five divisions are there in minor league baseball.
how many divisions are there in minor league baseball?
five
after five weeks of training, each school sends its top students to the minor league baseball umpire development (milbud) evaluation course also held in florida. minor league baseball umpire development, "is the entity which is responsible for the training, evaluation, and recommendation for promotion, retention, or release of all umpires in the minor league baseball system throughout the united states and canada." the actual number of students sent on to the evaluation course is determined by milbud using input from the umpire schools. generally, the top 10 to 20 percent of each school's graduating class will advance to the evaluation course. the evaluation course is conducted by milbud staff, some of whom are also instructors at the minor league baseball umpire training academy. the evaluation course generally lasts around 10 days. depending on the number of available positions in the various minor leagues, some (but not all) of the evaluation course attendees will be assigned to a low level minor league. out of approximately 300 original umpire school students, about 30-35 will ultimately be offered jobs in minor league baseball after the evaluation course.
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with rare exception, minor league teams are not owned by major league clubs, but have affiliation contracts with them. major league rule 56 governs the standard terms of a player development contract (pdc), which is the standard agreement of association between a minor league team and its major league affiliate. generally, the parent major league club pays the salaries and benefits of uniformed personnel (players and coaches) and provides bats and balls, while the minor league club pays for in-season travel and other operational expenses. in even-numbered years, any major or minor league club with an expiring pdc may notify major league baseball or minor league baseball, respectively, of its desire to explore a re-affiliation with a different pdc partner. the major league baseball and minor league baseball offices then send a list of the corresponding major and minor league clubs seeking new affiliations, and there is a limited period of time in september within which clubs may agree upon new pdcs. if any are left over after this process, the major league baseball and minor league baseball offices are empowered to assign major and minor league clubs to each other.
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