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The Memphis Redbirds are one of nine minor league teams being bought by Endeavor Group Holdings, which also owns Professional Bull Riders and UFC. It is not known yet how this will affect Memphis 901 FC, which shares AutoZone Park with the Redbirds.
Legacy of pro baseball in Memphis dates to the 1870s.
Peter Freund, owner of three minor-league teams, is joining the initiative to improve player development.
MLB will have a 60-game season, but with no minor-league season, no St. Louis Cardinals "taxi squad" working out in Memphis and no pop-up league for minor-league free agents. AutoZone Park will not have any pro baseball this year.
"There's no playbook for this," Memphis 901 FC/Redbirds owner Peter Freund says of trying to navigate what lies ahead for city's USL soccer team and Triple-A baseball team.
From Memphis Redbirds principal owner Peter Freund, to Memphis manager Ben Johnson and St. Louis Cardinals coach Stubby Clapp, COVID-19 is now very real on a professional and personal level.
MLB has a proposal to eliminate more than 40 minor-league affiliated teams; while the Memphis Triple-A team is not directly impacted, Redbirds owner Peter Freund's Short Season A team, the Williamsport Crosscutters, a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate, is on the preliminary hit list.
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