For the first time in 20 months, the minor-league baseball season is back.
It was a long road to reach 2021 Opening Day across the minor leagues. The 2020 season was canceled because of the pandemic and the start of the ’21 season was pushed back a month to allow for a minor-league spring training.
There have been a lot of changes to the minor leagues since the end of the 2019 season. There are now only four levels – Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Low-A – after Major League Baseball consolidated the structure and axed 40 affiliates.