Minor League Baseball to lose 40 franchises in 2021 season

There will be 40 fewer minor league baseball teams in the 2021 season as the minors are agreeing to Major League Baseball’s proposal to cut guaranteed affiliations from 160 to 120. In this major overhaul in which Major League Baseball would take over the minor league’s governing body, MLB would oversee selling sponsorship, licensing and media rights for its minor league affiliates. Among the teams to be eliminated are the Lexington Legends of the South Atlantic League, the Chattanooga Lookouts and Jackson (TN) Generals of the Southern League