The Brockton Rox are returning to professional baseball, with the team set to join the Frontier League.
A collegiate summer baseball team since 2012, the Rox have been a member of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat league with seven other teams from New England.
But under a new ownership group highlighted by Red Sox Hall of Famer Jim Rice, the team is heading back to independent pro ball.
“I am very excited to be part of the Brockton Rox ownership group,” Rice said in a statement. “As a Massachusetts resident, I am thrilled to be part of a professional baseball organization in my own backyard.