"It is huge," says center fielder Cedric Mullins, who played for Aberdeen in 2015 and has since moved on to the Bowie Baysox, another minor league team in the Orioles system. "There is a certain comfort level with being able to find a host family that is able to work with you in terms of your schedule. You are trying to figure yourself how professional baseball works and most of the families have been doing it for years."