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THE GREAT CLASS A FLIP-FLOP

Major League Baseball optimized the Triple-A and Double-A leagues for travel, but kept those leagues largely intact and recognizable. The same is not true of the Class A leagues.

Not only did MLB elevate the former short-season Northwest League to full-season status—it is now the six-team High-A West League—but it flipped the classifications for

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