Finally!!! Lowell (MA) has its team back. Not as a farm team for the Boston Red Sox or any other MLB team, but as a collegiate team.
The Lowell Spinners were one of forty MiLB clubs cut by the MLB in a cash grab by greedy MLB owners. In subsequent years, the Red Sox considered a return of the Spinners to their farm system, but that never came to fruition.
But today, the Lowell Spinners announce their return in 2026. This time as part of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
The club will be supported by a group of former MLB players and even former Spinner players. Local businessmen Marc Deschenes and John Croteau, both high-ranking executives at Pison Technologies, a Boston-based wearable technology company, will own the club. The ownership group also has several limited partners, with some notable names including Red Sox World Series champion Johnny Damon, former MLB outfielder Zach Sorenson and current Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski. Former Spinners President and CEO Tim Bawmann has returned to lead Operations.
“The biggest thing for me is trying to get out there and bring competitive baseball back to Lowell in the summer,” Deschenes said. We are building a team that can match the level of the former Spinners in the New York-Penn League, and we are building a roster of top local talent.”
Just like the former MiLB club, the Spinners will play this edition in the LeLacheur Park, which was built in 1996.
The former league in which the Lowell Spinners played, the New York-Penn League, ceased operations in 2020 following the pandemic and Minor League Baseball’s restructuring, which eliminated 40 teams. Two former NYPL clubs, the Vermont Lake Monsters and Norwich (Conn.) Sea Unicorns, joined the Futueres Collegiate Baseball League in 2021. Minor league teams, including the Spinners, did not play during the shortened 2020 season, and the Spinners have not played since September 2019.
In addition to the traditional logo, the Spinners will have an updated logo depicting a spindle holding a baseball bat.
The club presented the new uniforms (see photo above) and the new caps. The two caps the club will wear on the pitch are one with a white crown and red lid with the modern updated logo on the front, and a cap with a red crown and black lid with the traditional logo on the front. A third cap, which is not (yet) for sale, is an entirely red cap with the modern updated logo on the front. You can see it on the left in the photo at the top of this blog post.
The modern updated logo also serves as the club’s mascot. Fans will have the opportunity to name it. At the bottom of the front page of the Spinners website, fans can fill out a small form. Participants receive a 10% discount on Spinners merchandise.
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