Minors: News

Triple-A Yanks Know There's No Place Like Home
Apr. 17, 2012
The Yankees' Triple-A affiliate—based in Moosic, Pa., and called the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees—plays its first home game in Rochester, N.Y., as the Empire State Yankees. [...] Continue Reading »

Opening Day Chat
Apr. 5, 2012
Who's better defensively, Mike Trout or Peter Bourjos? Find out in our Opening Day chat. [...] Continue Reading »

Opening Day Roster Roundup Index
Apr. 5, 2012
The index page for our Opening Day roster analyses. [...] Continue Reading »

Yankees' Triple-A Club Will Hit The Road This Year
Apr. 3, 2012
They have six homes, two names and zero idea how their upcoming five-month road trip will unfold. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees—aka the Empire State Yankees—are the gypsies of the Triple-A International League this season. They'll play all 144 games on the road while PNC Field, their 23-year-old ballpark in Moosic, Pa., undergoes a $40 million facelift. [...] Continue Reading »

Longtime PCL President Cutler Passes Away At 92
Mar. 24, 2012
Bill Cutler, who served as Pacific Coast League president from 1979 to 1997 as part of a distinguished 50-year career in baseball, died at his home in Mesa, Ariz., on March 24. He was 92. [...] Continue Reading »

Minor League Baseball Parts Ways With Umpire School
Feb. 16, 2012
Minor League Baseball ends its relationship with the Evans umpire academy after a racially-charged incident. [...] Continue Reading »

Jordan leaves Orioles for Phillies
Oct. 14, 2011
Orioles scouting director Joe Jordan takes a new position, replacing Chuck LaMar as the Phillies' director of player development. [...] Continue Reading »

2011 Instructional League Rosters
Oct. 4, 2011
The 2011 Instructional League rosters for every team. [...] Continue Reading »

Royals News: Starling Cited, Knapp Hired
Sep. 28, 2011
In two Kansas City Royals news items, first-round pick Bubba Starling was cited for underage drinking, while the organization also hired a new minor league pitching coordinator, Rick Knapp. [...] Continue Reading »

NL East Trio Changes Farm Directors
Sep. 13, 2011
The Phillies, Marlins and Braves all change farm directors. Chuck LaMar resigned in Philadelphia, while the Marlins brought in Marty Scott and the Braves lost Kurt Kemp, promoting Bruce Manno from within. [...] Continue Reading »

Scranton Hits The Road
Aug. 19, 2011
The Scranton-Wilkes/Barre Yankees will likely play its home games on the road next season while its ballpark gets a $40 million facelift. [...] Continue Reading »

Canzler Powers IL To Third Straight All-Star Game Win
Jul. 13, 2011
Nine International League pitchers combined for a three-hit shutout of the Pacific Coast League in the Triple-A all-star game, held in Salt Lake City. [...] Continue Reading »

Gartrell Squeaks Out Triple-A Home Run Derby Win
Jul. 12, 2011
The six sluggers who participated in the Triple-A home run derby at Spring Mobile Ballpark on Monday have combined for 112 longballs so far this season. So, naturally, a local high schooler stole the show. [...] Continue Reading »

North Tops South In Florida State League All-Star Game
Jun. 18, 2011
The North Division has been the Florida State League's better half this season—South-leading St. Lucie would be tied for fourth in the six-team North—and the same was true Saturday night as the North beat the South 5-3 in the FSL All-Star Game before a crowd of 5,134 at Bright House Field. [...] Continue Reading »

Kinston Celebrates Final Opening Day
Apr. 11, 2011
Kinston may have celebrated its last Opening Day on Friday, as the Indians prepare to relocate to Carolina for the 2012 season. [...] Continue Reading »

Cards Go Back To Future For Farm Approach
Apr. 6, 2011
The St. Louis Cardinals have revamped the organization of their farm system as they ready for the 2011 season. [...] Continue Reading »

O'Conner Seeks Assurances From Trustees
Mar. 18, 2011
Pat O'Conner hopes to iron out some differences with the Board of Trustees at a meeting this weekend before deciding if he will seek a second term as Minor League Baseball president. [...] Continue Reading »

Atlantic League Group Eyes Frederick Market
Feb. 17, 2011
The Frederick Keys have been unable to agree on a lease extension past the 2011 season, opening the door for an Atlantic League expansion team to make a run at the market. [...] Continue Reading »

Baseball Canada Shifts Focus From Olympics To Youth
Jan. 21, 2011
With baseball no longer included in the Olympic Games, Baseball Canada is putting its focus on growing the sport among youth. The Blue Jays new front office is also trying to build the team's following in Canada. [...] Continue Reading »

Garcia Turns From Goat Into Hero
Aug. 18, 2010
Jose Garcia showed the jitters that come with being the youngest player in the New York-Penn League All-Star game when he threw the ball away on his first opportunity. Then he showed the maturity of a veteran in getting the decisive base hit in the eighth that provided the American League with a come-from-behind 4-3 win at Richmond County Bank Ballpark, home of the Staten Island Yankees. [...] Continue Reading »

Readying For The Affiliation Shuffle
Jul. 27, 2010
The bi-annual affiliation shuffle will kick off this fall. Below is an update of every team's player development contract. [...] Continue Reading »

IL Bullpen Cools PCL Bats In All-Star Win
Jul. 14, 2010
The International League bullpen shut out the Pacific Coast League over the final four innings of the Wednesday's Triple-A all-star game, preserving a 2-1 victory at Coca Cola Park in Allentown, Pa. [...] Continue Reading »

2010 Futures Game Box Score
Jul. 11, 2010
Statistics from the 2010 Futures Game [...] Continue Reading »

MLB Plans HGH Tests, But Not For 2010
Mar. 12, 2010
Major League Baseball plans to add HGH to the drugs it tests minor league players for, but it will not do so until the 2011 season at the earliest. [...] Continue Reading »

Minor League Rule 5 Draft Picks Face Long Odds
Dec. 17, 2009
Players taken in the Triple-A and Double-A phases of the Rule 5 draft historically have had virtually no chance of forging big leagues careers. [...] Continue Reading »

Former Dodgers Prospect Figueroa Passes Away
Nov. 19, 2009
Former Dodgers pitching prospect Jonathan Figueroa, who was rated the organization's No.2 prospect in 2003, passed away after complications from Lupus. [...] Continue Reading »

Jays Make More Changes
Oct. 9, 2009
New general manager Alex Anthopoulos makes his first substantive moves in Toronto, giving the organization new leaders in player development and scouting. [...] Continue Reading »

Mets Dismiss Pena
Sep. 23, 2009
Mets dismiss Ramon Pena after growing impatient with development of international players. [...] Continue Reading »

Gooden Heads To Newark
Sep. 15, 2009
Dwight Gooden hopes to revive baseball in Newark by joining front office as a senior vice president. He will focus growing the sport's popularity in inner-cities. [...] Continue Reading »

Mariners' Jamie McOwen Hits In 45th Straight
Jul. 9, 2009
With an eighth-inning single on Tuesday night, July 7, the Mariners' Jamie McOwen established a minor league hitting streak standard that no player has surpassed in more than half a century. The high Class A High Desert outfielder collected at least one hit in 44 consecutive California League games, a run that began on May 10. [...] Continue Reading »