Bucs Dugout · Nov 30, 2020
New MLB Draft League set for ‘21 season
Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesThe remaking of minor league baseball continued Monday when Major League Baseball announced the formation of the MLB Draft League – a league established to give draft-eligible players a chance to display their talents prior to the annual amateur draft.
The league is expected to feature six teams and five of those teams were announced Monday, including one with a direct connection to the Pirates. That team is the West Virginia Black Bears, which had been part of the Class A short-season New York-Penn League.