GreenSox Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 The Rule 4 draft is 40 rounds, so teams must jettison 40 players from the minors each season. Now some will move to the majors, others will just decided to find a new profession, some AAAA players won't be offered new contracts...but there are still a lot of cuts to be made. Where do most of the cuts come from? Is there a big fallout rate after the summer Rookie League? Or guys who can't get past low A? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 QUOTE (GreenSox @ Feb 22, 2014 -> 06:39 AM) The Rule 4 draft is 40 rounds, so teams must jettison 40 players from the minors each season. Now some will move to the majors, others will just decided to find a new profession, some AAAA players won't be offered new contracts...but there are still a lot of cuts to be made. Where do most of the cuts come from? Is there a big fallout rate after the summer Rookie League? Or guys who can't get past low A? Most teams do not sign all 40 of their picks in the draft, but typically 25-30 is a likely number. Since most players newly drafted players start out on a Rookie League team (like Great Falls or Bristol), which are not full season teams (they start after the draft) there is not a need to really cut 25-30 players. They normally are weeded out in Spring Training minor league camp, and a majority would be from the previous years Rookie League teams or teams in A ball. That is my take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 QUOTE (GreenSox @ Feb 21, 2014 -> 11:39 PM) The Rule 4 draft is 40 rounds, so teams must jettison 40 players from the minors each season. Now some will move to the majors, others will just decided to find a new profession, some AAAA players won't be offered new contracts...but there are still a lot of cuts to be made. Where do most of the cuts come from? Is there a big fallout rate after the summer Rookie League? Or guys who can't get past low A? Well first of all, the rookie affiliates have big roster room - like up to 35 guys each as I recall. And those rosters are mostly empty (except maybe a few, generally less than 10, as holdovers from the previous season or bench filler org guys). As for when guys get cut, it happens at any time, though we've already seen the Sox release probably over a dozen this offseason already. Not to mention some minor league FA's ended up elsewhere. Also, some players are in the org but not on a team roster, especially at this point. They might be in extended ST, or on a DL, or on the restricted list (though that is usually rare). Then there's the fact that there are "shadow" rosters where teams can keep players who are not on an affiliate, unless/until they become Rule V eligible or somehow else must be protected. Spring Training usually sees a number of releases too, and small time trades. You'll typically see a handful of trades in February and March that go something like "White Sox trade Joe Minorleaguer to the Brewers for Cash Considerations". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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