2025 will be 15th and final year of Dodgers affiliation in Rancho Cucamonga, with the sale of the team. Dodgers will move its Low-A team to Ontario beginning in the 2026 season.
The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes were sold to Diamond Baseball Holdings on Thursday, part of a move that will see the Dodgers’ Low-A affiliation switch to Ontario for the 2026 season.
Diamond Baseball Holdings on Thursday announced the purchase of Rancho Cucamonga, the Modesto Nuts (also in the California League), and the Low-A Tri-City Dust Devils, an Angels affiliate. That brings the DBH minor league ownership total to 41 teams, including Dodgers affiliates in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
As part of the DBH purchase of the Quakes came official word that the team will remain a Dodgers affiliate through 2025, and then shift to Ontario for the 2026 season. This move was expected for a few months, especially so when Dodgers officials were part of the groundbreaking ceremony of the new 190-acre multi-sport complex in Ontario in October, which will house the new stadium for the Dodgers’ Low-A affiliate.
The previous owners of the Quakes were Brett Sports, also a part of Ontario Sports LLC, which owns the Ontario project.
The moving parts in the California League as part of this sale are the Dodgers to Ontario in 2026, the Angels moving from Inland Empire in San Bernardino to Rancho Cucamonga, and the Mariners moving from Modesto to San Bernardino.
Rancho Cuamonga has been the California League affiliate for the Dodgers since the 2011 season, and 2025 will mark the 15th and final year of the partnership.
“While we will miss our role in Rancho Cucamonga, we know the team is in good hands with DBH, an ownership group dedicated to providing the best experiences for players and fans,” Bobby Brett, managing partner of Brett Sports, said in a statement. “We value DBH’s partnership in the transition and know they will have the best interests of the Rancho Cucamonga community in mind as they work to reunite the community with the Los Angeles Angels who had previously been affiliated with Rancho Cucamonga from 2001-2010.”