I was going to respond to the MiLB contraction topic, but I was not going to add anything meaningful to what was already discussed. Suffice to say that I do not believe that the contraction plan has much of anything to do with enhancing player development. I think it has more to do with once again bending to the whims of the financially challenged organizations, in yet another cost saving program designed to create parity, but continues to fail at that endeavor.
In the never ending search for parity, MLB has limited the ability of those organizations with financial clout by imposing restrictions on draft bonus pools, CBT thresholds, and international bonus pools.