Major League Baseball has been suspended for nearly three months now, and during that time minor league players have been relying on clubs to support them with stipends. That time is drawing to a close for many players, however, as a wave of teams have begun cutting minor league players from their rosters. On Monday, the Yankees became one of those teams.
New York is releasing around 45 players, with 43 known as per a report from Robert Pimpsner. Pimpsner notes that in a regular cycle, the team typically cuts around 20 players in the beginning of spring training, and 10-20 more before the draft.