Callix Crabbe has had the fortune to see several of his young players make the jump from Class AA to the majors this season. The Altoona Curve's manager has seen Henry Davis and Liover Peguero become regulars in the Pirates' lineup, not to mention delivering the news to Drew Maggi in one of the feel-good stories of the year.
But when he talks about players he's managed making the jump to the majors, Joshua Palacios is the first person he speaks of.
Palacios wasn't a typical Double-A player.