While the sports world has undergone a dramatic temporary change as leagues wait out the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, drastic permanent change might be about to come to baseball.
Minor League Baseball is expected to agree to a 25 percent reduction of the number of affiliated teams, from 160 down to 120, according to a report from Baseball America’s J.J. Cooper. The reduction would be in line with Major League Baseball’s proposed overhaul of the minor league system, the details of which were reported last year.
Minor League Baseball released a statement not long after that report came out Tuesday denying any agreement on the elimination of teams.