List of Arizona Diamondbacks minor league affiliates

The Arizona Diamondbacks farm system consists of seven Minor League Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic. Six teams are independently owned, while three—the Arizona Complex League D-backs and two Dominican Summer League Arizona teams—are owned by the major league club.

Reno Aces

Amarillo Sod Poodles

Visalia Rawhide

Hillsboro Hops

ACL D-backs

Arizona Diamondbacks

Current Arizona Diamondbacks domestic minor league affiliate locations

The Diamondbacks have been affiliated with the Low-A Visalia Rawhide of the California League since 2007, making it the longest-running active affiliation in the organization among teams not owned by the Diamondbacks. Arizona's longest affiliation was with the Rookie Missoula Osprey of the Pioneer League for 23 seasons from 1999 to 2020. Their newest affiliate is the Amarillo Sod Poodles of the Texas League, which became the Diamondbacks' Double-A club in 2021.

Geographically, Arizona's closest domestic affiliates are the Arizona Complex League D-backs of the Rookie Arizona Complex League, which are approximately 13 miles (21 km) away. Arizona's furthest domestic affiliate is the Hillsboro Hops of the High-A Northwest League some 1,015 miles (1,633 km) away.

Current affiliates

The Arizona Diamondbacks farm system consists of seven minor league affiliates.^[1]

Class	Team	League	Location	Ballpark	Affiliated
Triple-A	Reno Aces	Pacific Coast League	Reno, Nevada	Greater Nevada Field	2009
Double-A	Amarillo Sod Poodles	Texas League	Amarillo, Texas	Hodgetown	2021
High-A	Hillsboro Hops	Northwest League	Hillsboro, Oregon	Ron Tonkin Field	2013
Single-A	Visalia Rawhide	California League	Visalia, California	Valley Strong Ballpark	2007
Rookie	ACL D-backs	Arizona Complex League	Scottsdale, Arizona	Salt River Fields at Talking Stick	2024
	DSL Arizona Black	Dominican Summer League	Boca Chica, Santo Domingo	Baseball City Complex	2016
	DSL Arizona Red				2016

Past affiliates

Key

Season	Each year is linked to an article about that particular Diamondbacks season.

1996–2020

Minor League Baseball operated with six classes (Triple-A, Double-A, Class A-Advanced, Class A, Class A Short Season, and Rookie) from 1996 to 2020. The Rookie level consisted of domestic and foreign circuits.^[2]

Season	Triple-A	Double-A	Class A-Advanced	Class A	Class A Short Season	Rookie	Foreign Rookie	Ref.
1996	—	—	Visalia Oaks[n 1]	—	—	Lethbridge Black Diamonds AZL Diamondbacks	DSL D-backs	[3]
1997	—	—	High Desert Mavericks	South Bend Silver Hawks	—	Lethbridge Black Diamonds AZL Diamondbacks	DSL D-backs	[3]
1998	Tucson Sidewinders	—	High Desert Mavericks	South Bend Silver Hawks	—	Lethbridge Black Diamonds AZL Diamondbacks	DSL D-backs	[4]
1999	Tucson Sidewinders	El Paso Diablos	High Desert Mavericks	South Bend Silver Hawks	—	Missoula Osprey AZL Diamondbacks	DSL D-backs	[5]
2000	Tucson Sidewinders	El Paso Diablos	High Desert Mavericks	South Bend Silver Hawks	—	Missoula Osprey AZL Diamondbacks	DSL D-backs DSL D-backs/Red Sox	[6]
2001	Tucson Sidewinders	El Paso Diablos	Lancaster JetHawks	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey	DSL D-backs	[7]
2002	Tucson Sidewinders	El Paso Diablos	Lancaster JetHawks	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey	DSL D-backs	[8]
2003	Tucson Sidewinders	El Paso Diablos	Lancaster JetHawks	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey	DSL D-backs DSL D-backs/Expos	[9]
2004	Tucson Sidewinders	El Paso Diablos	Lancaster JetHawks	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey	DSL D-backs	[10]
2005	Tucson Sidewinders	Tennessee Smokies	Lancaster JetHawks	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey	DSL D-backs	[11]
2006	Tucson Sidewinders	Tennessee Smokies	Lancaster JetHawks	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey	DSL D-backs	[12]
2007	Tucson Sidewinders	Mobile BayBears	Visalia Oaks	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey	DSL D-backs	[13]
2008	Tucson Sidewinders	Mobile BayBears	Visalia Oaks	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey	DSL D-backs DSL D-backs/Reds	[14]
2009	Reno Aces	Mobile BayBears	Visalia Rawhide	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey	DSL D-backs	[15]
2010	Reno Aces	Mobile BayBears	Visalia Rawhide	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey	DSL D-backs	[16]
2011	Reno Aces	Mobile BayBears	Visalia Rawhide	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey AZL D-backs	DSL D-backs	[17]
2012	Reno Aces	Mobile BayBears	Visalia Rawhide	South Bend Silver Hawks	Yakima Bears	Missoula Osprey AZL D-backs	DSL D-backs DSL D-backs/Reds	[18]
2013	Reno Aces	Mobile BayBears	Visalia Rawhide	South Bend Silver Hawks	Hillsboro Hops	Missoula Osprey AZL D-backs	DSL D-backs DSL Rojos[n 2]	[20]
2014	Reno Aces	Mobile BayBears	Visalia Rawhide	South Bend Silver Hawks	Hillsboro Hops	Missoula Osprey AZL D-backs	DSL D-backs	[21]
2015	Reno Aces	Mobile BayBears	Visalia Rawhide	Kane County Cougars	Hillsboro Hops	Missoula Osprey AZL D-backs	DSL D-backs	[22]
2016	Reno Aces	Mobile BayBears	Visalia Rawhide	Kane County Cougars	Hillsboro Hops	Missoula Osprey AZL D-backs	DSL D-backs 1 DSL D-backs 2	[23]
2017	Reno Aces	Jackson Generals	Visalia Rawhide	Kane County Cougars	Hillsboro Hops	Missoula Osprey AZL D-backs	DSL D-backs 1 DSL D-backs 2	[24]
2018	Reno Aces	Jackson Generals	Visalia Rawhide	Kane County Cougars	Hillsboro Hops	Missoula Osprey AZL D-backs	DSL D-backs 1 DSL D-backs 2	[25]
2019	Reno Aces	Jackson Generals	Visalia Rawhide	Kane County Cougars	Hillsboro Hops	Missoula Osprey AZL D-backs	DSL D-backs 1 DSL D-backs 2	[26]
2020[n 3]	Reno Aces	Jackson Generals	Visalia Rawhide	Kane County Cougars	Hillsboro Hops	Missoula PaddleHeads AZL D-backs	DSL D-backs 1 DSL D-backs 2	[28]

2021–present

The current structure of Minor League Baseball is the result of an overall contraction of the system beginning with the 2021 season. Class A was reduced to two levels: High-A and Low-A.^[29] Low-A was reclassified as Single-A in 2022.^[30]

Season	Triple-A	Double-A	High-A	Single-A	Rookie	Foreign Rookie	Ref.
2021	Reno Aces	Amarillo Sod Poodles	Hillsboro Hops	Visalia Rawhide	ACL D-backs	DSL D-backs 1 DSL D-backs 2	[31]
2022	Reno Aces	Amarillo Sod Poodles	Hillsboro Hops	Visalia Rawhide	ACL D-backs Black ACL D-backs Red	DSL D-backs Black DSL D-backs Red	[32]
2023	Reno Aces	Amarillo Sod Poodles	Hillsboro Hops	Visalia Rawhide	ACL D-backs Black ACL D-backs Red	DSL Arizona Black DSL Arizona Red	[33]
2024	Reno Aces	Amarillo Sod Poodles	Hillsboro Hops	Visalia Rawhide	ACL D-backs	DSL Arizona Black DSL Arizona Red	[34]

Notes

1. In 1996, the Diamondbacks shared the Class A-Advanced Visalia Oaks with the Detroit Tigers.^[3]
2. In 2013, the Diamondbacks shared the Rookie DSL Rojos with the Cincinnati Reds.^[19]
3. The 2020 Minor League Baseball season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[27]