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Originally Posted by SetonHallPirate
As for the Padres minor league affiliate in the Arizona League going missing, I can't help but think that this was due to the fact that the real-life Arizona League has an odd number of teams (nine), and that the Markus Heinsohn Scheduling Department does not like odd numbers of teams...
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Yes, that'd be the reason. Note also that the Gulf Coast League is missing the Indians' affiliate that was added this year bringing the circuit to 13 clubs.
Life would have been easier had MLB's proposed changes to rationalize the lower levels of the minors had gone through...