Thursday saw another milestone day for minor league baseball as regular season schedules were announced. The news comes just days after the new league alignments were finally set in stone thanks to all 120 affiliates signing their PDLs.
Between changes forced by COVID-19 and Major League Baseball’s hostile takeover of the minors, there is plenty to unpack with the new schedule layouts. For starters, the three-, four-, and five-gave series that were the previous norm in the minors no longer exist. Instead, teams at all levels will play six-game sets each week running Tuesday to Sunday with every Monday used as a travel/off-day.