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Is the increased pushback leading to a possibility of it not happening? Or is it all for naught? I like the idea of potentially realigning some of the leagues better, but not at the cost of losing 42 teams. Plus, most of the leagues are aligned pretty decent anyway.This is starting to see an increased pushback.
One other aspect that hasn't really been touched on here is that part of the plan is to move the draft back, and basically take the current year's draftees out of the player pool. They'd go get the "instructional league" treatment for 2 months, which I assume would be less expensive than sending them off to A and rookie leagues.
There are a lot of cities and states that are looking to push back hard against this. Potential for dozens of lawsuits and challenges to MLB's antitrust exemption are all on the table.Is the increased pushback leading to a possibility of it not happening? Or is it all for naught? I like the idea of potentially realigning some of the leagues better, but not at the cost of losing 42 teams. Plus, most of the leagues are aligned pretty decent anyway.
I'm not fully sure, but I had read that the Astros are the driving force behind this. The big push is to eliminate rookie and short season ball and make them all in-house teams.Why eliminate minor league teams? Minor league games are better for fans than 1/2 of MLB where teams aren’t even pretending to care about winning. In the minors they are open about not caring about the W/L record and make it up to fans by bribing them into the stadium unlike all of Manfred’s dumb ideas like putting games on Facebook, placating to non baseball fans or whatever.
Blog: No Brainer: Youth Sports Participation Rates - SyncThinkMinor league games are fun with all its between innings contests and so fourth. That’s what it puts it up above the majors if you ask me. But we all need to come to the reality that baseball is a dying sport. Kids these days just aren’t interested in playing a sport that takes 3-4 hours to complete a game. And fans are losing interest cause again it takes too long
But if you compare it to football basketball or soccer it’s dying. And go ask you niece or nephew if they are interested in baseball. I’m sure a good amount of them will say it’s takes too long or it’s boringBlog: No Brainer: Youth Sports Participation Rates - SyncThink
Adding softball to baseball, it's the most popular team sport in this survey. It's not dying.
Not on this list, but there was a bit of a surprise locally. The Yankees ended their affiliation with Trenton and will move their Double-A team to Somerset, NJ. That team had previously been in the unaffiliated Atlantic League.Its actually happening.
Lots of changes coming to baseball.All 42 Teams Reportedly Up For Elimination In MLB's Minor League Reduction Proposal — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America
This list is highly preliminary, and Baseball America had heard rumors of other teams being on the list earlier in the process.www.baseballamerica.com
Baseball's minor leagues stare down a historic contraction
42 of the 160 affiliated minor league clubs are set to lose affiliate status.www.axios.com
Not on this list, but there was a bit of a surprise locally. The Yankees ended their affiliation with Trenton and will move their Double-A team to Somerset, NJ. That team had previously been in the unaffiliated Atlantic League.
‘Betrayed’ Trenton Thunder owner rips Yankees for abandoning team
The Yankees’ decision to sever ties with their Eastern League affiliate in Trenton, N.J., has left the team’s owner fuming. After learning of the Yankees’ plans to move their Double-A team to Somer…nypost.com
Also, it looks like Staten Island got shuffled out of the A-ball possibilities, and the Yankees went to Hudson Valley instead.
Staten Island Yankees ‘shocked’ big-league team dumped them
The Yankees’ decision to reorganize their minor league system was met with anger from another former affiliate on Monday. After Trenton Thunder owner Joseph Plumeri said the Yankees “betrayed” the …nypost.com
Not just Trenton and Staten Island, but Charleston (low A) also. And high A moves from Tampa to Fishkill.
Complete shiv to the entire MiLB organization from the big club, with apparently zero warning.
Damn.
Somerset only a 35 minute ride for me.....the place will be packed.....can’t wait for $12 hot dogs, $15 beers and $45 parking like YS.....
I have some buddies who live right around the corner from the ballpark in Fishkill. Oddly enough, I'm way more excited about the move than they are. LOL