A group of scouts descended on the Twin Cities from out of town and members from across the organization — the scouting department, player development staff, research and development team and more — came together this week to kick draft preparation into a higher gear.

MLB’s Collective Bargaining Agreement includes various means to incentivize prospect promotion, compensate teams for losing star free agents (while penalizing the teams acquiring the players), and balance the lower revenue teams through more draft picks and draft bonus pool space.