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In 2021 and beyond, 11 of the 12 teams that previously had been part of the Eastern League will operate in the Double-A Northeast League. The lone newcomers are the Somerset Patriots, set to debut as a New York Yankees affiliate.
In 2021 and beyond, 11 of the 12 teams that previously had been part of the Eastern League will operate in the Double-A Northeast League. The lone newcomers are the Somerset Patriots, set to debut as a New York Yankees affiliate.
The Patriots, a charter team of the independent Atlantic League, spent their inaugural 1998 season entirely on the road. Their home of TD Bank Ballpark opened in 1999 in Somerset County s Bridgewater Township. After more than two decades in the Atlantic League, the team has replaced the Trenton Thunder as the Yankees Double-A affiliate. (The Thunder, also a central New Jersey entity, are now part of the MLB Draft League.)