The Quad-A label is the glass ceiling of the baseball world. Simultaneously washed and intriguing, most of these guys rarely get an extended look on the game’s biggest stage, even after years of steady production at the highest level of the minors. Whether it’s due to age, defensive inflexibility, inflated stats from playing on the moon in the Pacific Coast League, or simply being too far down the depth chart in their org, once you’re dubbed Quad-A, it’s tough to shake that designation - no matter how well you hit in Triple-A. As they age into their mid-to-late twenties, getting even 100 Major League plate appearances starts to feel like a stretch, and the pressure begins to mount - that “now-or-never” feeling starts to creep in for fans and players alike.
40 in 40: José Marmolejos
