Troy Onley

www.milb.com

9550 16th Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716

Website & Headquarters

Pat O’Connor

Spent 30 years in professional baseball, including the last 19 in the Minor League Baseball office. He joined the Minor League Baseball staff in May 1993 as Chief Operating Officer and added the title of Vice President, Administration in December 1995. Pat was elected the 11th president of Minor League Baseball in December 2007. He was re-elected for a second term in December 2011.

President

Triple-A

Double-A

Class-A( Advanced and Low-A)

Class-A Short Season

Rookie

240 Teams

USA, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico

System

Leagues- International League, Pacific Coast League, Mexican league(not included in the farm system)

30 Teams

Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Philadelphia Phillies)

140-144 games April-September

Triple-A

International League- North,South,West division leaders, and a wild card team compete in a best-of-five series format

Pacific league- the 4 division winners also compete in a best-of-series

Winners of each league compete in the Triple-A National Championship game

Omaha Storm Chasers 2014 Champions

Triple-A Playoffs

30 Teams- Eastern League , Southern League, Texas League

Reading Phillies

Most of the top prospects play in AA.

Binghamton Mets 2014 Eastern league champions

Double-A

Two Sub-Classifications Class-A Advanced and Class-A(Low-A)

Mostly used for inexperienced players and early stages of rehab assignment

140 games April-September

Clearwater Threshers(Philadelphia Phillies)

Class-A

Play roughly 75 games from June-September

Only 22 MLB affiliates

Brooklyn Cyclones

Staten Island Yankees

Class-A Short Season

Consists of 6 Leagues-Applachian, Pioneer, Arizona, Gulf Coast, Dominican Summer, Venezuelan Summer Leagues

67-75 games

Rookie

Major League Players who are put the Disabled List can be sent to the minors for rehab work

Rehab Assignment

Rawlings, Minors Announce Gold Glovers

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140929&content_id=96949712&fext=.jsp&vkey=pr_milb&sid=milb

Professional Article

LinkedIn

http://www.footlocker.com/

Headquarters-Midtown Manhattan, New York City

Sportswear and Footwear retailer

Operate Kids Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Footaction USA, and Eastbay

http://www.hardballtimes.com/understanding-minor-league-levels/

http://www.milb.com/milb/info/teams.jsp

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071119&content_id=324034&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

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