quote:Originally posted by swingbuilder:
Short season is a large majority of players that remain in "extended spring training". Know what that is, ORLANDO?
SB, that isn't correct, at all, for the short season A ball leagues like the NY/PENN and the NWL. It is more true for the short season Rookie leagues like the Pioneer and Applachian.
To say the majority of players in the NY/PENN and NWL came from Extended just isn't right. The rosters in those two leagues are largely made from the draft and then combined with some Latin players in extended who are young and did not get an assignment in April. You might have up to and additional 3 that came through the draft in prior years who were in extended, but 3 would be a lot.
To say a "large majority" from extended make up the rosters in the short season NY/PENN and NWL isn't supported by looking at the rosters and how they are almost always made up of 20-23 or so players from that years draft and/or younger Latin players ranked highly within an organization.