Comments on: Reds Left Out Of Carolina League Shuffle http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2010/09/reds-left-out-of-carolina-league-shuffle/ Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Josh Leventhal http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2010/09/reds-left-out-of-carolina-league-shuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-7674 Josh Leventhal Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:59:10 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=409#comment-7674 Sorry for the delay in getting back to you Justin and thanks for the comments. More teams are buying into minor league affiliates, and the Red Sox purchased Salem, in part, to avoid being sent to the Cal League. I don’t know if they’ll try and buy Bakersfield — the team is for sale but there have been no takers. The league would like to keep the team in Bakersfield but in a new ballpark, which there is no money for right now. I don’t think that shift will happen anytime soon, if at all, especially now that High Desert is on the verge of being sold and likely relocated within the league footprint. State College’s PDC did expire earlier this offseason but they renewed with the Pirates, which I think is what will happen in the future. Makes geographic sense to stick with the Pirates, I think.

]]> By: Justin http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2010/09/reds-left-out-of-carolina-league-shuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-7527 Justin Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:54:44 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=409#comment-7527 Sorry, dave, but I don't think Pensacola's new park is any threat to any SL team. At 3,500 seats it'd be the smallest park in the League by a fair margin. Even if they tried to lure a FSL team, it'd be the smallest park in that League. I think this park will be a beautiful location for the Pensacola Pelicans to play, but given its size and the leagues it's in the geographic footprint of, I doubt it would bring an affiliated minor league team.
Josh, do you think the Reds just  wait it out in the Cal League for 2 years until more PDCs in the FSL and Carolina League expire or do you think they'd try to purchase their affiliate (assuming it's Bakersfield) and potentially try to relocate them? I remember that a few years ago, two Cal League teams (Bakersfield and High Desert if memory serves) were looking to sell and relocate to the Carolina League, so what's the possibility of this happening, perhaps as part of a larger minor league realignment (for instance several larger-market SAL teams trying to move up to the Carolina League?)

Also, do you think that when State College's PDC with the Pirates expire they'll be the next team to join the Rangers farm system given Greenberg's ownership of them?

]]> By: Josh Leventhal http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2010/09/reds-left-out-of-carolina-league-shuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-7524 Josh Leventhal Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:11:01 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=409#comment-7524 Probably than risking being sent to the Cal League in two years.

]]> By: dave http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/2010/09/reds-left-out-of-carolina-league-shuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-7428 dave Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:56:03 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=409#comment-7428 Any idea on why the Braves signed a four year agreement with Lynchburg, instead of two? The Lynchburg stadium sticks out when comparing it to the new statdiums the Braves' other full season affiliates have.
 
It will be interesting to see if Huntsville or some other SL city will lose out when Pensacola completes its bayside stadium in 2012.
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