At last viewing, the Iowa Cubs were in the middle of dropping the conference title series after winning their conference in the Pacific Coast League’s regular season. What we didn’t know then, of course, was that a novel coronavirus would begin to spread overseas a few months later, reaching the United States after the turn of the new year, and taking so much down with it, including the 2020 minor league season.
That Iowa Cubs playoff series was just over 600 days ago. The last Minor League Baseball we saw. Think about how long it’s been.
Minor League Baseball returns, finally, tomorrow. It looks considerably different than it did in those days, now with just four full-season affiliates per organization, no short-season Low-A, and everything kicking off much later than we’re used to. Fortunately for Cubs fans, the four full-season affiliates are familiar: the Triple-A Iowa Cubs (roster discussion here), the Double-A Tennessee Smokies (roster discussion), the High-A South Be
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It’s here, and it’s official: the restructuring of the now 120-team Minor League system for Major League Baseball.
As discussed, the Chicago Cubs now have just four full-season affiliates – the AAA Iowa Cubs, the AA Tennessee Smokies, the High-A South Bend Cubs, and the Low-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans – together the their rookie ball teams in Arizona and the Dominican Republic.
The new league and division structures appear to be strongly interested in improving geographic alignment, and that will mean a pretty different look for the Cubs affiliates’ divisional opponents:
The Iowa Cubs, formerly in the Pacific Coast League, are now in a division that keeps them much more midwest-centric (including now hitting up cities like Indianapolis, Toledo, and Columbus, which I reckon will be well-received by Cubs fans in those areas (including this Cubs fan in Columbus (I am so there as soon as the Iowa Cubs come))). It’s not yet clear if all the teams in the Triple-A East league wil