Major League Baseball is changing some rules. As people in general, and baseball fans (possibly) in particular, don’t like changes, the edits are a bit unpopular. Most of us will stick around to see how the changes tease out. This piece is about which players in the amateur ranks gain and lose value from pending rule changes.
For most baseball fans, players hit the collective radar once they debut in MLB. Or, more accurately, when they play in a significant situation for or against the fan’s primary rooting interest. However, from an organizational standpoint, very few players arrive as unknowns in MLB or the upper-minors.