It's no more semantics than the difference between "Low A" and "High A." It's about the quality of competition. The short-season leagues exist primarily to give just-drafted players a place to ease into pro ball, and if a club has both a Short-Season A and a Rookie League team, its more advanced draftees go to the former. The Reds, meanwhile, have to decide whether its more advanced draftees have to be thrown straight into the fire of a full-season club or go beat up on inferior competition at Billings.
Last edited by IslandRed; 09-10-2008 at 10:23 AM.
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