Tucson Baseball Team to remain on road for rest of year, aiming for U.S. debut in ’26

The Tucson Baseball Team will not play any of its games in the Old Pueblo this season, and its future in Tucson remains uncertain.

Pima County announced Monday that TBT will play the rest of its 2025 games in Mexico amid an ongoing visa delay. The team’s final regular-season game in the Mexican Pacific Winter League is scheduled for Dec. 30.

TBT was planning to play at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium this fall after relocating from Navojoa earlier in the year. However, on the eve of the season in October, team ownership learned that its players and staff did not have the appropriate visas. That situation remains unresolved.

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“Pima County has been an excellent partner throughout this process, standing with us every step of the way,” one of the team’s owners, Victor Cuevas Jr., said in a new release. “Kino Stadium and the community were ready for us, and we’ll work toward the possibility of bringing professional baseball to Tucson in 2026.”

TBT has played on the road all season and had the worst record in the league (17-36) entering this week’s games. The team is facing Venados de Mazatlán in Mazatlán Tuesday-Thursday in a three-game series that was supposed to be part of a weeklong homestand.

“Although we are disappointed to not see the team at Kino this season, we understand their decision and appreciate the Cuevas family’s efforts and transparency,” Pima County Board of Supervisors chair Rex Scott said in the release. “We look forward to continued conversations about the team returning next year.”

This developing story will be updated.