What do these golfers have in common with Atlanta Braves minor leaguers starting in 2021? (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
MLB-driven changes to the minor leagues may at least bring some stability for one Atlanta Braves level.
If you were playing a baseball edition of “Where’s Waldo?”, you might have been able to make a decent game of it around the High-A minor league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves in recent years.
Since this team ended a 12-year run in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the A+ Braves (who have never ever been called the ‘Braves’ since a High-A team came into being as the Durham Bulls in 1990), the club has wandered around the Southland like a rural country traveling preacher:
- 2011-14: Lynchburg Hillcats / Carolina League
- 2015-16: Carolina Mudcats / Carolina League
- 2017-19: Florida Fire Frogs / Florida State League
- 2020: This was supposed to happen at the Spring Training site in North Port, Florida, but… y’all know how that worked out.