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Sources: MiLB Will Agree To Move To 120 Affiliated Teams

MiLB will tell MLB that "they agree to 120 affiliated teams" in the upcoming Professional Baseball Agreement, according to sources, marking a contraction from 160 teams. MLB and MiLB negotiators will convene on a teleconference tomorrow, and such a "concession by MiLB could be a clear step" toward a new PBA. MiLB has now agreed to "almost all of MLB’s public demands." A source said that MLB and MiLB have "found common ground on a number of the major outstanding issues" that MLB Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem laid out publicly last November (BASEBALLAMERICA.com, 4/21).

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