In the latest iteration of his ongoing plot to kill baseball, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is taking a page out of The Terminator by trying to snuff the sport out before it gets fully developed. Analogical discrepancies aside, the idea is that MLB’s proposal for changes to the professional baseball agreement that governs the relationship with minor league teams would make sweeping changes to the farm system concept as we now know it.
The PBA doesn’t expire until after the 2020 season so this is all still open to negotiation, but the slash-and-burn strategy being employed at the outset tells you all you need to know about the league’s thoughts.