MLB launching wood bat prospects league

[Charlesroast]

MLB to launch league for Draft prospects

Major League Baseball, Prep Baseball Report (PBR), and five founding members today announced the formation of the MLB Draft League, which will become the first league in the country focused on top prospects who are eligible to be drafted by MLB Clubs that summer. With the 2021 MLB Draft moved

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This will set college baseball back, especially in this year of Covid impacts on college schedules and athletic funds. Was hopeful moving the draft back was going to be part of more supportive approach to college baseball. NBA & NFL seem to like the free minor leagues provided by the colleges, MLB not so much.

 

[jsglenn4]

NBA & NFL seem to like the free minor leagues provided by the colleges, MLB not so much.

I suspect that may be because MLB has had a formal minor league structure in place for 100 years now.

 

[Charlesroast]

No doubt about that. Just think college baseball has progressed greatly in terms of coaching and facilities etc to the point that the lower level minor leagues could be replaced with various benefits for MLB, e.g. significant dollar saving and I believe increased fan following coming with the appeal of college athletics.