The path to Major League Baseball is like no other in sports. Players get drafted in one of the 20 rounds, and then they are tasked with navigating a wide-ranging system of affiliated baseball in the minor leagues.
While there are serious issues with minor league baseball in terms of player wages, the teams themselves are important to communities that otherwise would never have a professional sports franchise. And that leads to some excellent team names that uniquely represent a home city.
Out of the 120 teams across minor league baseball, we settled on our 10 favorite team names. Yes, these are real teams.