At What Age Does a "Prospect" Become a Career Minor Leaguer or Journeyman?
If you scan AAA rosters, you still see players 25 and above filing out the rosters, and some of them still carry the "prospect" label. But some of them will never play in the majors, in fact they are destined to be traded or released.
So at what age would you give up on a player, assuming he's still playing and putting up numbers below what is required for the majors.
I was looking at one of our players, I won't mention who. A hard throwing pitcher, projected as a reliever in the majors. 19 IP, 23K's, 18 BB's, that's the kind of thing I mean, he's 26 years old.