WARNING!! This might make you depressed

The Diary about the Augusta Giants, got me thinking. Since it looks like we might have some great prospects their (Villalona, Noonan, etc), how fast should the Giants move these kids along.

Its slow today at work, so I looked at some past how high profile prospects from the 90's , that of couse never panned out.

Calvin Murray 1st round pick(7th overall) 1992

AGE 21 (A+):345AB's  9 HR's,42 RBI, .281/.356, .791 OPS
(AA): 138 AB's , 0 , 6 , .188/.263 , .495

AGE 22 (AA): 2 , 35 , .231/.300 , .604

AGE 23 (AA):441 AB's 2 , 29 , .236/.326 , .628
      (AAA):50 AB's , 4 ,10 , .180/.241 , .681

Age 24 (AA):169 AB's ,7 , 24 , .260/.356 , .782
      (AAA):311 , 3 , 28 , .244/.326 , .699

AGE 25 (AA): 10 , 56 , .272/.371 , .789

AGE 26 (AA) : 337 AB, 8 , 39 , .309/.410, .885
      (AAA) : 90 , 3 ,5 , .233 , .324 , .713

AGE 27 (AAA) : 23 , 73 , .334 , .389 , .931

Got a callup that year, played a little in 2000, and was gone a year later.

Dante Powell: 1st round 1994(22nd overall)

AGE 20 (A-): 5 HR's, 25 BI's, .305/.380 ,.883 OPS

Age 21 (A+): 10 , 70 , .248/.310, .698 OPS

Age 22 (AA): 21 , 78 , .280/.369 , .834 OPS

Age 23 (AAA): 11 , 42 , .241/.319 , .704 OPS

Age 24 (AAA): 14 , 52 , .230/.335 , .710 OPS

Good first year, then moved up, lousy at high Aball but still moved up, great at AA, then falls off and traded after 98 season.

Jay Canizaro 4th round 1993

Age 20 (A+): 15 , 69 , .252/.320 ,.712 OPS

Age 21 (AA): 12 , 60 , .293/.376 , .840 OPS

AGE 22 (AAA): 7 , 64 , .262/.345 , .733

AGE 23 (AA): 176 AB, 11 , 38 , .256/.351 , .845
      (AAA): 81 , 2 , 12 , .198/278 , .636

AGE 24(AA) : 281 AB, 12 , 32 , .224/.347, .731
     (AAA) : 106 , 6 , 14 , .226/.333, .824

AGE 25 (AAA): 26 , 78 , .280/.366 , .926

Released after the season, never paned out.

Basically it looks like to me that the Giants tried to fast track these guys, even when they had a bad season, they where promoted, then jerked them around when they couldn't produce at AAA. I notice similarities with Jacob Cruz and JR Phillips.

So Im thinking should the Giants be more patient with our young kids like Noonan, Villalona, Fairley ,etc. Or is their going to be to much pressure to fast track them. Personally I would loved to see them get fast tracked, but not at the expense of their development.