Truman, the very tough aspect is the fact that during this next 4-5 day period, a significant number of those who are hoping for an assignment and who don't know where, will instead learn they are not, they are being released. Some will be packing families with young children and heading out of town with a lifetime of emotions swirling in their mind and a completely uncertain and unplanned future staring them in the mirror.
A number of former Milb players have said this is the hardest time they ever had in baseball, watching teammates who were so hopeful yesterday, leaving, one by one, with a crushing weight, for most of them, knowing they are at the end of a career.