The San Diego Padres announced this weekend that San Antonio Missions hitting coach Tom Tornincasa has been named the San Diego Padres Jack Krol 2011 Minor League Coach of the Year and San Antonio Missions 3B Jedd Gyorko was named the San Diego Padres 2011 Minor League Offensive Player of the Year.
Former Major League player and manager John Gibbons has been named the new manager of the San Antonio Missions. Gibbons is a local of San Antonio and a graduate of MacArthur High School
The San Antonio Missions Front Office staff hosted their first ever luncheon for non-profit organizations in the San Antonio area to showcase some of the Missions options to help raise funds for these organizations. Over 43 different groups sent representatives out to Wolff stadium for the presentation and lunch.
Left-hander Robbie Erlin had a whirlwind season in 2011. He began the year with Myrtle Beach, the Texas Rangers' Class A Advanced Carolina League affiliate, and ended it with the Texas League champion San Antonio Missions -- the Padres' Double-A club. Full Story
Even in the offseason, the San Antonio Missions can't stop winning. After posting a Minor League-best 94-46 record and winning its first Texas League championship since 2007, the team has earned the 2011 MiLBY awards for Best Double-A Team and Best Overall Team. Read Story
San Antonio will begin defense of their 12th Texas League Championship with a six-game, season-opening home stand beginning on Thursday, April 5 against the Tulsa Drillers.