CHARLESTON, SC - JULY 02: Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees stretches before his at bat during his game for the Charleston RiverDogs at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park on July 2, 2013 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
The Yankees are ditching a few of their classic minor league affiliates in 2021, the first part of a large shakeup league-wide.
After a complete washout of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season, the Yankees have chosen to be trend-setters before 2021.
There’s about to be a major shakeup across the entire nation’s cadre of minor-league affiliates, with a number of long-time franchises on the chopping block, and several leagues (like the Appalachian League) likely transitioning away from affiliated action completely and becoming college wood-bat leagues.