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There are 14 Minor League Baseball (MiLB) leagues and 206 teams in operation across the United States, Dominican Republic, and Canada, which are affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. They are organized by one of five classes (from highest to lowest): Triple-A, Double-A, High-A, Single-A, and Rookie. Of these, 120 teams in 11 ...
The city later approved a $50-million renovation to Synovus Park to bring the stadium up to minor league standards. [2] [3] In January 2024, the Mississippi Braves announced that they would be relocating to Columbus, Georgia, and begin play in the 2025 season. [4] [5]
In 1983, the Redbirds became the first minor league team to draw over one million fans in a single season (1,052,438). [4] The team improved to league-best 78–57 and won the Eastern Division title, which qualified them for the postseason. Though Louisville won the semifinals versus the Oklahoma City 89ers, 3–2, they lost the AA championship ...
First Horizon Park, one of the newest stadiums in Triple-A, opened in 2015. It is the home of the International League's Nashville Sounds. There are 30 stadiums in use by Triple-A Minor League Baseball teams, which are the top affiliates of Major League Baseball clubs. The International League uses 20 stadiums, and the Pacific Coast League uses 10.
There are 30 stadiums in use by Double-A Minor League Baseball teams. The Eastern League uses 12 stadiums, the Southern League uses 8, and the Texas League uses 10. The oldest stadium is Synovus Park (1926) in Columbus, Georgia, which will be the home of the Southern League's Columbus Clingstones in 2025.
The state has one High-A team in the Bowling Green Hot Rods, which became a member of the South Atlantic League upon Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues. Kentucky has two teams that play in independent minor leagues that were designated as "MLB Partner Leagues" in the 2021 reorganization.
Louisville is home to one major league professional women's team, and two minor league professional men's teams. The Louisville Bats are a baseball team playing in the Triple-A East as the Class AAA affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. The team plays at Louisville Slugger Field at the edge of the city's downtown. Louisville hosts two soccer teams.
Bowling Green Ballpark is a 4,559-seat stadium in Downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is primarily used for baseball and is home to the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the High-A East of Minor League Baseball. This state-of-the-art stadium opened with Citizens First Opening Night on April 17, 2009, to a standing room only crowd of 6,886.