Cutting 40 minor league teams appeared impossible, unthinkable and unpalatable. Now, it might only be the beginning.

Minor League Baseball is willing to agree to Major League Baseball’s proposed downsizing from 160 affiliates down to 120, including the elimination of Rookie and Short-Season ball, when it re-enters negotiations over the next Professional Baseball Agreement.

Cutting a quarter of minor league teams would be the minors’ new starting point in negotiations between the two parties, per Baseball America’s sources.

MiLB called their rumored concession “largely inaccurate” Tuesday.

“There have been no agreements on contraction or any other issues,” the statement read. “MiLB looks forward to continuing the good faith negotiations with MLB tomorrow as we work toward an agreement.”