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A Major League Baseball farm system is a network of minor league teams affiliated with MLB franchises. It serves as a talent pipeline, nurturing and developing players for the big leagues. #mlb #farmsystem @tokenizedsociety

Thanks man! That makes a lot of sense. Intersting system too

All your draft picks and prospects playing down in the team's minor league affiliates.

Ahh that makes sense... didn't know that's how it was called

Baseball and hockey have dedicated farm systems which work as @forexbrokr described. NBA Basketball uses colleges for that purpose, although minor leagues exist. For NFL football, it's colleges exclusively.

Independent leagues exist, too. While technically they are top leagues, they tend to have the quality of minor leagues.