The All-Star Break gives a clean break from the first half of the season with the promise of a different, better second half for every team. It doesn’t always work out that way, but that’s the hope. Hope is what I’m going to be talking about this morning, but not in the hopeful belief of a great second half from the St. Louis Cardinals. It’s the hopeful promise of the future, the undefined and to be determined future.
The absence of any new information to talk about during the All-Star break means that it’s natural to direct our attention to the minor leagues.