text: Spinners, Red Sox extend PDC through 2014 | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball
  Spinners, Red Sox extend PDC through 2014
  Agreement keeps the Red Sox in Lowell Lowell Spinners
  01/26/2012 2:16 PM ET
  BOSTON, MA- The Boston Red Sox and Lowell Spinners today announced the extension of their Player Development Contract (PDC) for an additional two years. The extension keeps the Red Sox New York-Penn League Short-Season Single-A affiliate in Lowell through the 2014 season. Red Sox Director of Player Development Ben Crockett and Spinners Owner Drew Weber and President/General Manager Tim Bawmann made the announcement.
  The Red Sox originally entered into an agreement with the Spinners when the franchise moved from Elmira, New York to Lowell prior to the 1996 season. The PDC was last extended for two years through the 2012 season in December 2009.
  In 1998, the team moved to the new Edward A. LeLacheur Park, where the Spinners had a decade-long, 413-game sellout streak from August 2, 1999-August 31, 2010. Former Spinners currently with the Red Sox include Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront, Jacoby Ellsbury and Kevin Youkilis.
  Lowell is one of Boston's six minor league affiliates, joining Triple-A Pawtucket (International League), Double-A Portland (Eastern League), High-A Salem (Carolina League), Single-A Greenville (South Atlantic League) and Rookie Gulf Coast Red Sox (Gulf Coast League). This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.