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Developing prospects without a minor league season, a real challenge for MLB organizations

MLB and the players association are still negotiating for the return of major league baseball in 2020. Whether they can hammer out a deal remains to be seen, but for now, big leaguers are in wait and see mode.

The landscape is considerably less optimistic for minor leaguers, though. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the season, just like MLB, was canceled indefinitely, but while an MLB season remains possible, if not likely, MiLB will likely not play any games this year.

That means young players in need of live action reps won’t have the possibility of getting them this year.