Kansas City Monarchs sold: What to know
In a big news drop right before spring training, the Kansas City Monarchs announced on Thursday, April 23 that they have been sold to longtime minor league baseball owner Quint Studer and KC Roots. Not much is out there on KC Roots, which is presumably some form of community organization. Not to discount them, but…
One month before Opening Day, each AA club’s top to-do item
One month from yesterday, the first pitch of the 2026 American Association season will be thrown (weather permitting), with Fargo-Moorhead opening at Cleburne. However, today marks the one month mark before the rest of the league opens on the 15th. At this juncture, most team rosters are pretty close to complete, with a few teams…
Could the sale of an MLB Draft League team (eventually) have AA ramifications?
To the untrained eye, this week’s sale of the MLB Draft League’s Trenton Thunder to Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH) elicits little more than a shoulder shrug. Since their launch in 2021, the Thunder are the 49th time that DBH has gobbled up, making such news rather numbing around minor league business circles. However, this sale…
The March to May: Weighing the West as the calendar flips to April
Today may be the favorite holiday of pranksters, jesters, and general fans of tomfoolery, but no shenanigans are taking place here, where we tackle part two of examining where American Association teams stand in terms of building their rosters for the 2026 season. If you missed it, yesterday we looked at how the East Division…
The March to May: Examining the East as the calendar flips to April
With the Baseball Champions League Americas tournament in the rearview mirror, attention on the American Association focuses back on the run-up to the 2026 season. Today marks the final day of March, meaning that there is basically a month and a half until the curtain lifts on the season on May 14. With the last…
Imperfect as it is, BCL allows American Association to shine abroad
On an overcast Sunday afternoon in Mexico City, a collection of American Association stars wearing the uniforms of the Kane County Cougars broke a 1-1 tie with a six-run sixth inning to vanquish the Diablos Rojos de Mexico 7-3 and win the 2026 Baseball Challenge League Americas championship. It was an impressive feat: the Diablos…
Breaking Down the Baseball Champions League ’26 Roster
The two-time defending American Association champion Kane County Cougars are set to travel to Mexico City next week for the third installation of the Baseball Champions League Americas tournament, with the AA announcing the Cougars roster today. The tournament runs from March 24-29 at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu, which is hosting the tournament for the…
Waltdogs to Woodchippers: A Look at Some AA Teams’ Alter-Egos
Minor league baseball is known as a land where a team unveiling an alternate identity for a night (or a few nights per year) is not exactly old news anymore. Even the more buttoned-up and traditional Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks just announced that they will be playing five games as the “Fargo Woodchippers” during the 2026 season.…
WBC Provides Rare Stage for Indy Ball Stars
Every third year when dozens of major leaguers leave spring training in early March and decamp to their national teams, it’s always a hot topic to wonder whether the sheer collection of talent on Team USA, Venezuela, or the Dominican Republic can topple the international baseball behemoth that is Shohei Ohtani Samurai Japan. For me,…
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