SI:AM | MLB Goes After Minor Leagues (Again)

Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland here with another example of MLB owners being cheapskates.

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More penny pinching from MLB

MLB, fresh off the massacre of dozens of minor league teams, wants to be able to make even more cuts to the minors, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports.

First, some background: In December 2020, the league axed 42 minor league teams, reducing the total number of affiliates to 120 (one team each at the Triple A, Double A, High A and Low A levels for all 30 MLB clubs). As part of that restructuring, MLB introduced something called the Domestic Reserve List—a…