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Originally Posted by Brittingham.Sam
I would disagree that people won't care "about a few ABs." If players have a great fall league their stock can skyrocket, so if a player has an abysmal fall league it's well within the realm of reason to surmise that their stock could fall.
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Historically, this has not proven to be the case.
Trout had a horrid AFL. Horrid. Worse than Hamilton's, in fact.
Trout: .245/ .279/ .321/ .600
Hamilton: .234/ .306/ .328/ .634
Despite this, he was widely regarded as the top overall prospect coming into the 2012 season.
Three years ago, our own Devin Mesoraco had a very poor AFL. He was still ranked among the top five prospects in the game afterward. That same year, Kris Negron OPSed more than 950-- he didn't get talked about as any great prospect afterward.
In short, it's great is you dominate the AFL after a tough season, but it's really not a big deal if you don't.