The El Paso Chihuahuas announced on Thursday that manager Edwin Rodriguez will be stepping down from his spot effective immediately ahead of the six-game series against Round Rock this weekend.
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.
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 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.
The San Diego Padres have overhauled their starting pitching this offseason, and as a result many of their top pitching prospects could spend 2021 in El Paso.