Following the 2006 season, the team moved to Midland, Michigan and became known as the Great Lakes Loons.

[2] In December, Fun Entertainment, LLC announced that it had purchased the Battle Creek team and renamed it as the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays.

In the first half, the Devil Rays finished in fourth place of the six teams in the Eastern Division with a 33–36 record.

They qualified for the playoffs, where they lost to the South Bend Silver Hawks, two games to none.

[6] In the first half of 2006, the Devil Rays tied for fifth place in the Eastern Division with a 32—37 record.