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JPBBDB · 02-18-2006, 11:16 AM

The following two leagues are academy leagues run by MLB clubs in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

League: Dominican Summer League (DSL)

Teams: 32
Structure: Six divisions; División Cibao, División Boca Chica (divided into Americana and Nacional subdivisions), División Santo Domingo Oeste, Division Santo Domingo Norte, and División San Pedro de Macorís
Roster Restrictions: There is a roster limit of 35 players, with 30 being active and eligible to play in a given game (teams usually have between 10 and 20 inactive players training at their camps as well). No more than eight players may be 20 years old or older and no more than two players may be 21 years old or older. At least 10 of the players must be pitchers. No player may have four or more years of prior Minor League service. Most players are Dominican.
Regular Season: All divisions play 72 games over 84 calendar days, except for Cibao which plays 68 games. The league start date is the first Saturday in June and the end date is the last Friday in August. The Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo Norte, and San Pedro de Macorís divisions do not play games on Sundays. The Boca Chico division has a rotating off-day (due to an odd number of teams through out the season) as well as two division-wide off days. The Cibao division does not have off-days. There are no inter-divisional games. The Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo Norte, and San Pedro de Macorís divisions have game start times at 10:30 AM; Cibao games start at 12:00 PM; Boca Chica games start at 11:30 AM.
Postseason: The six divisional (counting Boca Chica’s two subdivisions separately) winners advance to the playoffs and are ranked by their winning percentage. The top two ranked teams receive a bye to the second round of the playoffs. The remaining teams play in the best-of-three series (Primera Serie Semi-Final), with first and second games played at the higher ranked team’s field. The winners advance to the best-of-three series, the Segunda Serie Semi-Final. The top ranked team plays versus the lowest ranked advancing team; the other two teams play versus each other. The first and second games played at the higher ranked team’s field. The winners advance to the best-of-five Serie Final for league championship. The series is played at the higher ranked team’s home field for the first, third, and fifth games. The playoffs begin on the first Sunday after the end of the regular season and there is an off-day between each round.
All-Star Game: There is an all-star game on the third Sunday in July.
Tryouts/Draft: Teams hold tryout camps at their training facilities. Teams sign on average 18 players each year. About 1 in 10 gets a call-back. The youngest age at which a player may be signed by a MLB team is 16 years old.
Awards: ? Unknown ?
Expenses: Players are signed for, on average, $30000 with bonuses. The highest bonus currently given out are around $750K, with some teams (New York Yankees) occasionally giving out higher bonuses (one million+). The minimum salary is $300 per month, with an average salary of $800 per month. The players live at the training complex year round, where they train every day and learn English. Infrastructure costs range from around $200K to a few million (the Colorado Rockies spend $1.2 million on their facilities and are a mid-range team). According to the Denver Post article players sign 3-year contracts to cover their time at the academy until they are released or sent to the minors.
Teams:
División Boca Chica
Nacional (subdivision)
Arizona Diamondbacks (ARI) - Santo Domingo
Chicago Cubs (CHC) - San Pedro de Macorís
Cincinnati Reds (CIN) - San Cristóbal
Colorado Rockies (COL) - Santo Domingo
San Francisco Giants (SFG) - Santo Domingo
Americana (subdivision)
Boston Red Sox (BOS) - Santo Domingo
Cleveland Indians 1 (CLE) - Santiago
Cleveland Indians 2 (CLE) - Santiago
Minnesota Twins (MIN) - Baní
División San Pedro de Macorís
San Pedro Angels (LAA) - La Romana
San Pedro Astros (HOU) - San Pedro de Macorís
San Pedro Blue Jays (TOR) - Hato Mayor
San Pedro Orioles (BAL) - San Pedro de Macorís
San Pedro Pirates (PIT) - San Pedro de Macorís
San Pedro Rangers (TEX) - San Pedro de Macorís
Division Santo Domingo Norte
Los Angeles Dodgers (LAD) - Santo Domingo
Oakland Athletics 1 (OAK) - Santo Domingo
Oakland Athletics 2 (OAK) - Santo Domingo
Philadelphia Phillies (PHI) - Santo Domingo
Seattle Mariners (SEA) - Santo Domingo
St. Louis Cardinals (STL) - Santo Domingo
División Santo Domingo Oeste
Detroit Tigers (DET) - Santo Domingo
Washington Nationals (WAS) - Santo Domingo
New York Mets (NYM) - Santo Domingo
New York Yankees 1 (NYY) - San Cristóbal
New York Yankees 2 (NYY) - San Cristóbal
San Diego Padres (SD) - San Cristóbal
División Cibao
Atlanta Braves 1 (ATL) - San Francisco de Macorís
Atlanta Braves 2 (ATL) - San Francisco de Macorís
Chicago White Sox (CWS) - Espaillat
Kansas City Royals (KCR) - Salcedo
Florida Marlins (FLO) - San Pedro de Macorís
Miscellaneous: The Hiroshima Toyo Carp (NPB) run an academy in San Pedro de Macorís.

League: Venezuelan Summer League(VSL)

Teams: 10
Structure: One division
Roster Restrictions: Opening day rosters are due eight days prior to the start of the season. Each team has a roster limit of 35 active players with 30 allowed to be dressed from each game. On the active roster there may be no more than 12 players age 20 or older, and no more than four players age 21 or older, as of July 1. At least 10 players must be pitchers. No players on active roster may have more than four years of minor league service. The league is open to all Latin American Spanish-speaking countries except Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. In 2005, the league had players from Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Curaçao, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Regular Season: The regular season lasts for 72 games. Each team plays eight games (4, home; 4, away) versus each opponent. The season begins on the third Tuesday in May and ends on the first Saturday in August. Games are not played on Sundays until the last three weeks of the season. There are doubleheaders scheduled.
Postseason: The top two teams based on winning percentage advance to the playoffs. The playoffs begin on the first Sunday after the end of the regular season. The Final Serie is best-of-three with the first place club as the home team for the first and third games and the second game played at the second place club.
All-Star Game: None
Tryouts/Draft: None
Awards: There are awards given to the best player at each position, RHP, LHP, DH, and reliever. There is also an MVP award, MVP for RHP, MVP for LHP, and MVP of the Final Serie.
Salaries: The minimum salary is $300 per month, with an average salary of $800 per month. The players live at the training complex year round, where they train every day and learn English.
Teams:
Aguirre: VSL Mariners (SEA)
Cagua: VSL Reds (CIN)
San Joaquin: VSL Pirates (PIT)
Tronconero #1: VSL Phillies (PHI)
Tronconero #2: VSL Mets (NYM)
Universidad de Carabobo: VSL Marlins/Tigers (co-op) (FLO/DET)
Venoco #1: VSL Astros (HOU)
Venoco #2: VSL Orioles/White Sox (co-op) (BAL/CWS)
Unknown: VSL Twins/Blue Jays (co-op) (MIN/TOR)
Unknown: VSL Cardinals (STL)
Miscellaneous: The youngest age at which a player may be signed by a MLB team is 16 years old. Teams also require visas (~30 per team) in order to bring these players to the United States.

Denver Post Series on Dominican Baseball (link)
Sons of Sam Horn 2005 Analysis of 2002 Summer League Players (link)

02-18-2006, 11:16 AM	#37 (permalink)
JPBBDB Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 43	MLB Affiliated Summer Leagues The following two leagues are academy leagues run by MLB clubs in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. League: Dominican Summer League (DSL) Teams: 32 Structure: Six divisions; División Cibao, División Boca Chica (divided into Americana and Nacional subdivisions), División Santo Domingo Oeste, Division Santo Domingo Norte, and División San Pedro de Macorís Roster Restrictions: There is a roster limit of 35 players, with 30 being active and eligible to play in a given game (teams usually have between 10 and 20 inactive players training at their camps as well). No more than eight players may be 20 years old or older and no more than two players may be 21 years old or older. At least 10 of the players must be pitchers. No player may have four or more years of prior Minor League service. Most players are Dominican. Regular Season: All divisions play 72 games over 84 calendar days, except for Cibao which plays 68 games. The league start date is the first Saturday in June and the end date is the last Friday in August. The Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo Norte, and San Pedro de Macorís divisions do not play games on Sundays. The Boca Chico division has a rotating off-day (due to an odd number of teams through out the season) as well as two division-wide off days. The Cibao division does not have off-days. There are no inter-divisional games. The Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo Norte, and San Pedro de Macorís divisions have game start times at 10:30 AM; Cibao games start at 12:00 PM; Boca Chica games start at 11:30 AM. Postseason: The six divisional (counting Boca Chica’s two subdivisions separately) winners advance to the playoffs and are ranked by their winning percentage. The top two ranked teams receive a bye to the second round of the playoffs. The remaining teams play in the best-of-three series (Primera Serie Semi-Final), with first and second games played at the higher ranked team’s field. The winners advance to the best-of-three series, the Segunda Serie Semi-Final. The top ranked team plays versus the lowest ranked advancing team; the other two teams play versus each other. The first and second games played at the higher ranked team’s field. The winners advance to the best-of-five Serie Final for league championship. The series is played at the higher ranked team’s home field for the first, third, and fifth games. The playoffs begin on the first Sunday after the end of the regular season and there is an off-day between each round. All-Star Game: There is an all-star game on the third Sunday in July. Tryouts/Draft: Teams hold tryout camps at their training facilities. Teams sign on average 18 players each year. About 1 in 10 gets a call-back. The youngest age at which a player may be signed by a MLB team is 16 years old. Awards: ? Unknown ? Expenses: Players are signed for, on average, $30000 with bonuses. The highest bonus currently given out are around $750K, with some teams (New York Yankees) occasionally giving out higher bonuses (one million+). The minimum salary is $300 per month, with an average salary of $800 per month. The players live at the training complex year round, where they train every day and learn English. Infrastructure costs range from around $200K to a few million (the Colorado Rockies spend $1.2 million on their facilities and are a mid-range team). According to the Denver Post article players sign 3-year contracts to cover their time at the academy until they are released or sent to the minors. Teams: División Boca Chica Nacional (subdivision) Arizona Diamondbacks (ARI) - Santo Domingo Chicago Cubs (CHC) - San Pedro de Macorís Cincinnati Reds (CIN) - San Cristóbal Colorado Rockies (COL) - Santo Domingo San Francisco Giants (SFG) - Santo Domingo Americana (subdivision) Boston Red Sox (BOS) - Santo Domingo Cleveland Indians 1 (CLE) - Santiago Cleveland Indians 2 (CLE) - Santiago Minnesota Twins (MIN) - Baní División San Pedro de Macorís San Pedro Angels (LAA) - La Romana San Pedro Astros (HOU) - San Pedro de Macorís San Pedro Blue Jays (TOR) - Hato Mayor San Pedro Orioles (BAL) - San Pedro de Macorís San Pedro Pirates (PIT) - San Pedro de Macorís San Pedro Rangers (TEX) - San Pedro de Macorís Division Santo Domingo Norte Los Angeles Dodgers (LAD) - Santo Domingo Oakland Athletics 1 (OAK) - Santo Domingo Oakland Athletics 2 (OAK) - Santo Domingo Philadelphia Phillies (PHI) - Santo Domingo Seattle Mariners (SEA) - Santo Domingo St. Louis Cardinals (STL) - Santo Domingo División Santo Domingo Oeste Detroit Tigers (DET) - Santo Domingo Washington Nationals (WAS) - Santo Domingo New York Mets (NYM) - Santo Domingo New York Yankees 1 (NYY) - San Cristóbal New York Yankees 2 (NYY) - San Cristóbal San Diego Padres (SD) - San Cristóbal División Cibao Atlanta Braves 1 (ATL) - San Francisco de Macorís Atlanta Braves 2 (ATL) - San Francisco de Macorís Chicago White Sox (CWS) - Espaillat Kansas City Royals (KCR) - Salcedo Florida Marlins (FLO) - San Pedro de Macorís Miscellaneous: The Hiroshima Toyo Carp (NPB) run an academy in San Pedro de Macorís. League: Venezuelan Summer League(VSL) Teams: 10 Structure: One division Roster Restrictions: Opening day rosters are due eight days prior to the start of the season. Each team has a roster limit of 35 active players with 30 allowed to be dressed from each game. On the active roster there may be no more than 12 players age 20 or older, and no more than four players age 21 or older, as of July 1. At least 10 players must be pitchers. No players on active roster may have more than four years of minor league service. The league is open to all Latin American Spanish-speaking countries except Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. In 2005, the league had players from Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Curaçao, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Regular Season: The regular season lasts for 72 games. Each team plays eight games (4, home; 4, away) versus each opponent. The season begins on the third Tuesday in May and ends on the first Saturday in August. Games are not played on Sundays until the last three weeks of the season. There are doubleheaders scheduled. Postseason: The top two teams based on winning percentage advance to the playoffs. The playoffs begin on the first Sunday after the end of the regular season. The Final Serie is best-of-three with the first place club as the home team for the first and third games and the second game played at the second place club. All-Star Game: None Tryouts/Draft: None Awards: There are awards given to the best player at each position, RHP, LHP, DH, and reliever. There is also an MVP award, MVP for RHP, MVP for LHP, and MVP of the Final Serie. Salaries: The minimum salary is $300 per month, with an average salary of $800 per month. The players live at the training complex year round, where they train every day and learn English. Teams: Aguirre: VSL Mariners (SEA) Cagua: VSL Reds (CIN) San Joaquin: VSL Pirates (PIT) Tronconero #1: VSL Phillies (PHI) Tronconero #2: VSL Mets (NYM) Universidad de Carabobo: VSL Marlins/Tigers (co-op) (FLO/DET) Venoco #1: VSL Astros (HOU) Venoco #2: VSL Orioles/White Sox (co-op) (BAL/CWS) Unknown: VSL Twins/Blue Jays (co-op) (MIN/TOR) Unknown: VSL Cardinals (STL) Miscellaneous: The youngest age at which a player may be signed by a MLB team is 16 years old. Teams also require visas (~30 per team) in order to bring these players to the United States. Denver Post Series on Dominican Baseball (link) Sons of Sam Horn 2005 Analysis of 2002 Summer League Players (link) __________________ Last edited by JPBBDB : 05-21-2006 at 07:24 PM.