The Dominican Summer League season ended today with the final game getting rained out. Once the season ends there, then they hand out the invitations to the Fall Instructional League at Pirates City, which begins in approximately three weeks. That schedule hasn't been released yet, but the invites were announced today and it is a very large group.
Usually we see 10-12 players get invites each year. That group is usually a very good representation of the players who will make the jump to the U.S. the following season. If that holds true next year, then minor league Spring Training at Pirate City in 2018 is going to be packed, because 22 of the 36 players on the DSL Pirates right now got invites to the instructional league.