MiLB

A short history

MiLB.com says Minor League Baseball was founded in 1901, is headquartered in New York, and is the developmental system for Major League Baseball.

The same page says full-season clubs are spread across Triple-A, Double-A, High-A, and Single-A, and that players are assigned by major league organizations. There are no open tryouts for a minor league club.

Current teams

120 clubs from the published list. Open a club for its desk. Full-season clubs from the MiLB team list.

Playoffs

MiLB.com’s March 2026 announcement says the Triple-A season is split in two. The first half ends June 21 and the second half starts June 23. The regular season ends September 20.

The first-half winner in each Triple-A league hosts a best-of-three league championship series. Those two champions meet in the Triple-A National Championship Game. In 2026 that game is September 26 at Las Vegas Ballpark.

MiLB.com’s playoff procedures, written for the 2025 postseason, say Double-A, High-A, and Single-A send four clubs: each division’s winner from each half of the season. If one club wins both halves, the next-best club from the second half goes instead. Those four play a best-of-three division series, then a best-of-three championship series.

The same page makes one exception. The Northwest League has six clubs, so it plays a single best-of-five championship series between the two half winners.

How a player gets there

MiLB.com says players are typically scouted in high school or college, then selected in the MLB Draft or signed as undrafted or international free agents. A major league organization assigns the player to an affiliate.

On the field, each full-season league plays for its own championship. At Triple-A, the International League champion and the Pacific Coast League champion then play one game, the Triple-A National Championship, for the title at the highest level of the minors.

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