Amarillo Professional Baseball and the San Diego Padres announced on Monday that they have agreed to a player-development contract that will run through the 2020 season.

The Padres organization has been involved in the Texas League for a total of 35 seasons since joining for the first time in 1972. Amarillo became the organization's second-ever Double-A affiliate that spanned from 1976 to 1982 (seven seasons).

Over the last 12 seasons, the organization has been affiliated with the Missions in San Antonio where they won three Texas League titles. In 2018, San Antonio completed their 71-win season, taking the second place spot behind Corpus Christi in the Texas League and finished with the third-best team record in 2018.

While the Amarillo team still doesn't have an official name yet, I'd still like to cast my vote for the Sod Poodles and would like to have this song be played when they take the field.

Amarillo Professional Baseball also announced their 2019 home schedule with the inaugural home opener set to take place on Monday, April 8 against the Midland RockHounds, Double-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. The home season includes 70 home games of a 140-game schedule that will run through September 2. Below is a home schedule for the 2019 season.

2019 AMARILLO HOME SCHEDULE


DATE	TEAM	AFFILIATE
April 8-10	Midland	Oakland
April 11-14	Corpus Christi	Houston
April 18-20	Corpus Christi	Houston
May 1-3	Springfield	St. Louis
May 4-7	Arkansas	Seattle
May 13-15	Midland	Oakland
May 20-22	Corpus Christi	Houston
May 23-26	Midland	Oakland
June 3-5	Frisco	Texas
June 11-13	NW Arkansas	Kansas City
June 14-16	Tulsa	Los Angeles (NL)
June 24-26	ALL-STAR BREAK
June 27-30	Corpus Christi	Houston
July 4-7	Frisco	Texas
July 16-18	Springfield	St. Louis
July 19-22	NW Arkansas	Kansas City
August 1-4	Frisco	Texas
August 12-15	Midland	Oakland
August 16-18	Frisco	Texas
August 26-29	Tulsa	Los Angeles (NL)
August 30-Sept.2	Arkansas	Seattle
*Dates subject to change.		*Times to be determined in the future.