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Dodgers:
Albuquerque Isotopes to Oklahoma City Red Hawks
Chattanooga Lookouts to Tulsa Drillers
Astros:
Oklahoma City Red Hawks to Colorado Springs Sky Sox
Rockies:
Colorado Springs Sky Sox to Albuquerque Isotopes
Tulsa Drillers to New Britain (Conn.) Rock Cats
Twins:
New Britain (Conn.) Rock Cats to Chattanooga Lookouts
http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_26550930/rockies-triple-albuquerque-isotopes
And there may be more.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)likely in favor of the Giants.
http://blog.sfgate.com/athletics/2014/09/15/as-lose-triple-a-sacramento-affiliate-jon-lester-honored/
This move was entirely precipitated by the River Cats, not the As, who would prefer to keep their Triple-A affiliate 90 miles away. Sacramento was the entity to file to end the agreement....
Other available Pacific Coast League affiliates, based on todays minor-league filings: Fresno, Albuquerque, Colorado Springs and Oklahoma City in descending order of likelihood for Oakland.
The River Cats won seven PCL titles while affiliated with the As and led the minors in attendance for eight seasons. The As are typically considered an attractive franchise for minor-league free agents because they give oft-overlooked players a shot in the big leagues on a more regular basis than other clubs. So Oaklands upper-level minor-league affiliates tend to have more success than those of other franchises.
Looks like Fresno. My solution to the whole A's-to-San Jose debacle all along was for the Giants to back up their territorial claim by moving the Fresno affiliate into a smaller park built on the same downtown site the A's were eyeing. (Trust me, having lived here for five years, the Tenth-Largest City(TM) is more of an AA than a big-league town. ) Now the A's themselves could do just that.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)than they were with the Twinkies.
(I grew up on Eastern League ball. I saw Dave Righetti (him you know) pitch for the West Haven Yankees against the Waterbury A's, both, alas, now deceased. )
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Most pitching prospects didn't like to go to the highest professional baseball park in America.