Minor League Baseball News

[JerseyJimmy 1,276]

well, it's nice to see the Riverdogs get to stay. still don't know why Charleston isn't in the Southern League when either they or Columbia really should be, but at least they're still a team.

[Brian in Boston 2,837]

All MLB franchises but the New York Yankees and Colorado Rockies have posted stories to their official team websites announcing the MiLB teams to which affiliation invitations had been extended. The Yankees had previously announced the MiLB teams they'd be affiliating with going forward, doing so on November 7th. As for the Rockies, they're likely waiting to learn whether the Fresno Grizzlies are willing to move to the A classification California League before announcing their slate of affiliates.  

 

[Sodboy13 5,771]

They killed the Kane County Cougars?

[buzzcut 281]

Lake County is the 6th Mid-Atlantic team. BTW, I have compiled the full league lists at the following:

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hiuzvnj3Gqg1TUTJqJeOEkTsNYFV9fZD9mtBImfRPrc/edit

[nickp91 97]

I am objectively sad and disappointed about the Lexington Legends getting unceremoniously ditched by Rob Manfred

[Sodboy13 5,771]

So the Cougars probably go into the American Association to fill the void left by St. Paul. The team's been around 30 years and has always drawn well, but I don't know how things will go if they're taking on 100% of the payroll and trips to Winnipeg and Cleburne.

[LMU 7,794]

So, I guess we can assume that if Fresno doesn't cut out the superiority complex that the Rockies will settle with Lancaster.

[MJWalker45 6,039]

I'm happy with San Antonio falling back under the Padres umbrella. They've already posted on their web site they are awaiting the details of the affiliation agreement.  

[DNAsports 6,220]

[GDAWG 1,832]

Both of the Rangers A  Ball teams, Hickory and Down East are swapping leagues.

[DNAsports 6,220]

Fredericksburg (Formerly Nationals High-A) is dropping to Low-A to fill the void left by Hagerstown.

 

Wilmington is now the Nationals High-A

[TBGKon 2,683]

Im very intrigued to see some league and divisional alignments, especially in Triple A and High A.  I sense a shift of having more teams in the International League might happen, but do they go with something other than a 16-14 split.

[TBGKon 2,683]

2 hours ago, JerseyJimmy said:

well, it's nice to see the Riverdogs get to stay. still don't know why Charleston isn't in the Southern League when either they or Columbia really should be, but at least they're still a team.

South Carolina is an outlier to the footprint of the Southern league, more so now that Jacksonville is gone.  The South Atlantic League is more of a fit for travel purposes.

[rams80 4,278]

2 hours ago, Sodboy13 said:

They killed the Kane County Cougars?

 

After pulling out of Peoria to go there the Rickettses decided they didn't like Kane County after all and the ChiSox are happy with a North Carolina-centric system.

[TBGKon 2,683]

I’ve been doing a bit of review of the MLB Partner Leagues (whatever that ends up being) The Frontier, Atlantic, and American Association,and I could see a bit of a realignment within these leagues with some possible additions like Kane County, Burlington IA, Clinton IA, and maybe Jackson TN.

[DNAsports 6,220]

Baseball fans in Frederick, Mahoning Valley, State College, Trenton, West Virginia (Granville), and Williamsport next season-

[BigEd76 329]

4 hours ago, buzzcut said:

Lake County is the 6th Mid-Atlantic team

 

Has there been any confirmation of this? I've also seen Bowling Green mentioned as the sixth team

[Brian in Boston 2,837]

5 hours ago, TBGKon said:

I’ve been doing a bit of review of the MLB Partner Leagues (whatever that ends up being) The Frontier, Atlantic, and American Association,and I could see a bit of a realignment within these leagues with some possible additions like Kane County, Burlington IA, Clinton IA, and maybe Jackson TN.

Realistically, Burlington and Clinton would probably be best served by membership in the summer collegiate Northwoods League. Yes, the circuit only plays a 72 game season, as opposed to the Midwest League's schedule of 140 games. That said, the bulk of the circuit's membership is located in states that the Bees and LumberKings were already traveling to as members of the Midwest League - namely, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. There's also an existing Iowa-based club - the Waterloo Bucks.

Plus, having to foot the bill for player salaries in an independent minor league could prove financially challenging after years of counting upon MLB affiliates to do so. College players don't require such compensation. 

[McCall 1,462]

3 hours ago, TBGKon said:

Im very intrigued to see some league and divisional alignments, especially in Triple A and High A.  I sense a shift of having more teams in the International League might happen, but do they go with something other than a 16-14 split.

I heard mentioned, long time ago, that it would be a 10/20 split for less travel in Triple-A.

[sportsfan7 448]

1 hour ago, BigEd76 said:

 

Has there been any confirmation of this? I've also seen Bowling Green mentioned as the sixth team

Lake County is a bit of a geographic stretch, but Bowling Green would be even worse.