There will be no affiliated Minor League Baseball played in 2020.
This news is largely unsurprising for those who have followed the game’s news cycle during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but MiLB finally made the official announcement yesterday afternoon that this season would be cancelled at all minor league levels.
The cancellation of the minor league baseball season comes at a particularly difficult time for that entity with contraction looming as soon as this offseason. It is expected that up to 42 minor league franchises will lose their affiliated status after 2020 as the MLB takes over business operations and reorganizes the minors, which is likely to cause most of those outgoing affiliates to either attempt to join existing independent leagues or simply close up shop.