Formally announced at the Western Canadian Baseball League's AGM, the field will be cut down by two teams for the 2020 season.
Both the Melville Millionaires and Yorkton Cardinals will be taking a one-year leave of absence.
In the WCBL's release from their AGM, the league stated that the absences were granted "so they can work to improve their baseball operations and financial structures."
The Millionaires most recently won a WCBL (then-WMBL) title in 2013.
As the league's smallest market, Melville has obviously struggled to draw fans. They're averaging 159.7 per game the last decade in the regular season, though they've eclipsed the 200 per game mark four times, highlighted by a high of 241 per game in 2012.
Meanwhile the Cardinals haven't fared much better, averaging 215.6 per game since the 2010 season. Their highest season mark came in 2010 (281 per game).
During that time, there hasn't been too much to cheer about on the field either.
The Millionaires are a combined 184-284 in the regular season over that stretch. They haven't been above .500 since 2013 (28-18), though they did manage more than a .500 record in two out of three seasons prior.
As for the Cardinals, it's been worse, as Yorkton sports just a 154-310 record over the last 10 seasons. Their worst mark was this past season, when the Cards mustered just a 6-50 record. They were last above .500 in 2016 (28-19), but that's the only time in the last decade.
The league announced that they'll be moving forward with 10 teams for the 2020 season.
To provide balance in the divisions, the Medicine Hat Mavericks will be shifting from the West to the East this coming summer season.
It will be the second-straight year of a 56-game regular-season as well, after it was voted in favour of maintaining the current format.