Larry Lucchino, the previous Boston Red Sox president and present chairman and principal proprietor of the Worcester Red Sox, mentioned this week he plans to promote the Triple-A franchise.
“I’m now 78, I’ve been at this for over 40 years, so it’s time to sell this team and to move on to blissful retirement,” mentioned Lucchino, talking to former Boston sports activities anchors Bob Lobel and Mike Lynch on the “UnAnchored Boston” podcast.
Lucchino has owned the WooSox since 2015, when he led a gaggle that bought the then-Pawtucket Red Sox for $25 million. Under his possession the franchise relocated from Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Worcester and opened the model new Polar Park in 2021.
If Lucchino does promote, the WooSox will turn out to be the third Red Sox affiliate to vary arms up to now two years. The Portland Sea Dogs (Double-A) and Salem Red Sox (Low-A) have been each not too long ago acquired by Diamond Baseball Holdings, a well-financed upstart that has rapidly turn out to be the biggest proprietor of minor league franchises within the nation since its creation in 2021.
As of this writing DBH owns 26 minor league associates nation-wide, which represents greater than one-fifth of all MLB associates. The WooSox would presumably be of nice curiosity to DBH or one other giant conglomerate prefer it, however Lucchino indicated his desire is to discover a native proprietor with sturdy ties to the Worcester group.
“We’ve been talking to various people for many months trying to find a local owner who would step up,” Lucchino mentioned. “I think it’s something that’s been going on for some time, but whether it happens in the next six weeks or six months or six years remains to be seen.”
The membership’s potential sale will little doubt be a subject of debate at subsequent month’s MLB Winter Meetings in Nashville.
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