On Wednesday, the MLB announced its plans to relocate the minor league’s offices to the MLB Headquarters situated in Los Angeles. This news was released via Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times.

As a result of this major decision, the minor league will now form part of the MLB organization, with each minor league club becoming a “licensed affiliate” of the MLB.

To assist in this transition, the MLB has hired the assistance of Peter Freund and Trinity Sports Consultants. Freund is himself an owner of several minor league clubs at three levels, in addition to being a partner with the Yankees.

He is expected to lead the charge in achieving the MLB’s goal of restructuring the minor league system as well as “implementing a modern approach to player development”, as the MLB explained.

Prior to this monumental decision, the MLB came under fire because of cutting 40 teams from the minor league system, along with the insufficient salaries that minor league players were earning.

Recently, the Supreme Court granted minor league players class-action status in their lawsuit against the MLB, thereby allowing players since 2009 to join the lawsuit suing the MLB for the violation of minimum wage laws.

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Even though the A’s didn’t actually play on Monday, they were mathematically ensured the division crown after the Houston Astros lost to the Mariners 6-1. The second-place Astros dropped to the .500 mark and they ended 6.5 games behind Oakland. This resulted in the Athletics being the first team to clinch first place in a division in the Majors.

Heading into the season, the Astros were a favorite after they won the division in each of the past three seasons. But, the Athletics surprised many by displacing the 2017 World Series champions from the top of the division.

The Athletics are led by one of baseball’s best pitching staffs and they’ve posted a 3.64 ERA on the season, making them baseball’s best bullpen by ERA.

The upcoming playoffs are set to begin next week and the A’s will be either the league’s 2nd or 3rd seed.

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Recovery for Tommy John surgery varies between players, but they usually take 12 to 15 months to recover and return to the field after the procedure. This means that Verlander will miss the remainder of the 2020 season and that he may also miss the entire 2021 season.

Verlander was attempting a comeback last week, as the 37-year-old pitcher hadn’t seen the mound since July due to a forearm strain. During his comeback, he felt “stiffness” in his elbow and a doctor advised him to have the surgery.

“I truly believe everything happens for a reason,” Verlander said in a video posted on Instagram. “And although 2020 has sucked, hopefully when this rehab process is all said and done, this will allow me to charge through the end of my career and be healthy as long as I want and pitch as long as I want and accomplish some of the goals that I want in my career.”

The Astros’ pitcher still has two years left on his overall deal with the Astros and he’ll be a free agent in 2022. This means that this could have potentially been Verlander’s last game with the team.

Verlander joined the Astros in 2017 and he’s played some of the best baseball of his career. His record since arriving in Houston is 43-15 record with 2.45 ERA and 640 strikeouts. He’s also had two All-Star appearances and in 2019, he won the Cy Young award.

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On Wednesday, the MLB announced its plans to relocate the minor league’s offices to the MLB Headquarters situated in Los Angeles. This news was released via Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times.

As a result of this major decision, the minor league will now form part of the MLB organization, with each minor league club becoming a “licensed affiliate” of the MLB.

To assist in this transition, the MLB has hired the assistance of Peter Freund and Trinity Sports Consultants. Freund is himself an owner of several minor league clubs at three levels, in addition to being a partner with the Yankees.

He is expected to lead the charge in achieving the MLB’s goal of restructuring the minor league system as well as “implementing a modern approach to player development”, as the MLB explained.

Prior to this monumental decision, the MLB came under fire because of cutting 40 teams from the minor league system, along with the insufficient salaries that minor league players were earning.

Recently, the Supreme Court granted minor league players class-action status in their lawsuit against the MLB, thereby allowing players since 2009 to join the lawsuit suing the MLB for the violation of minimum wage laws.

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Even though the A’s didn’t actually play on Monday, they were mathematically ensured the division crown after the Houston Astros lost to the Mariners 6-1. The second-place Astros dropped to the .500 mark and they ended 6.5 games behind Oakland. This resulted in the Athletics being the first team to clinch first place in a division in the Majors.

Heading into the season, the Astros were a favorite after they won the division in each of the past three seasons. But, the Athletics surprised many by displacing the 2017 World Series champions from the top of the division.

The Athletics are led by one of baseball’s best pitching staffs and they’ve posted a 3.64 ERA on the season, making them baseball’s best bullpen by ERA.

The upcoming playoffs are set to begin next week and the A’s will be either the league’s 2nd or 3rd seed.

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Recovery for Tommy John surgery varies between players, but they usually take 12 to 15 months to recover and return to the field after the procedure. This means that Verlander will miss the remainder of the 2020 season and that he may also miss the entire 2021 season.

Verlander was attempting a comeback last week, as the 37-year-old pitcher hadn’t seen the mound since July due to a forearm strain. During his comeback, he felt “stiffness” in his elbow and a doctor advised him to have the surgery.

“I truly believe everything happens for a reason,” Verlander said in a video posted on Instagram. “And although 2020 has sucked, hopefully when this rehab process is all said and done, this will allow me to charge through the end of my career and be healthy as long as I want and pitch as long as I want and accomplish some of the goals that I want in my career.”

The Astros’ pitcher still has two years left on his overall deal with the Astros and he’ll be a free agent in 2022. This means that this could have potentially been Verlander’s last game with the team.

Verlander joined the Astros in 2017 and he’s played some of the best baseball of his career. His record since arriving in Houston is 43-15 record with 2.45 ERA and 640 strikeouts. He’s also had two All-Star appearances and in 2019, he won the Cy Young award.

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