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Curve Ball Dave · 08-11-2018, 08:26 PM

Short Season A is Advanced Rookie. It's for guys just drafted out of college who are a little too advanced to play against raw teenagers in Rookie ball, and for guys who played a season or two of Rookie ball and are ready to advance. Low A is just that. It's the first full season level of the minor leagues. High A isn't a full step above Low A, it's more like a half step. The competition is a little better than Low A.

In the case of the Red Sox, the Lowell Spinners are in the New York-Penn League which is Short Season A. The Greenville Drive are part of the Low A South Atlantic League. You promote your better guys from Lowell to Greenville. If a player is ready to move up a level, you promote him to Salem of the Carolina League which is High A. From there they go to Portland and so on.

08-11-2018, 08:26 PM	#3
Curve Ball Dave Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,402	Short Season A is Advanced Rookie. It's for guys just drafted out of college who are a little too advanced to play against raw teenagers in Rookie ball, and for guys who played a season or two of Rookie ball and are ready to advance. Low A is just that. It's the first full season level of the minor leagues. High A isn't a full step above Low A, it's more like a half step. The competition is a little better than Low A. In the case of the Red Sox, the Lowell Spinners are in the New York-Penn League which is Short Season A. The Greenville Drive are part of the Low A South Atlantic League. You promote your better guys from Lowell to Greenville. If a player is ready to move up a level, you promote him to Salem of the Carolina League which is High A. From there they go to Portland and so on. __________________ "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"-Warren Spahn.