We’re back with part 3 of the Making An Ace series. Today, we will be looking at the early portion of these aces’ careers: Were they drafted in college or high school or were they free agents? How long were they in the minors? How did they perform in the minors? If we can find some common traits among these aces as we defined in parts 1 and 2, then it might help us with our analysis for today and in the future.
I have created a pretty massive table of all this data. If I was to post it in the article, it would become a massive eyesore, so I am going to embed it here below in sections and then reference it throughout the rest of the article.