(11-11-2020 11:49 AM)Usajags Wrote:  With all the BS going on over the last few months I hadn’t even thought about this. I haven’t heard any new news, I do know in the Southern League, there are a lot of new, brand new stadiums, one hasn’t even opened yet. I haven’t heard of any team from the league being contracted as of yet. I know there are minor stadiums all across this country sitting empty, even in non COVID times. I’d hope that there could be some indy leagues, even 3 month leagues to fill some of the gap and fill some of those stadiums.

Unfortunately, as times change, so does the demand to go to live sporting events and baseball as seen that first hand. The question is is there enough demand across the country to even make it worth someone’s effort to organize a league???

(11-11-2020 11:14 AM)Pounce FTW Wrote:  For any of you keeping up with the changes coming to Minor League Baseball, I have a few questions:

1. Is there a good central location to keep up with the current state of things? I know we got the NYT "list" of teams last year that are supposed to make the cut, but since then it seems like there have just been a few bits of info here and there (and I don't think the list has necessarily held up). I pretty much depend on the news feed on my phone to let me know if anything interesting happens.

2. Anything interesting taking shape in your neck of the woods? I just moved to North Jersey and found out soon after that the Somerset Patriots are moving from unaffiliated to AA for the Yankees, which will be nice if we get a season next year.

3. If you're a MiLB fan, what's your take on the changes? I'm overall undecided, as growing up in a small South Georgia town meant the minors were a huge part of my childhood, and I hate to see communities lose that. However, I actually kind of like the increase in MLB involvement over the past couple of decades, as I can see big benefits to a farm system that has a lot of continuity organizationally and geographically. So...maybe this is overall for the best.

Anyway, just some random questions.

(11-11-2020 01:08 PM)OsageJ Wrote:  

(11-11-2020 11:49 AM)Usajags Wrote:  With all the BS going on over the last few months I hadn’t even thought about this. I haven’t heard any new news, I do know in the Southern League, there are a lot of new, brand new stadiums, one hasn’t even opened yet. I haven’t heard of any team from the league being contracted as of yet. I know there are minor stadiums all across this country sitting empty, even in non COVID times. I’d hope that there could be some indy leagues, even 3 month leagues to fill some of the gap and fill some of those stadiums.

Unfortunately, as times change, so does the demand to go to live sporting events and baseball as seen that first hand. The question is is there enough demand across the country to even make it worth someone’s effort to organize a league???

I think at least two leagues are going to summer wood bat college leagues. The Applachian League has already announced this. NYPenn league may be too. Pioneer League is shutting down also. Rumor is a new Mid Atlantic League may combine some teams in that area.

(11-11-2020 10:34 PM)AZcats Wrote:  I use http://minorleaguesource.com/.

The [Information about the 2020 season ...] link has charts for future changes.

(11-13-2020 12:59 AM)OsageJ Wrote:  They are cutting back on the draft to just 20 rounds. There will still be low A and high A. The rookie leagues are going away. Rookie ball will be played at the complexes in Florida and Arizona. Can't say I blame them. They employ a lot of players just to have their prospects someone to play. A lot of players will never play in front of spectators. Each team will have a Triple A, Double A, high A, and low A. Plus the complex teams in the gulf coast and cactus leagues. They also have complexes the Dominican league. They do want to bring their teams closer to the big league teams if they can. They are supposed to go from 160 to 120 teams. The complex teams are not included in either of these numbers.

(11-13-2020 11:04 PM)TardisCaptain Wrote:  Do we know for certain if the Rookie leagues are disbanding, or are they converting to summer collegiate leagues?

(11-13-2020 08:55 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(11-13-2020 12:59 AM)OsageJ Wrote:  They are cutting back on the draft to just 20 rounds. There will still be low A and high A. The rookie leagues are going away. Rookie ball will be played at the complexes in Florida and Arizona. Can't say I blame them. They employ a lot of players just to have their prospects someone to play. A lot of players will never play in front of spectators. Each team will have a Triple A, Double A, high A, and low A. Plus the complex teams in the gulf coast and cactus leagues. They also have complexes the Dominican league. They do want to bring their teams closer to the big league teams if they can. They are supposed to go from 160 to 120 teams. The complex teams are not included in either of these numbers.

There's not really a High A anymore though. You just have a larger group of Low A teams, so MLB teams will likely maintain 2 of those. One at their Spring Training Site, the other closer to their home city to aid rehab games.

(11-13-2020 11:04 PM)TardisCaptain Wrote:  Do we know for certain if the Rookie leagues are disbanding, or are they converting to summer collegiate leagues?

(11-16-2020 10:16 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  Love the minors, Majors were talking about contraction even before COVID hit. The epidemic certainly makes the situation for the minors worse, as they rely more heavily upon gate receipts (butts in seats) than the Big clubs do.

Have seen some talk about another “possibly” lost season (2021). I’m a bit concerned that as of this date, we still have no 2021 schedule for our PCL team.

(11-16-2020 10:22 PM)troutbummike Wrote:  Came for the milfs, left disappointed.