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Originally Posted by BBGiovanni
Is that what teams are doing IRL? Just dumping everyone in Arizona/Florida and seeing who does what?
It does explain why I've seen what I've seen in the California League this year. It looks an awful lot like what short season games used to look like (at least the NYPL games I've seen). Sending better college prospects to what is now Low A after the draft would make a lot of sense, basically using them as they used to use A-SS leagues.
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It seems apparent that teams are promoting throughout the minors - and even to the majors - much more quickly now than they did even two years ago.
There are multiple reasons for this - organizational limits on # of players, elimination of short season A ball, costs, etc. - but teams are separating the perceived wheat from the chaff a lot more quickly.
And guys aren't lingering in a system for several years if their perceived potential doesn't warrant it, hoping that it all comes together at some point.
Just an observation, but I think this affects Low A ball more than any other level. College guys who would have been at short season A ball two years ago (if there wasn't a pandemic) are now being thrown into the Low A pool and the ones who keep their heads above water stay, the others....well, that's unfortunate.