[sbrylski]

I'm setting up a league with an independant minor league system and fictional players. I will include the PCL (along with the IL and AA), but here's my question: How often did the PCL sign players away from the "eastern" leagues?

I know there was some movement out of the PCL, but does anyone know how often players moved west?

Fewer players from the PCL went to the MLB than from the IL and AA, and to accomplish that I'll just up the PCL's attendance higher than the IL and AA so they'll have more money to retain more of their own players, and historically they did. But I'm sure this will result in the PCL signing way too many players from the east, so I'm thinking of also just restricting the PCL from signing any FA from other leagues. That's the only two options I can come up with, way too many eastern signings or none at all.

Which would you think is better, and which would you say is more historically accurate? Can you see any other options, without getting too complicated or adding too much minor work?