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- Updated: August 22, 2016
ARLINGTON — The Rangers have agreed to purchase a Class A Advanced franchise in the Carolina League that will play in Kinston, N.C., beginning next season.
The Rangers’ franchise will join another new one in the Carolina League in 2017, as Kinston will host Minor League baseball for the first time since 2011. For the past two seasons, the Rangers’ Class A Advanced team has been High Desert in the California League.
The agreement to purchase the new franchise is still subject to the approval of Minor League Baseball and the review of Major League Baseball.
“The Texas Rangers are very happy to be bringing baseball back to the great City of Kinston,” said Neil Leibman, chairman of the Texas Rangers Ownership Committee, in a club statement. “We want to thank Minor League Baseball and the Kinston leadership for helping us to make this a reality for …
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