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The proposed changes effect college players more than HS players. Currently, the path for MOST HS players is rookie ball at the mother ship complex for at least the first season and probably the second, also.

College players come into proball physically ready, but most need development. (AA rosters are full of 25+ year old players, so any system which develops them faster is the goal.)

College players have faced better  competition when compared to HS players, have an understanding of the increased workload, better grasp of mental elements of the game, better understanding of their own physiology, have experienced travel, and are used to greater pressures - simply by having more experience.

IMO, the category of players most helped by the advantages of being at the mother ship complex are college aged players. And, those are the guys who are sent to SS and low A out of the gate.

(In other words, for the first few years, HS and college players are on different development tracks; and college players need to be developed faster than the current methods.)

Last edited by Goosegg
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