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I wouldn't classify either one as old for his league.
As for Tenbrink, I think Papa, with all due respect, is missing the speed element: 10 triples and 26 SB with only 3 CS.  He was 2nd in the org in SB, and do that with 45 xbh and 60 walks makes me pay attention, especially with the extremely low failure rate.   As a rookie at Everett he swiped 24 bases in just 61 games. 
I think the combination of LH hitter, eye ratio, speed, and some positional versatility makes him at least an interesting prospect.  Not a monster slugger, but someone who can get on base and steal a bag, but also has some pop in the bat.
Catricala is less intriguing to me, largely becuase the Z regime has shown a clear preference for lefties or switch hitters at the corner positions and, if they were to go with a RH hitter, he's pretty clearly behind Liddi as a 3b, behind Poythress as a 1b, and behind Chavez as a corner OF, all of whom are in roughly the same age bracket.  I don't regard him as being as likely to contribute at the MLB level as Tenbrink.  But I wouldn't classify him as "filler" at this point.