Jacksonville’s Minor League Baseball ( MiLB ) team the Jumbo Shrimp is going to be sold and the City Council signed off on a resolution Tuesday confirming it supports the transaction.

Jumbo Shrimp owner Ken Babby decided to sell the team after he advanced to CEO of the Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. Babby announced Tuesday before the council meeting that the buyer of the Jumbo Shrimp was Prospector Baseball Group. There was no disclosed price, but Prospector is owned by Ben Boyer , a technology entrepreneur, and John Abbamondi , an executive with extensive experience in professional sports.

The City Council unanimously approved the resolution supporting the sale of the Jumbo Shrimp, the MiLB AAA farm club for the Miami Marlins, with little discus

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