With the 2020 season on hold, Minor League Baseball teams at every level of the sport are facing the financial crunch of having no gate and concessions revenues flowing into team coffers. (more…)
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MiLB: We’re in the endgame now
With negotiations set to resume via conference call on April 22, the future of Minor League Baseball as an independent entity is up in the air, with Major League Baseball looking to take over most or all of its operations as well as eliminating 40 MiLB teams, including all of short-season ball. (more…)
Fans prioritize safety when considering return to baseball: study
We have some more polling about fans will act once ballparks and other venues reopen after an abatement of the coronavirus pandemic. The bottom line: it will be a challenge to bring them back. (more…)
MiLB 2020 season opener celebrated virtually
Today would have been the 2020 Minor League Baseball season opener, now delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of a brew and brat at the ballpark, MiLB fans are being asked to celebrate virtually via a #MiLBAtHomeOpener campaign. (more…)
MLB, MiLB teams continue response to coronavirus shutdown
Without a schedule to start the 2020 season thanks to a coronavirus shutdown, MLB and MiLB teams are responding to stay-at-home orders with various initiatives. Here’s a look at the more notable efforts. (more…)
When baseball returns, will fans return as well?
Planning is tough due to the lack of actionable data, but as the baseball industry preps for the 2020 season, one study indicates that things won’t snap back to normal when it comes to venues and events. (more…)
MiLB teams expand offerings, launch charitable efforts
With everything about the 2020 MiLB season up in the air, teams are finding ways to confront the coronavirus pandemic with expanded offerings and new charitable efforts in the absence of regular-season games in April. (more…)
MLB to pay MiLB player wages through May
Major League Baseball will pay the wages of Minor League Baseball players sidelined by shutdowns due to the coronavirus virus through May 31 or the beginning of the 2020 MiLB season. (more…)
Layoffs, furloughs come for Memphis Redbirds
The Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) and sister USL Championship team Memphis 901 FC confirmed layoffs and employee furloughs. (more…)
MLB, MLBPA reach agreement on 2020 season details
A deal between MLB and the MLB Players Association brings a higher level of certainty to the sport in the midst of a very uncertain year already heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)
Personnel news: Frederick Keys
Some light in a depressing start to the 2020 MiLB season: the Frederick Keys (High A; Carolina League) announced several additions to the front-office staff. (more…)
MLB to Pay MiLB Players Spring Training Per Diems
This is a small measure, but a start: MLB teams will pay players signed to a Minor League Uniform Player Contract a lump sum equal to the spring-training per diems that would have been paid through April 8, with potentially more on the way. (more…)
MiLB Teams Lose Non-Gameday Events Amid Pandemic
The loss of regular-season games is not the only challenge facing Minor League Baseball teams, as non-gameday events are also scrapped in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (more…)