MLB unveils fresh format for minor league baseball divisions and affiliated team names for every stage
MLB as anticipated announced on Friday that it has taken retain an eye on of affiliated minor-league baseball and implemented adjustments that had been anticipated for some time.
Most importantly, the affiliated minor leagues — i.e., those teams operating in cooperation with and under the aegis of MLB franchises — had been decreased to 120 clubs. That constitutes a low cost of higher than 40 teams from the preexisting format. As smartly, minor league baseball will no longer feature independently of MLB, as MLB has now assumed retain an eye on of affiliated ball now that those 120 teams have faith signed off on the fresh agreement.
MLB commissioner Hang Manfred released the following observation on Friday:
“We’re enraged to unveil this fresh model, which not most challenging offers a pipeline to the Majors, nonetheless continues the Minor Leagues’ tradition of spirited thousands and thousands of households in a complete bunch of communities. In modernizing our Minor League machine, we prioritized the qualities that get the Minor Leagues such an integral piece of our game whereas strengthening how we originate knowledgeable athletes on and off the field. We peep forward to demonstrating presumably the most challenging of our game during local communities, supporting all other folks which could very smartly be working arduous to grow the sport, and sharing unequalled technology and sources with minor league teams and avid gamers.”
In the intervening time, MLB is referring to the affiliated minors because the Professional Pattern League (PDL), nonetheless or not it is broadly anticipated that MLB will promote naming rights to the circuit, not not just like the NBA‘s G League.
Through MLB.com, right here are the 120 affiliated minor league teams and the names and breakdowns of every sub-league at what are now four diverse stages:
Triple-A
Triple-A East
Midwest Division
Columbus Clippers (Indians)
Indianapolis Indians (Pirates)
Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals)
St. Paul Saints (Twins)
Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers)
Northeast Division
Buffalo Bisons (Blue Jays)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Phillies)
Rochester Red Wings (Nationals)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Yankees)
Syracuse Mets (Mets)
Worcester Red Sox (Red Sox)
Southeast Division
Charlotte Knights (White Sox)
Durham Bulls (Rays)
Gwinnett Stripers (Braves)
Jacksonville Jumbo Miniature (Marlins)
Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals)
Nashville Sounds (Brewers)
Norfolk Tides (Orioles)
Triple-A West
East Division
Albuquerque Isotopes (Rockies)
El Paso Chihuahuas (Padres)
Oklahoma Metropolis Dodgers (Dodgers)
Round Rock Categorical (Rangers)
Sugar Land Skeeters (Astros)
West Division
Las Vegas Aviators (A’s)
Reno Aces (D-Backs)
Sacramento River (Giants)
Salt Lake Bees (Angels)
Tacoma Rainiers (Mariners)
Double-A
Double-A Central
North Division
Arkansas Travelers (Mariners)
Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Royals)
Springfield Cardinals (Cardinals)
Tulsa Drillers (Dodgers)
Wichita Wind Surge (Twins)
South Division
Amarillo Sod Poodles (D-Backs)
Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros)
Frisco RoughRiders (Rangers)
Midland RockHounds (A’s)
San Antonio Missions (Padres)
Double-A Northeast
Northeast Division
Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Mets)
Hartford Yard Goats (Rockies)
Contemporary Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays)
Portland Sea Dogs (Red Sox)
Discovering out Fightin Phils (Phillies)
Somerset Patriots (Yankees)
Southwest Division
Akron RubberDucks (Indians)
Altoona Curve (Pirates)
Bowie Baysox (Orioles)
Erie SeaWolves (Tigers)
Harrisburg Senators (Nationals)
Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants)
Double-A South
North Division
Birmingham Barons (White Sox)
Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds)
Rocket Metropolis Trash Pandas (Angels)
Tennessee Smokies (Cubs)
South Division
Biloxi Shuckers (Brewers)
Mississippi Braves (Braves)
Bernard Law 1st viscount montgomery of alamein Biscuits (Rays)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Marlins)
High-A
High-A Central
East Division
Dayton Dragons (Reds)
Fort Wayne TinCaps (Padres)
Broad Lakes Loons (Dodgers)
Lake Nation Captains (Indians)
Lansing Lugnuts (A’s)
West Michigan Whitecaps (Tigers)
West Division
Beloit Snappers (Marlins)
Cedar Rapids Kernels (Twins)
Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals)
Quad Cities River Bandits (Royals)
South Bend Cubs (Cubs)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Brewers)
High-A East
North Division
Aberdeen IronBirds (Orioles)
Brooklyn Cyclones (Mets)
Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees)
Jersey Shore BlueClaws (Phillies)
Wilmington Blue Rocks (Nats)
South Division
Asheville Vacationers (Astros)
Bowling Inexperienced Sizzling Rods (Rays)
Greensboro Grasshoppers (Pirates)
Greenville Power (Red Sox)
Hickory Crawdads (Rangers)
Rome Braves (Braves)
Winston-Salem Scuttle (White Sox)
High-A West
Eugene Emeralds (Giants)
Everett AquaSox (Mariners)
Hillsboro Hops (D-Backs)
Spokane Indians (Rockies)
Tri-Metropolis Dust Devils (Angels)
Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays)
Low-A
Low-A East
Central Division
Carolina Mudcats (Brewers)
Down East Wood Ducks (Rangers)
Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Astros)
Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (White Sox)
North Division
Delmarva Shorebirds (Orioles)
Fredericksburg Nationals (Nationals)
Lynchburg Hillcats (Indians)
Salem Red Sox (Red Sox)
South Division
Augusta GreenJackets (Braves)
Charleston RiverDogs (Rays)
Columbia Fireflies (Royals)
Myrtle Seaside Pelicans (Cubs)
Low-A Southeast
East Division
Daytona Tortugas (Reds)
Jupiter Hammerheads (Marlins)
Palm Seaside Cardinals (Cardinals)
St. Lucie Mets (Mets)
West Division
Bradenton Marauders (Pirates)
Clearwater Threshers (Phillies)
Dunedin Blue Jays (Blue Jays)
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Twins)
Lakeland Flying Tigers (Tigers)
Tampa Tarpons (Yankees)
Low-A West
North Division
Fresno Grizzlies (Rockies)
Modesto Nuts (Mariners)
San Jose Giants (Giants)
Stockton Ports (A’s)
South Division
Inland Empire 66ers (Angels)
Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres)
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (Dodgers)
Visalia Rawhide (D-Backs)
As smartly as to the 120 minor league teams that have faith signed Professional Pattern Licenses, MLB will also feature additional teams within advanced leagues in Arizona and Florida and repurposed draft and pattern “accomplice” leagues at decrease stages.
MLB’s inaugurate also notes that affiliated minor leaguers will receive pay raises that range from 38-72% for the 2021 season. As smartly, improved geographical alignment method less hump, and affiliated clubs now must meet definite minimal standards for fields and facilities.
The fresh agreement method that for the main time in higher than 100 years, the organized minor leagues will not feature independently of MLB.