Though it may have flown under the radar in light of other relatively major goings-on, word leaked out Friday about what affiliates the Yankees were going to have in 2021 and beyond. It was a bit of a head-turner to see them shift the upper parts of their system so dramatically. Gone are the Trenton Thunder (AA), Charleston RiverDogs (low-A), and Staten Island Yankees (short-season). In are the Somerset Patriots at (AA) and Hudson Valley Renegades (low-A).
Trenton used to be in the independent Atlantic League and Hudson Valley was the Yankees’ affiliate in the NY-Penn short-season league.