The AA affiliate of the Angels has a new owner. The club confirmed on Thursday that they had been sold to BallCorps LLC. Currently, the Angels development contract with the team runs through the 2018 season so it’s unclear if this will affect anything moving forward. Mobile is a new affiliate for the Angels who were previously tied to the Texas League team Arkansas Travelers through the 2016 season.
According to the above linked article, this could mean a team move to northern Alabama in 2019. I think what may be the biggest bummer about that is I’m fan of the Mobile BayBears logo and I imagine that may change unless the team does a naming fiasco like Arte came up with a few years back in the process of switching over to the LA Angels.