In October, it was revealed that Major League Baseball wanted to eliminate 42 affiliated minor-league teams. Josh Timmers covered that here. Tim Huwe wrote about why it was a terrible idea. I posted more details of the proposal here in November. And another article by Josh explained why MLB wants to do this. (It’s all about MLB having power over its minor leaguers.)
Friday night, Minor League Baseball sent out a four-page memo detailing exactly why all of this is a terrible idea. You can read it here (link opens .