In the coronavirus world, nothing is safe. And now, after staunch opposition, Minor League Baseball is reportedly going to agree on Wednesday to a reduction in teams from 160 to 120 for its newest professional baseball agreement.
What does that mean? It means the Lake Monsters won’t be an affiliated team anymore with professional baseball.
Sources tell BA, MiLB is expected tomorrow in its meeting with MLB to signal its willingness to agree to a plan that would have 120 affiliated teams going forward.https://t.co/7raiJraEQz
— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) April 21, 2020
From the article:
“The world has changed dramatically over the past six months, especially now that the novel coronavirus pandemic has halted sports. When MLB and MiLB negotiators convene on a teleconference on Wednesday, multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations say MiLB will indicate that it agrees to 120 affiliated teams in a new PBA.
Such a concession by MiLB could be a clear step toward a deal. MiLB has now agreed to find ways to come to agreement on almost all of MLB’s public demands. Now the open question is whether MLB will be willing to accept the concession as a foundation for a potential deal.
Now MiLB is expected to signal its assent to a system going forward where each MLB team will have four full-season affiliates, plus one Rookie-level team at its spring training complex. Such a move fulfills the largest remaining demand MLB has requested in these negotiations. MLB teams have looked to reduce the number of affiliates each team has. MLB had already reached agreement last month with the Major League Baseball Players Association to cut the number of rounds in the 2020 and 2021 drafts, which will almost assuredly cut the number of players MLB teams sign each year.”
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