What a restructured Minor League system could mean for teams lost in the shuffle
Chelsea Janes, The Washington Post
Feb. 27, 2021
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The minor league baseball system has changed this season.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton.
About 18 months and a pandemic ago, the rumblings started spreading through Minor League Baseball front offices. Words like contraction and restructuring were pinging about in text messages and harried calls. Change was coming to the minors and no one knew what that might mean.
Curtis Haug, general manager of the Kane County Cougars in the Chicago suburbs, was worried. But he was soon confronted with a more pressing problem. A global pandemic threatened, then canceled, an entire season. In the minors, where ticket revenue is everything, the loss was catastrophic.
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After a winter of uncertainity, MLB prepares for a complicated spring training
Chelsea Janes, The Washington Post
Feb. 13, 2021
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The Nationals hold spring training in West Palm Beach, Fla. Pitchers and catchers report soon.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton.
A dozen or so baseball reporters were navigating the usual frustrations of a Zoom news conference recently when the subject of the day s proceedings - the just re-signed slugger Marcell Ozuna - piped up with a question of his own. Alex, I ve got a question for you, Ozuna said, addressing Braves General Manager Alex Anthopolous, who had just gushed about how quickly the outfielder s four-year deal worth $65 million came together.