I just found out that in June the Great Falls Voyagers extended their PDC with the White Sox to 2014. I haven’t commented on the short season leagues yet, but I will soon. The Appalachian League isn’t as interesting since most of teams are owned outright.
And my overly organizational mind still doesn’t quite understand why there are 20 Short Season A teams and 20 Rookie league teams. To me, it would make a lot of sense to eliminate the Appalachian League and the Rookie level, and have each team with exactly one Short Season A team. Each major league team could then have a Rookie league team at its training complex in Florida and Arizona. Just don’t understand why things don’t line up with one affiliate at each level for each team.
