on baseball trades in his Baseball Abstract, and he regarded a player as having been developed or reaching major-league value when he either

(1) reaches a major league (obvious enough) in play in the game or as a member of a 40-man roster (2) reaches AAA ball (because anyone in AAA ball is a potential call-up to the majors), or (3) is included in a major-league trade.

In the latter, someone in AA or lower in the minors is clearly seen as a strong prospect. This young player had some impressive statistics in low-minor baseball, so he was no longer a long-shot to make a team. A trade of a Double-A player for a Double-A player who has never qualified as having value as a major-league player is not a major-league trade, no matter what happens later.

Being drafted in the 31st round is not significant; the chance that someone drafted that low ever makes it to the Majors is slight. He might have been two or three years away, or maybe one year away or even less if he were traded to the Detroit Cocker Spaniels baseball team this winter (2019-2020).Pbrower2a (talk) 13:49, 20 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks. However, this page is not the appropriate place to provide your feedback about whether or not this article should be deleted.  The correct page is here:  Articles for deletion/Ryan Costello (baseball).  Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:39, 22 November 2019 (UTC)