Farm System

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Nothing about the move from KC makes sense. By all accounts the facilities were inferior and the distance from Chicago greater. Are there plans to upgrade the stadium, etc?

"The No. 1 selling point was the Cubs' faith in our organization and leadership," Silver Hawks owner Andrew Berlin told the South Bend Tribune. "We've had an extraordinary record for player development. It goes beyond the field, into the community."Another selling point was the construction of new and improvement of existing facilities in and around Four Winds Field, Berlin told the South Bend Tribune. A baseball-centric facility being constructed next to the ballpark is a scaled-down version of the training center the Cubs have in Mesa, Ariz.


Locker rooms, weight rooms and offices inside the stadium are being gutted and renovated, and natural grass will be installed to replace the artificial surface.

My guess is that the Cubs wanted the new facilities that were in the process of being upgraded now rather than the promise or possibility of new facilities in the future. Their whole focus about the mass minor league team switching is all about development which is encouraging. Now the decision has to be made on what short season A team they'll go for and the possibility of adding another team in rookie league or short season A. We currently have 2 while teams such as the Yankees have four.