Minor League Sports

Florida Sports Blog's Minor League Sports section covers professional and developmental teams based throughout the state that are not already organized beneath a Florida major-league parent club. Coverage includes baseball, hockey, soccer, indoor football and professional volleyball, with team news, schedules, transactions, prospects and game stories. Florida has supported professional development leagues for more than a century, especially in baseball, where the Florida State League traces its organized history to 1919. Hockey, soccer, indoor football, basketball and volleyball later added their own statewide footprints, giving Florida fans a broad network of clubs below the major-league level. These teams have long served as both community institutions and pathways for athletes moving toward the highest levels of their sports.