Proving the theory that there is no off-season in baseball, the Arizona Fall, Venezuelan Winter, Mexican Winter, and Dominican Winter Leagues are already up and running, even before the World Series ends.
The Arizona Fall League, Major League Baseball's official off-season league, is structured in such a way that teams send all their players to one team. This is not the case with the other leagues, which have no formal affiliation with the American game.
Players from Mexico, Venezuela, or the Dominican Republic are frequently signed to play with local teams even before they play in the United States, and will return to those teams as often as they wish. Players without a home team, so to speak, can be assigned by their major league teams, though these arrangements tend to be less formal th ...
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Minnesota Twins’ Youth Corps: Venezuelan Winter League Edition
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