It's been a little over two weeks since the official cancellation of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season, and with it, the Storm Chasers season. On the fifth episode of The StormCast, Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone welcome J.J. Cooper (2:30), the Executive Editor of Baseball America. He's been with Baseball America since 2002 covering every level of baseball, including unparalleled coverage of Minor League Baseball.
J.J. shares what it was like reporting Minor League Baseball's official cancellation on June 30 (3:17) and what the various impacts of the lack of a season could be (8:12). He also dives into the latest on potential MiLB contraction (12:49), the necessity of a 2021 schedule (17:07), what some positive structural changes to Minor League Baseball might be (19:53), why Minor League Baseball's accessibility is so important (27:48), and what the Triple-A landscape could look like in the wake of possible geographic realignment (30:10).
J.J. also shares responses that stood out to him from his tweet asking people to share what Minor League Baseball means to them (34:56) before sharing what Minor League Baseball means to him (37:09). Finally, Tony asks J.J. about his role in the 50 Summers documentary (43:31).
Jake and Tony also take J.J.'s prompt and share what Minor League Baseball means to them (49:30) before Tony answers last episode's trivia question and challenges us with a new one (55:06). Enjoy!
