The Dodgers Double-A affiliate Tulsa Drillers added to their ownership group on Thursday, with local businessman Arlo DeKraai buying a minority stake in the minor league team.
Drillers majority owners Dale and Jeff Hubbard will continue to run the day-to-day operations, the team said in a statement, with president Mike Melega and the current management team remaining in place.
With COVID-19 wiping out the 2020 minor league season, the Drillers had no affiliated games to host. The team salvaged some of the loss of 70 home dates by hosting a collegiate league last year, fielding a team with the same name for 15 home games. In addition, ONEOK Field was used as an early-voting site in the November election.