Last fall, Commissioner Rob Manfred proposed sweeping changes to the existing minor league structure, including the possible elimination of 42 teams.
Last month, Josh wrote here that the novel coronavirus pandemic might actually accelerate this process:
There are a few teams owned by deep-pocketed investment groups that can probably survive this (and some are owned by the Major League teams themselves), but most of them are not. They have rents that are due and loan payments to make. They have workers who aren’t getting paid and most of them will be forced to look for other work.