The way the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers started and ended were very different. They started with a younger team, but the best of the bunch was promoted over the season. Top 2021 draft picks Colson Montgomery and Wes Kath both started there and were promoted over the course of the season. They also showed the two types of top prospect promotions that happened in both A-ball teams: One deserving, coming much earlier in the season (Montgomery), the other straight to Project Birmingham, without merit (Kath). Norge Vera also had a sterling Low-A campaign in his first innings Stateside.