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The minor league baseball season might be about to be cancelled

Even while Major League Baseball discusses several different ideas to begin a 2020 season, it seemed clear that Minor League teams would likely not be able to play this year. MLB teams can still make money while playing in empty stadiums, because a large portion of their revenue comes from TV. Minor League teams don’t have that source of income; they need fans buying tickets to have any real source of revenue, and at this time it doesn’t appear possible for them to play.

Wednesday, Joe E. Doyle of our SB Nation site Lookout Landing reported that some agents had received information of an upcoming cancellation of the minor-league season:

According to multiple agents representing minor league players, they were informally advised Wednesday that there would not be a regular minor league season in 2020.