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CBeisbol · 09-10-2019, 08:31 PM

Like everything, there are pluses and minuses

Doing away with minor leagues and putting some, select, players into camps might be a more efficient way to to develop the players, but

What happens when a player is released from a camp? Currently minor league players are scouted by the other teams and statistics are available. In a camp situation, other teams will have virtually no information about that player. His chance of catching on with another team will be minimal.

As for people, like myself, who enjoy minor league baseball it would suck to lose that. Though, surely, other leagues would develop to take their place. But these leagues would be lacking the best players. And that connection with the major league team, and being able to say, "I saw that guy play before he was a star" wouldn't exist.

This might benefit minor league players though. Currently, minor league pay is coming under fire. MLB has largely been able to avoid even paying minimum wage in some instances. Realistically, players don't have any other options for making it to the big leagues, though. Other leagues might have to pay better wages to attract players hoping to get invited to the camps. Could also work the other way, though. Fans might not care about this unaffiliated ball and teams might not be able to support themselves without the tie in to MLB

09-10-2019, 08:31 PM	#4
CBeisbol Banned Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Ban land in 3...2... Posts: 2,943	Like everything, there are pluses and minuses Doing away with minor leagues and putting some, select, players into camps might be a more efficient way to to develop the players, but What happens when a player is released from a camp? Currently minor league players are scouted by the other teams and statistics are available. In a camp situation, other teams will have virtually no information about that player. His chance of catching on with another team will be minimal. As for people, like myself, who enjoy minor league baseball it would suck to lose that. Though, surely, other leagues would develop to take their place. But these leagues would be lacking the best players. And that connection with the major league team, and being able to say, "I saw that guy play before he was a star" wouldn't exist. This might benefit minor league players though. Currently, minor league pay is coming under fire. MLB has largely been able to avoid even paying minimum wage in some instances. Realistically, players don't have any other options for making it to the big leagues, though. Other leagues might have to pay better wages to attract players hoping to get invited to the camps. Could also work the other way, though. Fans might not care about this unaffiliated ball and teams might not be able to support themselves without the tie in to MLB Last edited by CBeisbol; 09-10-2019 at 08:36 PM.