{"id":305216,"date":"2026-10-12T18:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/305216\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T18:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:32:08","slug":"scranton-wilkes-barre-railriders-set-date-for-new-name-logos-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/305216\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Set Date for New Name, Logos Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We already knew the \u201cRailRiders\u201d name wasn\u2019t coming back next year, and now we know exactly when the new one gets here.<\/p>\n

The Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders<\/a>, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees<\/a>, announced they will unveil their new name, logo, and more on Saturday, November 7, at PNC Field, at their \u201cAdventure Begins Fall Festival,\u201d with the new name set to be revealed at approximately 5 pm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know the whole area wants to know that new name, and this is the day we make the big reveal to tell the world!\u201d team president and general manager Shawn Reilly said in the announcement.<\/p>\n

The club first announced back in August that it would retire the RailRiders name following the 2026 season, which it had been using since 2013. That announcement promised the club would choose a name that \u201ccelebrate[s] the region\u2019s beauty, heritage, and outdoor legacy,\u201d and coupled with the reveal party being titled \u201cThe Adventure Begins,\u201d it seems as though we\u2019ll be getting a name related to something outdoorsy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis rebrand is about building an identity that our community can rally around for generations to come,\u201d Reilly said in the August announcement. \u201cAs we looked toward the future of baseball in NEPA, we saw an opportunity to create something that is deeply rooted in this region while honouring the incredible tradition of baseball that has defined this franchise for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The RailRiders previously played as the Red Barons (1989-2006) and Yankees (2007-12)<\/p>\n

The RailRiders era of this franchise, which began in 2013, included a 2016 Triple-A National Championship along with several future Yankees All-Stars passing through, including three-time American League MVP Aaron Judge. Before its time as the RailRiders, the club played as the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons<\/a> from 1989 through 2006 (when the team was affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>) and then rebranded as the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre Yankees<\/a> from 2007 through 2012 after teaming up with New York.<\/p>\n

Whatever the RailRiders will be known as next season, they\u2019ll be joining the Springfield Cardinals as Minor League clubs with new names in 2027; the Cards recently announced they\u2019ll be known as the Ozarks Springbirds<\/a> next season.<\/p>\n

Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre opens its 2027 season, new name and all, on the road on March 26, with the home opener at PNC Field set for April 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We already knew the \u201cRailRiders\u201d name wasn\u2019t coming back next year, and now we know exactly when the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-305216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}