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Single-A Lynchburg Hillcats season preview

There have been several changes to the Cleveland minor league system heading into 2021. The biggest one to affect the full-season clubs is the fact that Cleveland’s Lynchburg and Lake County clubs switched levels. Lynchburg will now be regular full-season Single-A while Lake County becomes the High-A team. This makes sense because it allows High-A, Double-A, and Triple-A to all be in Ohio, where Lynchburg will be a good transition point between Arizona rookie ball in and the three higher-level clubs.

Here’s the expected roster for Single-A Lynchburg:

Pitching

What stands out right away to me is the pitching.