The "independent" Pioneer League has released its first schedule as a not affiliated league. In November last year, it was announced the league would become a partner league of MLB but it would not be part of affiliated ball anymore. The eight teams of the league will each play a 96-game schedule (20 more that …
Overview of Teams That Have Been Kicked out of MiLB So Far
It all started with a list of 42 teams that should be kicked out of affiliated ball. Now a year later, what is the status? How many of these 42 teams have really been kicked out of Minor League Baseball? The following leagues and their teams are not affiliated anymore. They have been demoted to …
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Pioneer League Becomes “Independent” Partner League of MLB
Next to the announcement of the Draft League, earlier today, MLB came with another press release today. In this press release it was unveiled that the Pioneer League will continue to exist. Not as an affiliated league but as an independent partner league of MLB. According to the press release, the Pioneer League will transition …
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Origin of Minor League team names, a reprise: I
Back in 2014, I wrote a series of blog posts about the origin of minor league team names. Since then, the minor league landscape has changed a lot. Clubs moved, adopted new names. All reasons to have a new series in which the new names are added and explained. We continue with the letter I. …
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PDC news
In the past few days, there have been several extensions of Player Development Contracts. The Kansas City Royals extended their PDC with two clubs, so did the Astros and the Nationals and the Yankees extended their PDC with their AAA farm team. The Kansas City Royals extended the PDC with their Advanced Rookie affiliate, the …
Royals PDC news
Another day with news about player development contracts. The Kansas City Royals announced that they have extended the PDC with their rookie affiliate Idaho Falls Chukars. The new extension will run through the (you guessed it) 2018. The director of minor league operations of the Kansas City Royals, Ronnie Richardson stated that the Royals are truly excited …
AAA baseball close for the Alamo City
“I can confirm that I have been in detailed discussions for months with the San Antonio Missions. The Missions are committed to being a partner in a downtown baseball project and are exploring every option available to bring a Triple-A baseball club to San Antonio,” Taylor said. “However, Minor League Baseball will have to approve …
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