Numerous reports that Dec 1st is announcement date....so I guess we'll know then if it doesn't sneak out first.
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Here's one from Rochester paper. Red Wings GM says they will have new Affiliate by Dec 1.
https://www.democratandchronicle.com...te/6244609002/
Here's another from a the Round Rock Express President
Express President Chris Almendarez told me, "we've had great relationship with @Astros. But under new #MLB/#MiLB arrangement, everybody is a free agent. We were told we'd hear something Dec. 1. Now this report is out. We have not heard anything from #Astros or @Rangers
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The latest update from Ballpark Digest indicates Daytona 'made the cut'. If so I'm shocked !
And they have Chattanooga surviving also, and Doug says that's what he's been hearing recently.
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Rochester Red Wings to become Nationals' Triple-A affiliate
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb...uJHe9NURjVX_3EThe Nationals will have a new Triple-A affiliate in 2021, as they’ve reached an agreement with the Rochester Red Wings, Justin Murphy and Sean Lahman of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle report. The move to partner with the Nationals will end an 18-year affiliation between the Red Wings and the Twins. The length of the new player development contract between the Nats and Red Wings hasn’t been announced, although such agreements are generally for two years or for four years.QUOTE
The appeal for the Nationals in this deal is quite apparent. The Nats just wrapped up a two-year PDC with the Fresno Grizzlies after an awkward game of musical chairs between several teams and the few available Triple-A affiliates two years ago left them as the last two potential partners standing. Fresno is nearly 2,800 miles and more than a six-hour flight from Nationals Park. It was never an ideal fit. Rochester is a mere 382 miles, with a flight to D.C. checking in at about 90 minutes.
Shuttling players between Triple-A and the big leagues will be vastly easier for the Nats in 2021 and beyond. They’ll also surely be pleased to move their young pitchers from the hitters’ paradise that is the Pacific Coast League to a friendlier setting in the International League.
I’ve been keeping my powder dry in terms of complaining about Chattanooga but that park and team (and I don’t care who its MLB parent is) is a gem and I can’t be convinced it should be cut, given that cuts will be made. It really makes no sense.
Great news! Not over yet however.
Edd Roush (11-19-2020)
It’s been I don’t know - 5 years since I’ve been there. I seem to recall some of the seats down the line and/or outfield being not much more than metal bleachers. But nothing outrageous compared to some of your average MILB stadiums. Genuinely curious what makes it so bad/so bad now? I’d think a little renovations could clean it up.
MILB stadiums aren’t all gonna be like Dayton (I find that park great...but maybe I’m easy to please).
The only thing that makes sense for Nooga to fold for me is if they sold the park for the proverbial scraps - that town is having a nice resurgence and I imagine that property is very valuable.
From the player/team standpoint, that ballpark is pitiful.
The clubhouse isn't connected to the dugout. Instead, if you need treatment or anything else you have to go out beyond the outfield wall to do it, because that's where the clubhouse is located. The batting cages are uncovered and behind the seats. Players use those during the game at times and fans can just be right there, up in their business. For a stadium built in 2000, it feels like a stadium that was built in 1940 when it comes to player/team usefulness and amenities.
kaldaniels (11-19-2020)
And I think Chattanooga has said they can't do much to improve it because there is no space. I haven't heard any talk of a new stadium, which is what it sounds like they need.
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I'm not as in tune with their stadium situation as I am with others simply because the affiliation is short lived in recent times, but I've heard from people that would know more than I would that basically the owner isn't going to put money into the ballpark because he wants a new one. Maybe the idea that he'd be relegated to indy ball if he didn't put money into the facilities changed his mind?
Found some good info
https://ballparkdigest.com/2020/02/1...tial-upgrades/
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