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Dylan Ramirez
This seems like a bad policy change. I wonder what the benefit of this is. Teams have invested in these facilities and now you change the rules on them and it seems to punish the development of these kids as well.
Tom 22
The handlers of these kids are just going to be way more important now.
DippityDoo
Wow, I must be missing something and someone will come on here and explain why, but getting kids off the street and into a safe place to sleep and eat, seems like its a good thing.
bobbybaseball
This is really bad news for the Cubs, who built this monument of a facility in the Dominican, which was constructed mainly to gain an advantage over other teams by evaluating players before others could.
bigbadjohnny
Is it me, or does it seems MLB is trying to hold back the Cubs in development area now, but it was okay back in the days for the Yankees, Cardinals, Mets, Red Sox & Dodgers to grab their guys.
bobbybaseball
I doubt they are intentionally holding back the Cubs, but regardless of intent, Theo & co certainly have had to deal with some setbacks in the way they go about the business of rebuilding the team.
Steve 37
If this is to be considered the first change implemented under the Manfred regime, it’s a troublesome sign.
Steve 37
Rest assured, these kids will still leave home to play ball in organized training camps. But, rather than receiving instruction at safe, MLB-overseen facilities with things like beds and 3 square meals, they’ll be trained at buscones-operated facilities with no running water and cockroach-infested living quarters. But, hey…at least these 14 yr-olds get to spend more time with their “agents,” which will give them plenty of opportunity to sign over 50% of their future earnings in exchange for representation.
Mikenmn
The rule is irrational. It presumes these kids live in terrific middle to upper middle class neighborhoods with luxurious high school stadiums and related facilities.
escapingNihilism
good luck enforcing this nonsense