# Press Release: MLB Announces Minor League Baseball Teams

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-mlb-announces-minor-league-baseball-teams/
- Published: 2021-02-12T11:15:34-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**Teams Will Be Part of New Model to Better Serve Fans, Players and Clubs**

**Minor Leagues to Include Player Salary Increases, Modernized Facility Standards
and Reduced Travel**

**MLB Preserves High-Level Baseball in Communities, Expands MLB-Supported Baseball**

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 12, 2021**
Major League Baseball today announced
that all 120 Minor League Clubs offered an invitation to become Professional Development
League (“PDL”) license holders have officially agreed to accept.  These teams, selected
as partners by Major League Clubs and being announced in full today, will provide
both facilities and communities that are essential to the development of the next
generation of big-league stars. 

Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. said: “We are excited to unveil 
this new model, which not only provides a pipeline to the Majors, but continues 
the Minor Leagues’ tradition of entertaining millions of families in hundreds of
communities.  In modernizing our Minor League system, we prioritized the qualities
that make the Minor Leagues such an integral part of our game while strengthening
how we develop professional athletes on and off the field.  We look forward to demonstrating
the best of our game throughout local communities, supporting all those who are 
working hard to grow the sport, and sharing unrivaled technology and resources with
minor league teams and players.”

As a part of MLB’s realignment, many Minor League affiliates will be in significantly
closer geographic proximity to the Major League Clubs with which they are associated.
On average, Major League Clubs will now be over 200 miles closer to their Triple-
A affiliates.  By creating better geographical synergy between a Major League Club
and its affiliates, more fans will be able to watch an organization’s players progress
in their careers from the Minor Leagues to the big leagues in their home region.

Each MLB Club will provide Minor League players and staffs to their four affiliates–
one at each of the Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Low-A levels.  Minor League Clubs
will receive PDL licenses from MLB that entitle them to operate in the Professional
Development Leagues, ensuring a new set of standards in terms of facilities and 
player working conditions.  The licenses will create many improvements to the experience
and lifestyle of Minor League players, such as:

 * Player salary increases ranging from 38-72% for the 2021 season.
 * Modernized facility standards better suited for professional athletes.
 * Improved amenities and working conditions for players and staff.
 * Reduced in-season travel for players and coaches.
 * Better geographical alignment.


More teams will be joining the broader MLB player development system and other baseball
leagues in the coming weeks and months, further enhancing the landscape for fans
to continue to cheer on future stars.  MLB has nearly completed its work towards
ensuring baseball’s presence in almost all of the previous affiliated communities.

The full list of the teams in the Professional Development Leagues accompanies this
press release.

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