[1] Initially under the Zamboanga Valientes banner, the team ended the 2018 calendar year with a 7–10 record.
After the relaunch as the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines, the team would improve to a 12–13 record, claiming the South Division's sixth seed.
Their division quarterfinals opponent was the third-seeded Muntinlupa Cagers, where despite losing the first game of the series, would win the next two to accomplish an upset win and advance to the division semifinals against the defending champion Batangas City Athletics.
In December 2018, the team management announced that they would be splitting from the Zamboanga Valientes at the start of the 2019 calendar year, essentially making the MPBL side independent.
In 2023, the Valientes would win in the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup's Open Championship.