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Lakewood's pro baseball outfit will close its first year as the Jersey Shore BlueClaws with Todd Frazier, a prospect-packed matchup, as well as ceremonies and promotions throughout the four-game set.

Going to a game is going to be different for many reasons, most related to COVID-19, but also because the very landscape of New Jersey minor league baseball has shifted since 2019.

Nearly three weeks after the Trenton Thunder were left without a team to field when the New York Yankees moved their AA affiliate to Somerset County comes news from Major League Baseball and Prep Baseball Report on Monday that they are currently among 5 teams set to compete in the new MLB Draft League.

The team is changing their name and their image heading into their 20th season on the field by going from the Lakewood BlueClaws to the Jersey Shore BlueClaws.

In what would have been their 20th season on the baseball diamond that was cancelled along with other affiliated teams by Minor League Baseball due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Lakewood BlueClaws can still celebrate a major milestone in 2020.

Yes, the Major League Baseball season will begin in late July and without fans, but Minor League Baseball announced on Tuesday that there will be no season this summer for the affiliated teams.