![]() ![]() Note: In 2021, each Triple-A team played a 10-game extension to the season, branded as the "Final Stretch" Worcester went 66–52 per their original schedule, then 8–2 during the Final Stretch, for a final record of 74–54. "Finish" represents the team's final position in its division at the end of regular-season play. ![]() 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 19. 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. In December 2021, team was named winners of the Copa de la Diversión series, and were awarded the "Fun Cup". 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. The team released its debut roster on May 3, and opened the season on May 4 with a loss against the Buffalo Bisons in a game played in Trenton, New Jersey. The team's first games were originally planned for April however, the start of the Triple-A season was delayed into May. Billy McMillon, who had previously managed the Pawtucket Red Sox, was named Worcester's first manager. 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. Like Providence, Worcester fielded a short-lived major league ballclub in the early 1880s, the Worcester Worcesters, who competed in the National League. ![]() ![]() The team name was officially announced on November 25, 2019, and confirmed to be the Worcester Red Sox with "WooSox" as the nickname. 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. įurther information: Pawtucket Red Sox § Sale and Rhode Island stadium plans (2015–2018)Ī 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. 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." 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. By mid-April, ownership was exploring moving the team from Pawtucket to Providence, Rhode Island. 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. The team competes in the International League, known as the Triple-A East for the 2021 season, and plays home games at the purpose-built Polar Park in Worcester. Beginning play in 2021, the team is the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, succeeding the Pawtucket Red Sox. The Worcester Red Sox (nicknamed the WooSox) are a professional minor league baseball team based in Worcester, Massachusetts. Radio: WORC-FM (Wed–Sat games) and WWFX (Sun & Tue games) ![]()
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