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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru
As part of the contraction of the minor leagues, the Yankees are dropping the Charleston (South Carolina) RiverDogs and the Pulaski (Virginia) Yankees. They are also ending their relationship with the Trenton Thunder and Staten Island Yankees which they did not have to do for the purposes of contraction.
Instead, they are picking up the Somerset (NJ) Patriots and Hudson Valley Renegades. The only affiliation that they are leaving alone are the Triple-A RailRiders in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Here is what the Yankees’ minor-league hierarchy will look like starting with the 2021 season:
- Triple-A: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (same)
- Double-A: Somerset (big promotion from the independent Atlantic League)
- High Class A: Hudson Valley (promotion from short-season Class A Rays affiliate)
- Low Class A: Tampa (demotion from Advanced Class A)
Like other clubs, they will keep their complex-based Gulf Coast League and Dominican Summer League teams, which don’t count against the four-per-franchise total. |
At least one ballclub is not going quietly.