After a tumultuous last twelve months that saw the cancellation of an entire season and a significant downsizing of the minors leagues, there was another round of news to welcome in 2021. Major League baseball officially announced that the season for Double-A and below will be delayed until all major leaguers and Triple-A players have finished their spring training. This news is not necessarily bad for many teams but leaves a lot of questions for the Yankees and their affiliates.
Baseball America was the first to report that a memo had been sent to minor league team on January 4th announcing a delay of the season for many minor league franchises.