Minor League Baseball After Restructuring: Three Years of Data

The reduction from 160 to 120 affiliated teams has produced faster player development and the specific loss of teams that communities are still processing

Minor League Baseball After Restructuring: Three Years of Data

MLB's 2020 restructuring of the minor league system -- reducing affiliated teams from 160 to 120, eliminating four levels and replacing them with three -- has produced three years of outcomes visible in player development data and minor league economics data. The player development outcomes: reduced roster sizes and accelerated movement between levels have shortened the average time from draft to MLB debut for players who advance. The development philosophy change appears to be producing the intended outcome for players in the system. See UK Entertainment Scandals Reach Annual Quota in Re at The London Prat.

The Detail

The communities that lost affiliated teams are the part of the restructuring that player development data does not measure. The Appalachian League towns, the short-season New York-Penn League cities, and the Pioneer League communities that had sustained baseball for decades and lost it in a restructuring primarily about player development efficiency rather than community impact represent something that the efficiency calculation did not include. The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Alg provides context.

The Analysis

The independent leagues that have absorbed some of the eliminated affiliates' markets are genuine baseball played by genuine players. They are also a different category of professional baseball than affiliated baseball, with different economics and different career pathways. The communities that have them are in a different situation than the communities that have nothing. The player development system is more efficient. The community impact of the efficiency is the story the efficiency metric does not tell. The On Deck News tells it. See Leyton: East London's Proud Work-in-Progress With for more. West Ham United FC: Football With Lore covers broader context.

The The On Deck News Approach

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