Worcester Red Sox

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Worcester Red Sox
Founded in 2021
Worcester, Massachusetts
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Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Current Triple-A
Minor league affiliations
League International League (2022–present)
Division East Division
Previous leagues
 Triple-A East (2021)
Major league affiliations
Current Boston Red Sox
Team data
Nickname Worcester Red Sox (2021–present)
Colors Blue, red, yellow, white
                   
Ballpark Polar Park
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
 Larry Lucchino and partners
Manager Chad Tracy[1]
President Charles Steinberg[2]
Media Radio: WORC-FM (Wed–Sat games) and WWFX (Sun & Tue games)[3]
Streaming: MiLB.TV
TV: NESN+ (select games)

The Worcester Red Sox (nicknamed the WooSox) are a professional minor league baseball team based in Worcester, Massachusetts.[lower-alpha 1] Beginning play in 2021, the team is the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, succeeding the Pawtucket Red Sox. The team competes in the International League, known as the Triple-A East for the 2021 season,[6] and plays home games at the purpose-built Polar Park in Worcester.

History

In February 2015, a group of New England business leaders, led by Larry Lucchino, purchased the Pawtucket Red Sox, Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox since 1973.[7] By mid-April, ownership was exploring moving the team from Pawtucket to Providence, Rhode Island.[8] In September, Governor of Rhode Island Gina Raimondo stated that the land in Providence being considered for a stadium, "was not suitable and there were too many obstacles that remained."[9] During 2016, a feasibility study was conducted on potential renovations of the team's Pawtucket ballpark, McCoy Stadium; and from mid-2017 to mid-2018, building a new ballpark in Pawtucket was explored.[10][11]

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A financing arrangement for partial public-funding of new stadium in Pawtucket was rejected by team ownership, who announced on August 17, 2018, that the team would relocate to a new stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts, in April 2021.[12] While it was initially reported that team would be named the Worcester Red Sox, the club announced a "name-that-team" competition in November 2018.[13] The team name was officially announced on November 25, 2019,[14] and confirmed to be the Worcester Red Sox with "WooSox" as the nickname.[15]

Like Providence, Worcester fielded a short-lived major league ballclub in the early 1880s, the Worcester Worcesters, who competed in the National League.[16]

Debut season

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Polar Park

In conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Red Sox were organized into the 20-team Triple-A East.[17] Billy McMillon, who had previously managed the Pawtucket Red Sox, was named Worcester's first manager.[18] The team's first games were originally planned for April;[19] however, the start of the Triple-A season was delayed into May.[20] The team released its debut roster on May 3,[21] and opened the season on May 4 with a loss against the Buffalo Bisons in a game played in Trenton, New Jersey.[22]

The team played select games as "Los Wepas de Worcester" when participating in the Copa de la Diversión, a Minor League Baseball celebration of Hispanic and Latino heritage.[23] In December 2021, team was named winners of the Copa de la Diversión series, and were awarded the "Fun Cup".[24]

Later seasons

In 2022, the Triple-A East became known as the International League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues.[25] The 2022 WooSox used the most players by any Red Sox Triple-A team, 75, surpassing the prior record of 70 held by the Pawtucket Red Sox of 1995 and 2006.[26]

Yearly results

"Finish" represents the team's final position in its division at the end of regular-season play.

Year W L Pct. Finish League Division Manager Postseason
2021 74 54 .578 3rd of 6 Triple-A East Northeast Billy McMillon see Note
2022 75 73 .507 6th of 10 International League East Chad Tracy[27]  
2023 79 68 .537 4th of 10 International League East Chad Tracy[28]  

Note: In 2021, each Triple-A team played a 10-game extension to the season, branded as the "Final Stretch";[29] Worcester went 66–52 per their original schedule, then 8–2 during the Final Stretch, for a final record of 74–54.

Stadium

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A new ballpark was constructed for the team, opening for the 2021 Triple-A season.[12] The cost (including land acquisition) was $159 million, with over half of the amount paid by the City of Worcester.[30] With a capacity of approximately 10,000 spectators, it was named Polar Park through a sponsorship and naming rights agreement with Polar Beverages, which is headquartered in Worcester. The first Triple-A game was played at the ballpark on May 11, 2021, with Worcester hosting the Syracuse Mets.[31]

Roster

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Retired numbers

On December 4, 2019, the team announced that uniform number 6 would be permanently retired, in honor of the six Worcester Fire Department firefighters who perished exactly twenty years prior, in the line of duty while fighting the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire.[32]

Broadcasting

In March 2020, WORC-FM (an affiliate of Nash Icon) was named as the team's flagship radio station.[33] The broadcasters as of 2022 are Tyler Murray, Jim Cain, Mike Antonellis, and Cooper Boardman.[34] It was later announced that radio coverage would be split between WORC-FM and WWFX.[3] Select games are televised on NESN+.[35]

Notes

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References

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Further reading

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External links

Preceded by Boston Red Sox
Triple-A affiliate
2021–present		 Succeeded by
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