The other day, Florida Governor Ron De Santis signed a bill that allows MLB not to pay the minimum wage to minor league players. So despite a bargaining agreement and a federal law that forced MLB to pay their farm team players the minimum wage, the clock is turned back in the state of Florida….
Two years after the club was cut from affiliated ball by MLB, the Lexington Legends have adopted a new identity. Currently playing in the Atlantic League (Indy), the team has named itself the Lexington Counter Clocks. Just like the name Legends, the new moniker relates to the horse racing, which Lexington is (world) famous for….
The Single-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, the Carolina Mudcats have signed a memorandum of understanding with the city of Wilson, NC. Nothing is engraved in stone yet but with MLB’s demand of upgrading the Mudcats’facility in Zebulon, this step may be a serious one. Since 1991, the Mudcats have been playing in Five County…
In the past year, the various leagues in Minor League Baseball had sterile names like AAA-West, and AAA-East) after MLB took over in a money grab move. Today, MiLB/MLB announced that the old names will return for the 2022 season. At the same time, a new logo for the Pacific Coast League was presented. In…
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…
Great news. Yesterday an Instagram post floated around the internet. The post stated that MLB would take care of the cost of housing of their MiLB players. But since Instagram posts are not really official, yours truly waited with posting about it. But now ballparkdigest.com is coming with the news, one can say it is…
Marvel and Minor League Baseball. It is not an uncommon sight. Many Minor League Clubs organize special themed nights/days on which the teams wear specialized jerseys with a Marvel theme like Captain America. But this will be more intense as Minor League Baseball and Marvel have signed a three year deal. Last week, the two…
For the first time in about seventy years, the voice of minor league players is heard. For the first time there is an organization that is a champion for their rights. All this thanks to Advocates for Minor Leaguers. For decades, minor league players have been vastly underpaid. They were/are supposed to stay in shape…
MiLB has announced it will extend the AAA season by ten games. To give these ten games some “meaning” it will be called Final Stretch and the winner of it will be rewarded a prize… The regular AAA season will end on September 19 (AAA West) and September 21 (AAA East). The champions for each…
The Elizabethton RiverRiders of the Appalachian League has presented its home jersey on Twitter. A basic but very nice jersey. Of course, the jersey is white. The fabric is a kind of mesh. The sleeves are adorned with a blue piping at the bottom but that is about it when it comes to decoration. The…
