Ace-Of-Diamonds

@Jeff Fletcher
Thoughts of ruining your swing? I think it’s poppycock. 

2017 MLB Draft Top 10 Selections
1. Royce Lewis - A+ .235/.287/.357/.644
2. Hunter Greene - Tommy John
3. MacKenzie Gore A+/  6-1 w/l - 1.23 ERA
4. Brendan McKay AA-AAA .185/.288/.311/.599
5. Kyle Wright - AAA    4-4 w/l - 6.08 ERA; ATL ML 0-2 w/l - 7.07 ERA    
6. Austin Beck A+ .264/.309/.458/.766
7. Pavin Smith AA - .259/.344/.402/.746    
8. Adam Haseley AA-AAA .275/.358/.466/.824 ; PHI ML .143/.250/.286/.536
9. Keston Hiura MIL NL .281/.333/.531/.865
10. Jo Adell AA - .389/.468/.704/1.171        
 

Benching Lucroy would be a great start in cutting down wild pitches, as he has more holes in his defense than the streets in Manhattan.

Benching Lucroy would be a great start in cutting down wild pitches, as he has more holes in his defense than the streets in Manhattan.

Pujols thinks angel fans suck 

That's as gay as soccer 

BEST TIME ALBERT HAS EVER HAD. HIS TEAM EVEN WON TWO OF THREE.

Wait...Yadier Molina coordinated all this Albert Stuff?  Why didn’t anybody even mention this?

2017 MLB Draft Top 10 Selections
1. Royce Lewis - A+ .235/.287/.357/.644
2. Hunter Greene - Tommy John
3. MacKenzie Gore A+/  6-1 w/l - 1.23 ERA
4. Brendan McKay AA-AAA .185/.288/.311/.599
5. Kyle Wright - AAA    4-4 w/l - 6.08 ERA; ATL ML 0-2 w/l - 7.07 ERA    
6. Austin Beck A+ .264/.309/.458/.766
7. Pavin Smith AA - .259/.344/.402/.746    
8. Adam Haseley AA-AAA .275/.358/.466/.824 ; PHI ML .143/.250/.286/.536
9. Keston Hiura MIL NL .281/.333/.531/.865
10. Jo Adell AA - .389/.468/.704/1.171        
 

Jo Adell .397/.470/.690 /1.159 @ AA Mobile

I know they got a run but that was just a bad inning in a variety of ways.

No more Skaggs either. The NL is such an inferior product.

I understand your point, but let's not go crazy here. 

At least we never have to go through this again after today. 
Geez, who cares about the Angels? An afterthought. It's Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Famer!
 

he played like a Trout in St. Louis and a slow CJ Cron in Anaheim.

he played like a Trout in St. Louis and a slow CJ Cron in Anaheim.

I would join in if it helped Albert to make his retirement announcement at the end of the year.  It would be special if he did it while in St. Louis.

A total over-the-top love fest. Sickening.
 
 

l'll be glad when this series is over, l'm tired of the Pujols blubbering...

l'll be glad when this series is over, l'm tired of the Pujols blubbering...

The one big thing AAA will likely always have on AA is more physically mature talent and the things that come with it -- power/command/control.   But those things likely fall under the fine tuning category you spoke of.   For hitters it's said that plate discipline is the last thing to fully develop, so being in AAA where pitchers have better command/control -- they will be better able to improve their plate discipline than in AA where the guy with the live arm and no clue where it's going is getting outs by virtue of pure stuff, but the hitter can lay off stuff.  On the pitching side, there are more guys that can turn on a pitch and make them pay, so again.  Fine tuning .vs true development.

But simply saying "it should be better" does?   Again, it's largely due to park indexes.
AJ summed it up pretty well, so I won't belabor it much other than double down on what he said... these days AAA is used more-so to add polish or have a player bide his time til a spot opens up than to truly develop.   I wouldn't say that's true of every team, or that it's true every year -- the minors aren't a static thing nor is the talent distribution, but that's where it's been going for a while now.   In the Angels case, the PCL is a significant challenge for our pitchers because of the parks and the elevations, the usage of MLB balls in AAA for the first time is also helpful towards their development.  But for our hitters it can actually create bad habits or mask their weaknesses.   If our AAA club were in the International League, it would be different ... the league tends to play much more neutral.
If you want more detailed info, there are articles at Baseball America and other sites that document the shifting minor league landscape and how more and more teams are holding their best age appropriate prospects at AA .vs AAA.  Like everything else in baseball things are changing and could change back.

I think it is a number of factors. The overall talent level in AAA is probably higher, but not by a huge margin, and this is ameliorated by the hitting environments. 
Think of AA as the last major stop on the developmental path of a prospect. Once a player 'masters' AA, they're usually ready for the big leagues. Now they might spend time--even years--in AAA, but that's usually either to wait their turn (if they're not an elite prospect) or because they have some things they need to fine-tune. So, AA = last major stage of development, AAA = fine-tuning.
AAA is also a kind of extended bench for the major league teams, so there are a lot of major league caliber players - but a bunch of them are scrubs/replacement players. You'll probably find more top prospects in AA, considering that your average top prospect spends more time in AA than AAA.

dick 

What a pussy