This is the place. It takes a lot more than talent for minor leaguers to find success as they make the climb. For a minor-league player to be successful at any level, it takes more than just physical talent.
Players have to be mentally sound, or the road to the majors can be a very long and bumpy one.
Of course, there's a period of adjustment for the players. As long as a player is getting better everyday and progressing everyday, he's on the right track. Aeros center fielder Mark Budzinski is considered one of the harder workers, on and off the field, in the Indians' minor-league organization. He'll do all the extra things to become a better player. And he remembers his first year at Double-A with the Aeros in 1998.