Two (former) Orioles affiliates will trade paces in 2026. The Aberdeen IronBirds of the South Atlantic League will move down to the MLB Draft League, and the Frederick Keys will move the opposite way. The other day the moves were announced by both clubs. Attain Sports Partners is the owner of both clubs. In 2020,…
According to several local news outlets, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the City of Ontario have agreed on a new ballpark and sports complex that will be home to the Dodgers’ low A affiliate that is currently playing in Rancho Cucamonga. The city of Ontario has acquired 200 acres of land for the development of…
By now it is old news that the Seattle Mariners will pull their single A team, the Modesto Nuts out of Modesto, after the 2024 season. It is not clear yet where the team will go to, but it is clear that the owners of the Mariners are too greedy to pay for the wanted…
According to the New York Post, and if they write about it it must be true 😉 , the New York Yankees cut the ties with the Staten Island Yankees (former low A affiliate) because of the temporary moniker the farm team used. Through the years since 2018, the SI Yankees adopted a temporary moniker…
The Boston Red Sox are investigating the possibility of moving the Salem Red Sox to Lowell, the town where their former New York-Penn League affiliate was located. According to Ballpark Digest, Lowell officials have engaged a consultant to tally the costs of bringing Minor League Baseball back to LeLacheur Park, as the Boston Red Sox eye a move of the Salem…
With Minor League clubs accepting the invitations by MLB clubs in the past few days, MLB has announced the complete restructuring of Minor League Baseball. With this move, more than a century of history is deleted at once. If the cutting of 40 teams from Minor League Baseball wasn’t bad enough, established leagues like the…
Two years ago, the Cleveland Indians decided to ban the Chief Wahoo logo. Yesterday the club announced to change its moniker as well. But with that, the name Indians hasn’t disappeared from professional baseball completely. There is still a minor league club sporting that name and it will stick for sure. We are talking about…
They did not have much of a choice but after a delay of a week, the Fresno Grizzlies agreed on staying in affiliated ball but at a lower level though. ”Negotiations between MLB and the city of Fresno to keep the Grizzlies in affiliated baseball have gone into extra innings, but a resolution is at hand,”…
Various MLB clubs have sent the invitations to Minor League Clubs to join their organization. It remains to be seen if MiLB clubs want to operate under the new terms of MLB. 119 invitations have been sent out. The invitation of the Fresno Grizzlies is pending. The following clubs have sent invitations. Arizona Diamondbacks:Reno Aces…
Recently, you could read here about the teams that were kicked out of affiliated Minor League Basebal alreadyl. After roaming the internet in the past week, checking out several major baseball websites, the Dutch Baseball Hangout came to the conclusion which other teams will not be in affiliated ball anymore. Here is a quick overview…
