Reno Aces
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Class | Triple-A (2009–present) | ||||
League | Pacific Coast League (2022–present) | ||||
Division | West Division | ||||
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Major league affiliations | |||||
Team | Arizona Diamondbacks (2009–present) | ||||
Minor league titles | |||||
Class titles (1) |
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League titles (2) |
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Conference titles (2) |
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Division titles (5) |
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Team data | |||||
Name | Reno Aces (2009–present) | ||||
Colors | Navy blue, white, red | ||||
Mascot | Archie | ||||
Ballpark | Greater Nevada Field (2009–present) | ||||
Owner(s)/ Operator(s) | SK Baseball | ||||
General manager | Chris Phillips[1] | ||||
Manager | Blake Lalli |
The Reno Aces are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. They are located in Reno, Nevada, and play their home games at Greater Nevada Field, which opened in 2009. The Aces have been members of the PCL since 2009, including the 2021 season in which it was known as the Triple-A West. They won the PCL championship in 2012 and 2022. Reno went on to win the Triple-A National Championship Game in 2012.
History
Team origins
The Aces were known as the
After the
The Sidewinders had humble beginnings, as it was five years before they enjoyed their first winning regular season. They dominated the 2006 season, with the PCL's best record in the regular season and won the Pacific Coast League and National Championships in the postseason.
The Phoenix Firebirds played from 1958 through 1997 as an affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. The franchise joined the Pacific Coast League as a charter member in 1903 as the San Francisco Seals, relocating to Phoenix in 1958 when the major league New York Giants moved to San Francisco. Seals alumni include Joe DiMaggio.
The Tucson Toros have been affiliated with the Chicago White Sox (1969–1972), the Oakland Athletics (1973–1976), the Texas Rangers (1977–1979), the Houston Astros (1980–1996), and the Milwaukee Brewers (1997 only, with one Diamondbacks prospect, Travis Lee, playing with them by special arrangement).[2] At the time of the change in venue and affiliation (1998), the name Sidewinders was chosen from a contest.
The Toros became a member of the independent Golden Baseball League, adopting their previous Triple-A history from 1969 to 1997. The Aces adopted the Sidewinders' history from 1998 to 2008 before the franchise was moved to Reno. The Toros folded in 2011 after the AAA Portland Beavers moved to town to become the Tucson Padres. The Padres moved again in 2014, this time to Texas to become the El Paso Chihuahuas.
A new era – Reno Aces
In 2006 the team was sold to Manhattan Capital Sports Fund led by Stuart Katzoff and Jerry Katzoff, later in 2007 it was formally announced that the Sidewinders would be moving to Reno after the 2008 season. A new 9,100-capacity venue, Greater Nevada Field, was constructed for the team in downtown Reno.
The move forced the Reno Silver Sox of the independent Golden Baseball League to fold.[3] The franchise dropped the name "Sidewinders" in place of a new identity. Some fans suggested that the team should adopt or purchase the rights to the Silver Sox name from the GBL for the new PCL club, but that was ruled out as that team was, at that point (prior to folding), likely to relocate to Carson City.[4] The Reno Aces introduced their new team name and logo at a press conference on September 23, 2008.[5] The nickname has a dual meaning: "ace" is a baseball slang term for a team's top pitcher, and the ace is the highest card in several card games (a reference to Nevada's legalized gambling history). The logo features the diamonds symbol, which can be seen as another gambling reference, as well as to the diamond of a baseball field and their MLB affiliate's name.
The Reno Aces were due to begin their inaugural season in 2009 on the road against the Salt Lake Bees on Thursday, April 9. However, the game was postponed due to the death of Los Angeles Angels' Nick Adenhart (a Salt Lake alumnus), who was killed by a hit-and-run driver earlier in the day. Adenhart had played for the Bees during the 2008 season, and was remembered the next day in what was originally the second game in a four-game series between the Aces and the Bees. The Bees beat the Aces 6–2 on Friday, April 10.[6] The Aces won their home opener at Greater Nevada Field on Friday, April 17, 11–1 against the Salt Lake Bees, to an over-capacity sell-out crowd of 9,167.[7]
The Aces made the playoffs for the first time in 2011, but lost the fifth and deciding game in the first round to the
The Reno Aces hosted the Triple-A All-Star Game on July 17, 2013.
In conjunction with
Manager Gil Velazquez led the 2022 Aces to win the Western Division title with a league-best 85–63 record.[13] They then defeated the El Paso Chihuahuas, winners of the Eastern Division, in a single playoff game, 6–2, to win their second PCL championship.[14] Reno faced the Durham Bulls for the Triple-A championship, but they were defeated, 10–6.[15]
On April 27, 2023, the Aces defeated the Sugar Land Space Cowboys by a score of 24-2. The 22-run margin of victory marked the Aces’ largest in a game in team history, and the 24 runs fell one run short of the club record. All nine offensive starts recorded a hit, with Dominic Fletcher, Buddy Kennedy, Phillip Evans, P. J. Higgins, Dominic Canzone, and Jake Hager enjoying multi-hit nights.[16]
Season-by-season records
League | The team's final position in the league standings |
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Division | The team's final position in the divisional standings |
GB | Games behind the team that finished in first place in the division that season |
‡ | Class champions (2009–present) |
† | League champions (2009–present) |
§ | Conference champions (2009–2020) |
* | Division champions (2009–present) |
Season | League | Regular-season | Postseason | MLB affiliate | Ref. | ||||||
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Record | Win % | League | Division | GB | Record | Win % | Result | ||||
2009 | PCL | 79–64 | .552 | 3rd | 2nd | 7 | — | — | — | Arizona Diamondbacks | [17] |
2010 | PCL | 69–74 | .483 | 11th | 3rd | 9+1⁄2 | — | — | — | Arizona Diamondbacks | [18] |
2011 * |
PCL | 77–67 | .535 | 5th | 1st | — | 2–3 | .400 | Won Pacific Conference Northern Division title Lost Pacific Conference title vs. Sacramento River Cats, 3–2 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | [19] |
2012 * § † ‡ |
PCL | 81–63 | .563 | 3rd | 1st | — | 7–3 | .700 | Won Pacific Conference Northern Division title Won Pacific Conference title vs. Triple-A championship vs. Pawtucket Red Sox[20]
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Arizona Diamondbacks | [21] |
2013 | PCL | 60–84 | .417 | 15th | 4th | 18 | — | — | — | Arizona Diamondbacks | [22] |
2014 * § |
PCL | 81–63 | .563 | 1st (tie) | 1st | — | 5–4 | .556 | Won Pacific Conference Northern Division title Won Pacific Conference title vs. , 3–2 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | [23] |
2015 | PCL | 70–74 | .486 | 10th | 3rd | 14+1⁄2 | — | — | — | Arizona Diamondbacks | [24] |
2016 | PCL | 76–68 | .528 | 4th | 2nd | 5+1⁄2 | — | — | — | Arizona Diamondbacks | [25] |
2017 * |
PCL | 80–62 | .563 | 3rd | 1st | — | 0–3 | .000 | Won Pacific Conference Northern Division title Lost Pacific Conference title vs. El Paso Chihuahuas, 3–0 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | [26] |
2018 | PCL | 72–68 | .514 | 6th (tie) | 2nd | 10+1⁄2 | — | — | — | Arizona Diamondbacks | [27] |
2019 | PCL | 66–74 | .471 | 10th | 2nd | 7 | — | — | — | Arizona Diamondbacks | [28] |
2020 | PCL | Season cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic)[29] | Arizona Diamondbacks | [30] | |||||||
2021 | AAAW | 69–49 | .585 | 3rd | 2nd | 3 | 1–5 | .167 | Lost series vs. Albuquerque Isotopes, 4–1 Lost series vs. Las Vegas Aviators, 1–0 Placed 28th in the Triple-A Final Stretch[11] |
Arizona Diamondbacks | [9] |
2022 * † |
PCL | 85–63 | .574 | 1st | 1st | — | 1–1 | .500 | Won Western Division title Won PCL championship vs. El Paso Chihuahuas, 1–0[14] Lost Triple-A championship vs. Durham Bulls, 1–0[15] |
Arizona Diamondbacks | [13] |
2023 | PCL | 88–62 | .587 | 3rd | 1st | — | — | — | — | Arizona Diamondbacks | [31] |
Totals | — | 1,053–953 | .525 | — | — | — | 16–19 | .457 | — | — | — |
Roster
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60-day injured list
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Notable alumni
- Trevor Bauer, pitcher
- Corbin Carroll, outfielder
- Patrick Corbin, pitcher
- Adam Eaton, outfielder
- Mitch Haniger, outfielder
- Ender Inciarte, outfielder
- Jake Lamb, third baseman
- Wade Miley, pitcher
- Chris Owings, shortstop, 2nd baseman
- A. J. Pollock, outfielder
- Brett Butler, manager
Minor league affiliations
Level | Team | League | Location | Manager |
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Triple-A | Reno Aces | Pacific Coast League | Reno, Nevada | Blake Lalli |
Double-A | Amarillo Sod Poodles | Texas League | Amarillo, Texas | Shawn Roof |
High-A | Hillsboro Hops | Northwest League | Hillsboro, Oregon | Vince Harrison |
Low-A
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Visalia Rawhide | California League | Visalia, California | Javier Colina |
Rookie
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AZL D-backs
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Arizona League
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Scottsdale, Arizona | Rolando Arnedo |
DSL D-backs 1 | Dominican Summer League | Boca Chica, Santo Domingo | Jaime Del Valle | |
DSL D-backs 2 | Ronald Ramirez |
See also
- Current and former Reno Aces players (2009–present)
References
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- ^ a b "Team History." Tucson Sidewinders. 2006. Retrieved on 9 April 2007. Archived August 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brodesky, Josh. "Toros could return in new incarnation." The Arizona Daily Star. 11 November 2007. 26 December 2007. Archived December 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Silver Sox could be headed down the highway." (Reno Gazette-Journal, September 16, 2008)
- ^ "Triple-A team gets a name." (Reno Gazette-Journal, September 16, 2008)
- ^ "Aces trumped in opener" (Reno Gazette-Journal, April 11, 2009)
- ^ "Aces win the home opener big, 11–1"[dead link] (Reno Gazette-Journal, April 17, 2009)
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- ^ a b "2021 Triple-A West Standings". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ a b "MiLB Announces 'Triple-A Final Stretch' for 2021". Minor League Baseball. July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "2021 Triple-A Final Stretch Standings". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ "Historical League Names to Return in 2022". Minor League Baseball. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ a b "2022 Pacific Coast League". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
- ^ a b Heneghan, Kelsie (October 1, 2022). "Hager's Hometown Heroics Vault Aces to Crown". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ a b Heneghan, Kelsie (October 3, 2022). "Durham Bulls Claim Triple-A Crown Once Again". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- ^ "Aces Blast Space Cowboys Into Orbit, Tally 19 Hits in Historic 24-2 Win". oursportscentral.com. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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