The South Atlantic League regular season is partitioned into a first and second half and the teams that win of the Northern and Southern Divisions during each of those halves gain entry into postseason play. Each year, the SAL mid-season all-star break marks the transition from the first half to second half. The Greensboro Grasshoppers, who are the new full-season A class affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, had an excellent start to their 2019 season. They posted a very good 44-25 record for the first half. However, that record placed them 4.0 games behind the first-half Northern Division Champions—the Delmarva Shorebirds (Baltimore Orioles).