Listen now (36 min) | My good friend Kevin Cunningham of Giantfutures.com/ and I try to make some sense of negotiations for the future of minor league baseball.
How does the Dominican academy fit into player development and the minor leagues? Is it just for Latin American players? What ages are players? Is it year round? And where do players go from there? What minor league team level?
Excellent conversation - thank you Kevin and Roger! If the MLB plan is to create 8-team-only leagues at each of three levels (A, AA, AAA) in order to free up eastern markets for eastern teams, do you think they will have to pressure non-West teams (Royals, Cards, Astros, etc) to get out of the Texas League and let teams like the Giants get in there? Double-A seems to me to be a big problem.
How does the Dominican academy fit into player development and the minor leagues? Is it just for Latin American players? What ages are players? Is it year round? And where do players go from there? What minor league team level?
Excellent conversation - thank you Kevin and Roger! If the MLB plan is to create 8-team-only leagues at each of three levels (A, AA, AAA) in order to free up eastern markets for eastern teams, do you think they will have to pressure non-West teams (Royals, Cards, Astros, etc) to get out of the Texas League and let teams like the Giants get in there? Double-A seems to me to be a big problem.