![]() Director, PD - Education) and Jennifer Wolf (Asst. Director, Player Development), Anna Bolton (Asst. Jordan Smith, who played seven seasons in the organization from 2011-17, will manage the Arizona Complex League rookie-level club and Jesús Tavárez will again pilot the Dominican Summer League Blue club with Carlos Fermín assuming the reigns for the Red DSL squad. Santos has been in the organizational coaching ranks since 2016 after a 12-year professional career and 122 Major League games (2008-13), including a stint with Cleveland in 2013. ![]() Omir Santos has been promoted from the Dominican Summer League Red club to take the helm for the Low-A Lynchburg Hillcats. The only change made within the next 27 years was Class A being subdivided for the first time to form Class A Short Season in 1966.CLEVELAND, OH – The Cleveland Guardians today announced the organizational staff alignment within the PlayerDevelopment System for the upcoming Minor League season.Īmong the full-season Managers, Andy Tracy (second season) will again lead Triple-A Columbus, Rouglas Odor will guide Double-A Akron with Greg DiCenzo at High-A Lake County. The reduction from six classes to four (Triple-A, Double-AA, Class A, and Rookie) was a response to the general decline of the minors throughout the 1950s and early-1960s when leagues and teams folded due to shrinking attendance caused by baseball fans' preference for staying at home to watch MLB games on television. The foundation of the minors' current structure was the result of a reorganization initiated by Major League Baseball (MLB) before the 1963 season. The Rookie level consisted of domestic and foreign circuits. This structure of Minor League Baseball was in effect from the 1990 season, when the Class A level was subdivided for a second time with the creation of Class A-Advanced, through the 2020 season. As of the 2021, season, the Indians/Guardians field only one Arizona Complex League team at their spring training facility, while fielding two teams in the Dominican Summer League. Prior to the 2021 season, Lake County was promoted to High-A from Single-A, while Lynchburg was demoted from High-A to Single-A. Class A Short Season teams and domestic Rookie League teams that operated away from MLB spring training facilities were eliminated. ![]() Class A was reduced to two levels: High-A (formerly Class A-Advanced) and Single-A (formerly Class A known as "Low-A" for the 2021 season). The current structure of Minor League Baseball is the result of an overall contraction of the system by Major League Baseball beginning with the 2021 season. Cleveland's furthest domestic affiliate is the Arizona Complex League Guardians of the Rookie League Arizona Complex League some 1,763 miles (2,837 km) away. Geographically, Cleveland's closest domestic affiliate is the Lake County Captains of the Midwest League, which are approximately 16 miles (26 km) away. Their newest affiliate is the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Carolina League, which became the Guardians' Class A-Advanced club in 2015, and were reassigned to Single-A in 2021. This is also the longest affiliation in the team's history. The Guardians, named the Indians until November 2021, have been affiliated with the Double-A Canton–Akron Indians/ Akron Aeros/RubberDucks of the Eastern League since 1989, making it the longest-running active affiliation in the organization among teams not owned by the Guardians. ![]() Four teams are independently owned, while three-the Arizona Complex League Guardians and two Dominican Summer League Guardians squads-are owned by the major league club. The Cleveland Guardians farm system consists of seven Minor League Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic. Class=notpageimage| Current Cleveland Guardians northeastern minor league affiliate locations
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