The State of the Minors: It’s Just a Flesh Wound

Pottymouth is looking for a good lawyer willing to defend the Minors from the MLB power grab. Owners of the 120 teams “invited” to remain or become affiliated with an MLB team are ticked about the process, the timing, and the sketchy details of what will be a ten-year contract. The teams that were cut are ticked about being jettisoned, and by learning the news via social media. It’s bad all around.

Patti goes for a good parenting and big-name trade theme for this week’s baseball boyfriend, Daz Cameron of the Tigers and Carson Kelly of the Diamondbacks. Pottymouth focuses on players doing good in the world, selecting Jeimer Candelario as her Tiger BF and Eduardo Escobar for the Dbacks.

MLB continues its “Take the Field” program at this year’s virtual Winter Meetings to promote education and networking for women interested in careers in coaching, scouting, and player development. Vladdy arrives on the LIDOM scene, Roberto Alomar’s plan for a rookie’s only team is working as well as you might have expected, and how early would you get up to watch Manny Ramirez play Australian baseball?

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