Upon the minor league reorganization in 2020, the team's partnership with the Toronto Blue Jays ended and they became the Bluefield Ridge Runners.

On August 28, 2010, Andy MacPhail, then-president of baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles announced that Baltimore was ending their affiliation with Bluefield and the Appalachian League, effective at the end of the 2010 Appalachian League season.

Another famous former Baby Bird is Boog Powell, who played there in 1959, also as a 17-year-old.

[7] In August 2013, Pillar became the first Bluefield Blue Jays alumnus to play in the major leagues for Toronto.

[8] The start of the 2020 season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before ultimately being cancelled on June 30.