In a complicated series of events, the owners of the Firebirds moved their team to Tucson and became the Tucson Sidewinders, while the owners of the existing Tucson Toros moved their franchise to Fresno, thus ending a 92-year hiatus of PCL baseball in Fresno.
In a complicated series of events, the owners of the Firebirds moved their team to Tucson and became the Tucson Sidewinders, dropping their affiliation with the Giants in favor of the expansion Diamondbacks. The owners of the existing Tucson Toros then moved their franchise to Fresno, thus ending a 92-year hiatus of PCL baseball in Fresno.