MLB eliminates 42 MiLB farm teams Now MLB tells teams to provide housing for MiLB

[Tigrrman]

IMO, it's a good blog during the season, but it hasn't been very good this off season. Her article about baseball dropping the ball during the "quarantine" was laughable.

My basement reference was a joke...or a comparison of one person being able to write a blog from anywhere vs. MLB trying to put a production together in a city that is under lockdown.

Yes .. my first impression was basically what you just revealed.

Sometimes I cannot believe Holly writes some of the things she writes .. but still must admit even when she does .. she writes it very well.

 

[Rebbiv]

My son writes for FanGraphs and he writes it from his basement. He still is a CPA by day.

I have a job that has always allowed me the luxury to occasionally work from home, even weeks at a time. This lock down in New York has changed very little for me and my co-workers.

TT is far better than BYB for blog sites. I cannot stand reading anything written by Rob Rogacki, yet, others enjoy his writings. To each, their own.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2...rus-the-houston-plan-rob-manfred-pat-o-conner
Minor league owners are at a tipping point.
The minor league season was supposed to start in a couple of weeks and it?s time for MiLB owners to commit to paying their stadium workers during the shutdown.
BTB

 

[Tigrrman]

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2...rus-the-houston-plan-rob-manfred-pat-o-conner
Minor league owners are at a tipping point.
The minor league season was supposed to start in a couple of weeks and it’s time for MiLB owners to commit to paying their stadium workers during the shutdown.
BTB

Hard to feel sorry for the MiLB owners at this point in time when so many small business owners who actually depend upon their local customers to support their families.

Here in Northern Lower Michigan .. its bad enough that those who depend upon plowing and/or skiers barely had snow this year. Now they will feel the extra pinch of a very bleak summer economy.

Priorities of life .. of which baseball is a luxury .. in which I am grateful.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/03/mlb-announces-minor-league-salary-plan.html
MLB Announces Minor-League Financial Support.
MLBTR

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2020/0...urns-in-2020-the-minor-leagues-might-not.html
Even if baseball returns in 2020, the minor leagues might not.
Mlive

 

[tomdalton22]

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2020/0...urns-in-2020-the-minor-leagues-might-not.html
Even if baseball returns in 2020, the minor leagues might not.
Mlive

There is zero chance that minor league team play in empty ballparks. There won't be minor league baseball this summer.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...repared-accept-cut-120-affiliates/2999660001/
Minors prepared to accept cut to 120 affiliates.
Detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...mpact-cut-minor-league-affiliates/2999819001/
Minor league affiliations about to be cut: How this may impact Detroit Tigers.
Freep

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020...ball-prepared-to-accept-team-contraction.html
Minor League Baseball Issues Statement Regarding Negotiations With MLB.
MLBTR

 

[tomdalton22]

It will be interesting to see how this all pans out.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2020/4...to-accept-contraction-of-mlb-affiliated-teams
Minor leagues may be resigned to accept contraction of MLB affiliated teams.
Pandemic could help kill minor league baseball in many American towns.
BYBTB

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.baseballamerica.com/sto...y-to-agree-to-significant-reduction-in-teams/
MiLB Ready To Agree To Significant Reduction In Teams.
BaseballAmerica

 

[kalinecountry]

https://motorcitybengals.com/2020/0...e-ongoing-struggle-for-minor-league-baseball/
Detroit Tigers: The Ongoing Struggle For Minor League Baseball.
MCBTB

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2...d-19-the-houston-plan-contraction-rob-manfred
Minor League Baseball?s end is near.
The pandemic has only served to hasten the downfall of Minor League Baseball.
BTB

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2...milb-contraction-the-houston-plan-rob-manfred
The looming specter of contraction.
BTB

 

[tomdalton22]

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2...milb-contraction-the-houston-plan-rob-manfred
The looming specter of contraction.
BTB

If the fans of those teams that are to be contracted love baseball enough it would be financially feasible to create a new independent league. I really doubt that is the case though.

I honestly don't think that it's the owner's greed that is the reason for contraction. I think they have figured out that they don't need 175 minor league players for each major league team to feed the ML club.

 

[kalinecountry]

If the fans of those teams that are to be contracted love baseball enough it would be financially feasible to create a new independent league. I really doubt that is the case though.

I honestly don't think that it's the owner's greed that is the reason for contraction. I think they have figured out that they don't need 175 minor league players for each major league team to feed the ML club.

Can't have it both ways. The cost for 150-175 MiLB players is so much less costly than say one, two, or three ML players at the minimum salary.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Just cut out the short season of class A. And rookie advanced league. Those league don't make much sense. Why rookie and rookie advanced?

 

[tomdalton22]

Can't have it both ways. The cost for 150-175 MiLB players is so much less costly than say one, two, or three ML players at the minimum salary.

I think what they have figured out is the odds that some of these 30th-40th round players ever make it is so small, there is no point in even drafting them and having basically an entire team full of players that will never contribute.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=29197244
Kurkjian doesn't know what to believe on MLB's future.
espn