In Part 2 we’re looking at prospects who were significantly younger than the competition (Part 1 can be found here) These players are usually international signings or high school draftees who rocket through the system. Putting an extremely young player with older competition signals that the organization thinks highly of him. Back in 2013, the Astros put Rio Ruiz and Carlos Correa in Quad Cities to start the season, even though they were teenagers. In these contexts, prospect-success has a different metric.
Given the loss of short-season leagues, more prospects ended up being extremely young for their league.