Here’s a fun list. It’s the “leaders” in the International League in 2008 – in Runs Created per Game (RC/G) for players age 25 or younger with at least 150 PA:

 Player	 	Age	Team	Frn	 G	 PA	RC/G
 Jay Bruce	21	 LOU	CIN	49	201	9.6
 Rog.Bernadina	24	 COL	WSN	47	215	7.9
 Adam Lind	24	 SYR	TOR	51	213	7.9
 Denard Span	24	 ROC	MIN	40	184	7.9
 Brett Gardner	24	 SWB	NYY	94	426	7.1
 Brandon Moss	24	 PAW	BOS	43	182	7.1
 Matthew Joyce	23	 TOL	DET	56	227	7.0
 Asd. Cabrera	22	 BUF	CLE	34	152	6.8
 Chris Carter	25	 PAW	BOS	121	522	6.6
 Juan Miranda	25	 SWB	NYY	99	417	6.5
 Trevor Crowe	24	 BUF	CLE	35	164	6.3
 Chris Getz	24	 CHL	CHW	111	457	6.2
 Brent Clevlen	24	 TOL	DET	126	540	6.1
 Adam Rosales	25	 LOU	CIN	117	473	5.8
 Geor. Kottaras	25	 PAW	BOS	107	462	5.7
 Jed Lowrie	24	 PAW	BOS	53	234	5.6
 Josh Anderson	25	 RMD	ATL	121	541	5.5
 Fernando Perez	25	 DUR	TBR	129	579	5.5
 Jeffrey Larish	25	 TOL	DET	103	440	5.3
 And.McCutchen	21	 IND	PIT	135	590	5.3
 Josh Fields	25	 CHL	CHW	75	318	5.1
 Brian Bixler	25	 IND	PIT	86	364	5.1

Now, yeah, Miranda can’t hit lefties and Gardner lacks pop. But, still, based on these numbers, how can anyone say that they’re not young players who have done well, on the whole, at Triple-A?