The Lowell Spinners have extended their player development contract with the Red Sox to 2014. This is another affiliation which I don’t think will be changing anytime soon. The Spinners always draw crowds and there’s no way that either side would want to break this.
For Short Season A, currently there are 17 of 22 PDCs that expire at the end of 2012.
It would be hard for the Red Sox to discontinue an affiliation that is so close to the city of Boston. Esepcially one with a decent amount of history.