The Fresno Grizzlies now know when they will return to the diamond. Minor League Baseball released its scheduled for all teams. The Grizzlies open the season on May 4 at San Jose, with the home opener on May 11 against Visalia. The team will prepare to play with fans in...
Grizzlies End Relationship with Washington Nationals. What’s Next for Fresno Baseball?
The Washington Nationals have completed a move long-expected — they are no longer the Major League Baseball parent club for the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies. And whether the Grizzlies have a future as a Triple-A affiliate for any MLB team is still to be determined. The Rochester Red Wings of the...
Minor Speculation Has Grizzlies Moving to Cal League. Will Attendance Take a Hit?
There will be Fresno Grizzlies baseball in 2021. If there is minor league baseball. The latter may be conditional on the course coronavirus pandemic and the minors return next season after being wiped out in 2020. Nothing has been determined in about the structure Minor League Baseball and what type...
Grizzlies And Its Possible New League Could Be Demoted in New Baseball
[aggregation-styles] Ballpark Digest It’s crunch time in the takeover of MiLB by MLB, with sweeping changes to Class A leagues, unresolved transitions for the Pioneer and NY-Penn Leagues, and plenty of new affiliations—but still no final list of the 120 teams comprising the future of Minor League Baseball. It’s never...
MLB Proposal Would Drop Fresno Grizzlies to Single-A Cal League
Will Major League Baseball force the Fresno Grizzlies out of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League and down two notches to the California League? Listen to this article: Details have emerged of an MLB proposal to drastically alter its relationship with Minor League Baseball. These include eliminating 42 teams and others,...
Politics and Splash Pads. Observations on Grizzlies Opening Night.
The buzz is back. Baseball returned for the 17th Opening Night at Chukchansi Park, and with it a renewal of hope and optimism. It applied to Fresno Grizzlies on the field, in their first year as an affiliate of the Washington Nationals, as well as the politicians involved in the pre-game...
Here Comes the Kie-BOOM: Top Prospect Makes Grizzlies Debut
He’s the No. 2 prospect in the Washington Nationals organization. Now, he’s in Triple-A with the Fresno Grizzlies. Carter Kieboom (pronounced key-BOOM) has a great baseball name, and he knows it. At 21, he’s also the youngest player on the Fresno roster. Change is constant in minor-league baseball. For the...
Grizzlies Search for New Parent Team. Scratch the Brewers Off the List.
UPDATE: The Milwaukee Brewers announced their new Triple-A affiliate Tuesday morning and it's San Antonio of the Pacific Coast League. The deal means that list of Major League teams that the Fresno Grizzlies could hook up is down to two: The Washington Nationals and the Texas Rangers. The other PCL...
New Owners Mean New Game-Day Experiences for Grizzlies Fans
The owners may be new, but many things at the baseball diamond at H and Tulare streets in downtown Fresno remain the same. The grass on the Chukchansi Field is still green, albeit aligned at the moment for Fresno Foxes soccer instead of Grizzlies baseball. The day-to-day operations continue under...
#TeamTacos throws down the challenge to porky rivals
Leave it to the hometown baseball team for another creative promotion. Borrowing from a pro wrestling theme, the Fresno Tacos (the alter ego of the minor league Fresno Grizzlies) and the Lehigh Valley Fighting Bacon (alter ego of the IronPigs) are engaging in an epic online battle. The two squads...