12:28 PM EST Share A revised professional development licenses structure between the MLB and MiLB puts the agreement in effect for 10 years.
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp announced Feb. 12 that the minor league baseball organization has accepted the Miami Marlins’ invitation to become its Triple-A affiliate.
The Marlins extended the Triple-A offer to the Jumbo Shrimp in December under a new professional development licenses structure which stipulates all affiliation agreements between MLB and MiLB clubs are in effect for 10 years, according to the Jumbo Shrimp’s news release.
Jumbo Shrimp owner and CEO Ken Babby said in the news release the organization likes the familiarity of working with the Marlins players, coaches and staff.
Bianca Smith. (Courtesy Boston Red Sox)
When spring training begins next month, Bianca Smith will make history as the first Black woman to coach professional baseball.
After she wraps up her job as assistant coach and hitting coordinator at Carroll University in Wisconsin, she’ll start with the Boston Red Sox minor league system in Fort Myers, Florida. I d never seen another Black woman coaching, especially in baseball, she told WBUR’s Khari Thompson. So it just never crossed my mind that that might be an opportunity.
Smith’s impressive resume on top of her own baseball and softball experience plus a degree in sports law and management from Dartmouth College includes serving as Case Western Reserve University s director of baseball operations. She’s seen the inner workings of MLB teams through her operation internships with the Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds.
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In the spirit of making resolutions and setting goals for 2021, MLB.com s beat reporters recently selected the one player from each team who is most thankful for the new year.
Whether it was a matter of struggling with injuries in 2020 or simply having a down year in the abbreviated 60-game season, the players below have their sights set on a better trip around the sun after flipping the calendar to 21.
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BLUE JAYS: Tanner Roark, RHP
The two-year, $24 million deal that Roark signed with the Blue Jays last offseason made sense at the time, as it was expected to give the club a steady veteran to chew through innings. The COVID-19 shutdown and resulting 60-game season saw Toronto shift its pitching strategy, though, with the club instead relying on shorter starts with heavier bullpen usage and Roark struggled through the most difficult season of his career. Pitching to a 6.80 ERA over 11 starts while dealing with home run and control issues
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