The High Desert Mavericks and Bakersfield Blaze will be contracted from the California League today, the Southern California News Group has learned.

According to a report Sunday on the website todaysknuckleball.com, the league will not seek to replace the two franchises. That would leave the Cal League with eight teams — including the advanced Single-A affiliates of the Dodgers (Rancho Cucamonga Quakes) and Angels (Inland Empire 66ers) — for the first time since 1978.

The announcement comes as little surprise. Earlier this month the Blaze and the Mavericks, who have played in Adelanto since 1991, did not have their affiliation contracts renewed by the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers, respectively.

The Mariners reportedly purchased a majority share of the Cal League’s Modesto Nuts, currently a Colorado Rockies affiliate. The Rangers might seek to affiliate with a team in the advanced Single-A Carolina League.

The news raises doubts about the future of Adelanto’s Stater Bros. Stadium, a 3,808-seat, city-owned facility built in 1990 for the Mavericks. Attendance at Mavericks games was a source of annual concern, despite its history of producing future major league players, managers and broadcasters.

Bruce Bochy was the Mavericks’ first manager for the 1991 season. Seven years later, Bochy managed the San Diego Padres to the National League pennant. He would then manage the San Francisco Giants to championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

Matt Vasgersian, now with MLB Network, was the Mavericks’ play-by-play broadcaster during their inaugural season. Current Dodgers pitcher J.P. Howell spent part of the 2005 season in Adelanto when the team was affiliated with the Kansas City Royals.

The Bakersfield franchise was founded in 1941. It enjoyed an on-again, off-again affiliation with the Dodgers through the decades (1954-55, 1968-75, 1984-94). Dozens of Dodgers players — from Don Drysdale and Ron Cey, to Pedro Martinez and Mike Piazza, and even current catcher Yasmani Grandal — cut their chops at Sam Lynn Ballpark.

Built in 1941, Sam Lynn’s unusual orientation forced batters to face westward into the setting sun, a predictable source of frustration over the years.