Full disclosure: this article has been started and stopped and modified about 10 times in the last 2 weeks. The situation is...fluid. To say the least. Very little is set in stone, and much could/will change in the coming weeks and months. But make no mistake, Minor League Baseball is changing. Rather dramatically. MiLB, as we’ve known it for 100+ years, is dead. MiLB and MLB have always essentially operated as two wholly independent identities, sharing 1 labor force in the form of all uniformed personnel. The arrangement had always basically been, “We (MLB) will provide you (MiLB clubs) the players, coaches, and trainers, you (MiLB clubs) provide everything else, including the ballpark, marketing, travel, dining, etc.
State of The Minors
