Minor leagues reduction

Lecom · Post by **Lecom** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:27 pm

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/04/21/mi ... ntraction/

Lecom · Post by **Lecom** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:29 pm

If this actually happens I still think it will be bad for baseball .

ArnoldRothstein · Post by **ArnoldRothstein** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:45 am

I think that the short-season leagues are doomed, if not now then soon. It doesn't make any sense to give a kid $100,000 or more, and then send him off to some random town where might or might not get effective training. Baseball players have to learn a lot of processes now that were undreamed of twenty years ago. They need consistent instruction, repetition, and feedback, and that won't work if your new kids are spread out all over the place.

BenM · Post by **BenM** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:13 am

0E3D2120232B1D203B273C3B2A26214F0 wrote: I think that the short-season leagues are doomed, if not now then soon. It doesn't make any sense to give a kid $100,000 or more, and then send him off to some random town where might or might not get effective training. Baseball players have to learn a lot of processes now that were undreamed of twenty years ago. They need consistent instruction, repetition, and feedback, and that won't work if your new kids are spread out all over the place.

I know that the NY Penn league is scheduled to be eliminated.