The Athletic looks at the teams kicked out of minor league baseball one year later

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The Athletic looks at the teams kicked out of minor league baseball one year later

01-26-2022, 05:13 PM

WhistlePigs and $2 beers: Minor league clubs ‘kicked out of baseball’ face uncertain future, liberation in exile

https://theathletic.com/3080746/2022/01/26/whistlepigs-and-2-beers-minor-league-clubs-kicked-out-of-baseball-face-uncertain-future-liberation-in-exile

What becomes of a minor-league team when it gets evicted from the minor leagues? More than 40 teams recently found out.

One of the teams they profile is the Lexington Legends, formerly the A-ball affiliate of the Royals, who became an independent team full of washed-up veterans. Their best hitter? Courtney Hawkins who OPS'ed 1.104 and slugged 34 home runs for them in just a 120 game season.

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01-26-2022, 08:54 PM

Draft day backflip legend. Wonder what Jared Mitchell is up to as well. Wish these two would have panned out.
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