Reply to "Minor League Poverty"

luv baseball5,000+ posts

I think he was deflecting the issue. Said another way Vincent is saying MiLB is a business. There are about 3 agenda's in MiLB

1) Making money for the owners i.e. Fans in the park + keep pay low.

2) Playing time for draft picks (bonus) players - development + What have we got.

3) Currency for trades or getting players ready to help the MLB club

The only reason Farm Clubs exist is that it has been proven for 100 years that a good farm system = winning at the MLB level. If that was not true the number of minor league baseball teams would be 1/2 or less than today because MLB wouldn't spend a nickel on it if they didn't think they needed to.

10/30/146:51 AM

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