The median birthdate in the Midwest League in 2010 was 5/10/1988, which would make the median age 22, so I don't see how you can justify Catricala as being old for the league when he didn't turn 22 until October.
The median SLGing in the MWL was .381 in 2010. This is low in part because the MWL is predominantly a pitchers league. That makes Catricala's .488 appear to be almost Ruthian.
Granted, right now Vinnie Catricala is a player without a true position. Last year he split his time between 1st (54 games), 3rd (26 games), and LF (26 games). Identifying him as a 1st baseman, especially since prior to 2010 he had been a 3rd baseman, isn't being very accurate.
Now how about Tenbrink at AA. You say that his .427 SLG is a bad thing. The median slugging in the Southern League in 2010 was... Wait for it... .374! Hell, Ackley's slugging was a gargantuan .384!
In 2010 the median DOB of a player in the Southern League was 2/16/1986. Tenbrink's DOB is 12/21/1986, which would make him almost a year younger then his contemporaries.
No, you need to research these guys a bit more closely before you start calling either of them "organizational filler". There are about 500 position players in the book, and I'm willing to bet that 65% of them are "organizational filler".
Perhaps you need to define what impresses you and what doesn't...
Lonnie
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