Sunday, May 02, 2021 1:38 pm
TinCaps release 2021 roster
With two days until Opening Day at Parkview Field, the TinCaps 2021 roster is set.
The team has been practicing at the downtown stadium since Friday, but this afternoon the Padres officially unveiled the list of players that will start the season at the club s newly-minted High-A affiliate in Fort Wayne.
The roster is filled with faces that will be familiar to fans in the Summit City, including a long list of players that were in Fort Wayne in 2019, when the team was still a Low-A affiliate. Those players have been promoted, but they ll return for another season with the TinCaps after the 2020 campaign was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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