90th Percentile: Exploring An Expanded MiLB Relationship With Independent Leagues
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Since the shrinking of the minor leagues post-2020, independent baseball leagues are playing a larger role in the development picture.
Drawing from the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League, who played the 2023-24 season as an independent team prior to gaining afflation with the Carolina Hurricanes, we ask if a non-affiliated Independent minor league team would offer a benefit to the minor league structure. We discuss how that would work and why it would offer players a viable showcase opportunity against affiliated players.
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