Could one of these men be next to lead Fargo-Moorhead?
For just the second time in franchise history, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks are scrambling to find a new manager after Chris Coste stepped down on Wednesday after seven years at the helm. One of the most stable organizations in independent baseball, the RedHawks have a proud history, with six league championships and more than 20 playoff…
2026 in Review: Attendance
Last week, we finally began the belated process of unpacking the 2026 American Association season by taking a look at the team report cards for all 12 franchises (including the two departing clubs). Today, we’ll look at the off-field side of things with a topic that is always worthy of discussion behind the scenes: attendance.…
2026 in Review: Team Report Cards
At this point in time, the 2026 American Association season is almost three weeks back in the rearview mirror, so while this may not be the most timely, waiting for official word on Cleburne and Kane County’s long-rumored defection and seeing if any other fallout drifts toward the AA had me holding off on properly…
2026 Miles Wolff Cup Finals Preview
The end of the road is here. Tonight, the Milwaukee Milkmen and Kansas City Monarchs begin the best-of-five Miles Wolff Cup Finals to decide the 2026 champion of the American Association. We’re in for a rare treat: at 59-41 and 58-42, respectively, the Monarchs and Milkmen are the top two teams in the league, making…
We need to have a conversation about playoff attendance
On the final Friday night of summer, 2026, playoff baseball was taking place in all four primary MLB Partner Leagues. In the Atlantic League, Long Island finished a first-round sweep, disappointing the 3,843 fans attending the first-ever Hagerstown home playoff game. Southern Maryland defeated Lexington at home in front of 4,250. Billings took the Pioneer…
Au Revoir Railroaders: End of AA line in Cleburne
To be clear, there is still no official announcement, but enough reliable people have told me that it’s happening: the American Association is losing two teams in 2027 and one of them just played their final game in the AA last night: the Cleburne Railroaders. On Saturday night, they were officially bounced from the American…
American Association Playoff Preview
100 regular season games (or 99 for Gary SouthShore and Kane County) are in the books. Records have been shattered, an expansion team has been awarded, rumors of two teams leaving have run rampant, and offense has exploded to record levels. But it’s not quite over yet! Playoff baseball is here and the season will…
American Association Final Weekend Primer
Labor Day Weekend. It’s finally here. It’s already here. Regardless, it’s here and the American Association regular season is winding down this weekend. Each team has only one four-game series separating them from the postseason or winter. There are still a few notable developments to look at, so why waste any more time? Last Two…
Monarchs, Milkmen close in, Sioux’s sweat it out in final week
It’s here. Okay, maybe not quite here with no games on tap tonight, but one week from today, the curtain closes on the 2026 American Association regular season. It’ hard to believe the 100-game dash is already in the homestretch, but here we are. Naturally, playoff talk is the name of the game as there…
Playoffs start in two weeks. Every team’s magic (or tragic) number
The stretch run is here in the American Association with the postseason opening two weeks from tonight: Wednesday, September 8. Last Sunday saw the first two postseason berths get locked up by the two best teams in the AA this year: Milwaukee and Lake Country. With six more spots up for grab, we’ll look at…
Push for Division Lead, Expansion Highlight Upcoming Week
The entire American Association is off today, marking the second-to-last day of the 2026 regular season (also August 31) without at least one game in the circuit taking place. Today also marks exactly four weeks from the final day of the season as the season rapidly approaches the postseason. A pair of winning streaks made…
Fish & Cougs Climb, Sioux’s Swoon as Calendar Flips to August
It was an eventful week in the American Association with two teams streaking, a few wobbling, separation coming to the playoff races, and the big news that was revealed on Saturday night: expansion is coming to the AA, with Commissioner Joshua Schaub stating that the AA’s 13th franchise will be announced on August 12. More…
2026 MLB Contract Transfers Affiliated Update
So far in 2026, a total of 26 players signed to American Association teams have had their contracts purchased by an MLB organization, the most for the league in any season since 2021. That also includes 10 contracts that were sold between January 1 and Opening Day, including three players quickly released and returned to…
12 Teams, 12 Thoughts
By next week, the calendar will have flipped to August, which means the end of the American Association season will be rapidly approaching with six weeks left in the season. Last week, I outlined how the muddled playoff race could really start to become clearer, which…sort of happened. The East seems pretty well sorted out…
Is Separation Finally Coming to Tight Races?
The second half of the American Association season kicked off last Friday, with one of the glaring themes being a few series that seemed to be rather…decisive. Two ended in sweeps: Sioux Falls over Lincoln and Cleburne over Sioux City, but a couple other matchups showed one time that was clearly making a statement over…