Post on 18-Jul-2015
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Troy Onley
www.milb.com
9550 16th Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Website & Headquarters
Pat O’Connor
Spent 30 years in professional baseball, including the last 19 in the Minor League Baseball office. He joined the Minor League Baseball staff in May 1993 as Chief Operating Officer and added the title of Vice President, Administration in December 1995. Pat was elected the 11th president of Minor League Baseball in December 2007. He was re-elected for a second term in December 2011.
President
Triple-A
Double-A
Class-A( Advanced and Low-A)
Class-A Short Season
Rookie
240 Teams
USA, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico
System
Leagues- International League, Pacific Coast League, Mexican league(not included in the farm system)
30 Teams
Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Philadelphia Phillies)
140-144 games April-September
Triple-A
International League- North,South,West division leaders, and a wild card team compete in a best-of-five series format
Pacific league- the 4 division winners also compete in a best-of-series
Winners of each league compete in the Triple-A National Championship game
Omaha Storm Chasers 2014 Champions
Triple-A Playoffs
30 Teams- Eastern League , Southern League, Texas League
Reading Phillies
Most of the top prospects play in AA.
Binghamton Mets 2014 Eastern league champions
Double-A
Two Sub-Classifications Class-A Advanced and Class-A(Low-A)
Mostly used for inexperienced players and early stages of rehab assignment
140 games April-September
Clearwater Threshers(Philadelphia Phillies)
Class-A
Play roughly 75 games from June-September
Only 22 MLB affiliates
Brooklyn Cyclones
Staten Island Yankees
Class-A Short Season
Consists of 6 Leagues-Applachian, Pioneer, Arizona, Gulf Coast, Dominican Summer, Venezuelan Summer Leagues
67-75 games
Rookie
Major League Players who are put the Disabled List can be sent to the minors for rehab work
Rehab Assignment
Rawlings, Minors Announce Gold Glovers
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140929&content_id=96949712&fext=.jsp&vkey=pr_milb&sid=milb
Professional Article
http://www.footlocker.com/
Headquarters-Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Sportswear and Footwear retailer
Operate Kids Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Footaction USA, and Eastbay
http://www.hardballtimes.com/understanding-minor-league-levels/
http://www.milb.com/milb/info/teams.jsp
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071119&content_id=324034&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp
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