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Tyler Fitzgerald has hit the list, winning with an overwhelming 32% of the vote.
So here’s our new list:
- Joey Bart
- Marco Luciano
- Heliot Ramos
- Hunter Bishop
- Logan Webb
- Alexander Canario
- Seth Corry
- Mauricio Dubon
- Luis Matos
- Sean Hjelle
- Will Wilson
- Jaylin Davis
- Luis Toribio
- Jairo Pomares
- Gregory Santos
- Melvin Adon
- Tristan Beck
- Kai-Wei Teng
- Conner Menez
- Jake Wong + Logan Wyatt
- (see above)
- Sandro Fabian
- Ricardo Genoves
- Trevor McDonald
- Blake Rivera
- Camilo Doval
- Grant McCray
- Tyler Rogers
- Chris Shaw
- Prelander Berroa
- Dany Jimenez
- Franklin Labour
- Garrett Frechette
- Tyler Fitzgerald
So, where will you go now? Matt Frisbee (17%) and Rayner Santana (16%) were very close in the runner-up position, so where are you going this time?
Aeverson Arteaga
Esmerlin Vinicio
Poll
Who is the system’s #35 prospect?
This poll is closed
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5%
Aeverson Arteaga?
(6 votes) -
6%
Esmerlin Vinicio
(7 votes) -
12%
Jalen Miller
(14 votes) -
31%
Matt Frisbee
(35 votes) -
19%
PJ Hilson
(22 votes) -
24%
Rayner Santana
(27 votes)
As a post-script, have you been wondering what’s been going on with the “discussions” between Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball?
MiLB has just forwarded a letter to Manfred outlining proposals to address the needs MLB is requesting and stave off contraction. They do so to counter league in saying no proposals have been sent. As part, MiLB says clubs that don’t meet facility requirements would be relocated. pic.twitter.com/AwruQWn6eY
— Maury Brown (@BizballMaury) January 29, 2020
Well, Minor League Baseball sent a letter to MLB which went public yesterday, and it was scathing. It suggested MLB was lying, uncooperative and unresponsive to MiLB’s negotiating offers, and taking advantage of Minor League Baseball. You can read it, unannotated, here.
Later, MLB responded with its own letter, refuting MiLB point by point, calling the minor league owners hypocritical, and claiming that MiLB takes advantage of the free labor MLB provides, while continuing to scold the use of public complaints while publicly complaining. You can read that letter here.
What do you think about the two sides? Is MLB’s stated reason for wanted to eliminate short-season baseball compelling at all (i.e. moving the draft later, reducing the length of the draft, the very low chances of players drafted late to make the majors)? Do you believe this is just about cutting money, whether it’s less than 1% of the budgets or not? Are minor league owners just as culpable as major league owners at abandoning communities? And is anyone even taking the “Dream League” seriously, or MLB’s other league suggestions seriously?
Is minor league baseball even going to exist in 2021?
Let us know your thoughts in the comments.