Northwest League
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The Northwest League of Professional Baseball is a minor league baseball league which operates in the northwestern United States and western Canada. The Northwest League (or the Northwestern League) has existed in various forms since 1901, and has been in its current incarnation since 1955.
The league is classified as a short-season Class A league, which means that its season does not start until June, after major-league teams have signed their amateur draft picks to professional contracts, and ends in late August. It has eight teams, each of which is associated with an MLB team:
East Division
- Boise Hawks (associated with the Chicago Cubs)
- Spokane Indians (associated with the Texas Rangers)
- Tri-City Dust Devils (associated with the Colorado Rockies)
- Yakima Bears (associated with the Arizona Diamondbacks)
West Division
- Eugene Emeralds (associated with the San Diego Padres)
- Everett AquaSox (associated with the Seattle Mariners)
- Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (associated with the San Francisco Giants)
- Vancouver Canadians (associated with the Oakland Athletics)
Other sites
- Northwest League website (http://www.northwestleague.com/)