At some point very soon, maybe even before you’ve read this post, Minor League Baseball will officially announce the cancellation of its season. This hastens MLB’s plan to contract 42 affiliates from the minors next year, meaning minor league baseball as we knew it is dead.
Since 2015, the Cubs’ minor league system has included affiliates in Iowa, Tennessee, Myrtle Beach, South Bend, Eugene, two rookie teams in Arizona, and an academy in the Dominican. We don’t know how things will look next season, but at least one of those affiliates will be gone and others could potentially move around in what some in the industry have called the “Wild West” of new deals.