Marlins could lose two affiliates

[SonOfJack]

 

[Bret Hart]

I agree with abolition of Short A whose term was too short.

 

[SilverBullet]

Rob Manfred’s plan to destroy minor league baseball

According to minor league calculations, over 2,000 years of combined minor league baseball history is about to be extinguished with these contractions.

www.nydailynews.com

 

[taiwanmarlin]

So don't need the minor league any more !?

 

[SilverBullet]

So don't need the minor league any more !?

Correct. The Marlins are already a AAA team so there's no need for the other lower level teams.

 

[Michael]

Fine with me.

 

[el_gmac]

Correct. The Marlins are already a AAA team so there's no need for the other lower level teams.

be fair they're like AAA 1/2

 

[SonOfJack]

I haven't read into this much but what happens to those teams if they lose the affiliation. Do they go out of business or do they possibly become independent league teams?

 

[el_gmac]

The question is what about all those players still developing ? they all move straight to single A ? that's a a lot of prospects.

 

[Michael]

The question is what about all those players still developing ? they all move straight to single A ? that's a a lot of prospects.

A, A+, or AA I'm sure, yeah.

Realistically so many of these minor league players won't make it beyond whatever level they were at last. I can see this as a positive - the talent pool gets shrunk and lumped closer together. So now instead of your top prospects facing sub-par opposition, they're now more likely to match up with another top prospect for a different organization. Teams can get a better feel for each player this way, IMO.

 

[SilverBullet]

I haven't read into this much but what happens to those teams if they lose the affiliation. Do they go out of business or do they possibly become independent league teams?

I don't know the definitive answer but one article I saw made it sound like the teams would go out of business but that makes no sense because why would they? They would lose affiliation with MLB teams but who says the teams couldn't just keep playing games separate from MLB affiliation? There are plenty of teams out there with no affiliations and they exist just fine.

 

[el_gmac]

many of the teams will disappear to oblivion and some will stay independent

 

[SilverBullet]

many of the teams will disappear to oblivion and some will stay independent

The teams that disappear to oblivion can start their own league there.

 

[Italian Marlins Fan]

So if this happens, the Marlins will only have

- Wichita (AAA)
- Jacksonville (AA)
- Jupiter (A)

Is that correct?

 

[Michael]

So if this happens, the Marlins will only have

- Wichita (AAA)
- Jacksonville (AA)
- Jupiter (A)

Is that correct?

Yeah I s'pose it is.

 

[taiwanmarlin]

So if this happens, the Marlins will only have

- Wichita (AAA)
- Jacksonville (AA)
- Jupiter (A)

Is that correct?

And GCL Marlins with DSL Marlins.

 

[Iowa]

This contraction is absolutely insane and is hitting my area especially hard.

Clinton IA (about 45 min away form me) is a hole of a city but the team and stadium has been around forever. The team in Burlington IA (about 2 hours from me) has had a team there for like 130 years and would hit the town hard.

The biggest nonsense of it all is the fact that the team in my town, Quad Cities River Bandits, is being contracted. It is the best low level minor league stadium in the country and they've spent a lot rebuilding it. Yet the shithole that is Beloit gets to stay?? Absolutely Ridiculous

 

[marlinsmaniac]

This contraction is absolutely insane and is hitting my area especially hard.

Clinton IA (about 45 min away form me) is a hole of a city but the team and stadium has been around forever. The team in Burlington IA (about 2 hours from me) has had a team there for like 130 years and would hit the town hard.

The biggest nonsense of it all is the fact that the team in my town, Quad Cities River Bandits, is being contracted. It is the best low level minor league stadium in the country and they've spent a lot rebuilding it. Yet the shithole that is Beloit gets to stay?? Absolutely Ridiculous

I’m assuming someone could switch their affiliate to that stadium/city at some point right? I’m sure a stadium that nice won’t go to waste

 

[SilverBullet]

That's true, affiliates do switch occasionally so the other teams mostly need to stay open or there will be no teams to switch to.

 

[Das Texan]

They are going about this so fucking wrong.

Basically all teams in Montana are gone. All teams I believe in the Appalachia region are gone.

And those people still cant get streaming deals due to blackouts.

its a fucked up situation and I guarantee you MLB will make it far worse.

As far as # of affiliates, its a moot point. Every organization will have the same # of minor league affiliates.

I think its stupid and bad for the game bigly.