Southwest University Park is returning to 100-percent capacity beginning with the Chihuahuas upcoming homestand against Oklahoma City starting Thursday.
It had been over six hundred days since the El Paso played baseball at Southwest University Park, and Thursday night's home opener did not disappoint, as the Chihuahuas overcame a 3-0 deficit and defeated the Albuquerque Isotopes, 5-3.
Edwin Rodriguez will return to manager the El Paso Chihuahuas in 2021, and he will be joined by hitting coach Doug Banks and pitching coach Eric Junge.
Triple A baseball will experiment with wider bases in 2021, expanding from 15 inch squares to 18 inch squares to try and reduce player injuries and collisions.
Major League Baseball announced yesterday that they would delay the start of the 2021 Triple-A season until early May, and the Chihuahuas will begin on May 6th.
The El Paso Chihuahuas 2021 schedule was released today, and the team will play 142 games, spread out over six-game series with an off day each Wednesday.
The San Diego Padres locked up their young superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. to a 14-year extension worth $340 million, the third largest contract in MLB history.
The El Paso Chihuahuas will now play in a new 10-team Triple-A West league, part of Major League Baseball's new restructure of all Minor League levels.