It took the Triple-A Scranton RailRiders an extra game, but they won the International League North division title in 2019. Considering how much the major league club depended on players from Scranton to fill in and produce, the season-long success of the team can be considered a surprise to some extent. At one point they led the division by six games, but over the last two months that lead slowly evaporated, to the point that Scranton had to play a one game playoff for the division title after the regular season.
The International League saw a 57 percent increase in home runs this season as they switched to the major league baseball.