The Farm System

What's best for the (Major League) ballclub
ain't necessarily what's best for the player

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  • Your advance is slowed down if team favors. . .
        another guy over you-- he moves up, you stay put!
  • He is groomed for majors at AAA level,while you remain
        buried in low minors and receive no attention!
  • If they don't need you but another club does . . .
  • They won't let you go! You might come back and hurt them!

    • Judge Landis believed in local (and independent) ownership of minor league teams,who were free
    to sell players to buyers who wanted them and would not keep them hidden away

    When Judge Landis restored free agent status to minor league farm system ballplayers. . .
  • he spoke in terms of giving the players their freedom
  • and often freed players in the Cardinals farm system

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