Go straight to minors, and with the portal the better lower level college guys are more likely to end up in SEC-ACC. The draft was basically cut in half and lower minors is essentially partially outsourced to college baseball. I'll bet close to 1/3 of the draft is acc/sec players these days. As for our ability to compete, we did have a great year in 2022, and were completely decimated by injuries 2 of the past 3 seasons. There are 6 or so "traditional baseball powers" in our league - Miami, FSU, GT, Clemson, UNC and UVA (past 20 years), plus Wake and NCSU have excellent programs. ** Edited by vtfin91 at 6/10/2026, 12:14:37 PM