Posts Tagged ‘arizona fall league’
Rogers the Twin Scorpion
Minnesota Twins prospect Taylor Rogers was the winning pitcher for the Scottsdale Scorpions in Saturday’s Arizona Fall League championship game. Rogers, who is the Twins’ No. 13 prospect according to MLBPipeline.com, twirled three shutout innings Saturday, allowing two hits and striking out a pair of batters. The 24-year-old concluded his AFL regular season with […]
Reds’ Ervin Player of the Week
Cincinnati Reds prospect Phillip Ervin was named the Arizona Fall League’s Player of the Week after batting .333 with a homer, eight RBI and two stolen bases during the AFL’s most recent week of play. Ervin, a 23-year-old outfielder, smacked 14 homers, plated 71 RBI and stole 34 bases between High-A and Double-A last season; […]
Pitcher of Week for Brew Crew’s Hader
Milwaukee Brewers prospect Josh Hader has been named the Arizona Fall League’s Pitcher of the Week for Week 4. The lanky lefty allowed just one hit and struck out seven batters in four innings over the course of two relief appearances this week; his Arizona Fall League ERA now stands at 0.90 through 10 innings. […]
Baltimore’s Bundy
Dylan Bundy, the supremely talented but oft-injured pitcher who was the fourth overall pick in the 2011 draft, made his second appearance in the 2015 Arizona Fall League November 6. The 22-year-old hurler underwent Tommy John surgery in June 2013, and he missed a big chunk of the 2015 season due to shoulder inflammation. MLBPipeline.com […]
Yanks Sanchez Hot in Desert
New York Yankees prospect Gary Sanchez continues to swing a hot bat in the Arizona Fall League, batting .328 with a league-leading six homers and 17 RBI through the conclusion of play on November 4. The young backstop, who is the Yankees’ No. 5 prospect according to MLBPipeline.com, also leads the league in slugging, and […]
Rowdy Homers for Rafters
Toronto Blue Jays prospect and 2015 Dunedin Blue Jay Rowdy Tellez went 2-for-3 with a walk and launched a solo home run to lead the Salt River Rafters to a 5-2 win over the Peoria Javelinas Thursday in Arizona Fall League action. Tellez’s homer, his second in this year’s AFL, was a tape-measure shot that […]
Roemon Rips Game Winner
Toronto Blue Jays prospect (and former Dunedin Blue Jay) Roemon Fields ripped a two-run game-winning triple in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Salt River Rafters to a 5-4 win in Arizona Fall League play October 24, 2015. The speedy Fields batted .262 with 46 stolen bases across three levels of the […]
Getting Rowdy in the Desert
The first week of the 2015 Arizona Fall League is in the books, and one of the early hitting stars is Dunedin Blue Jays first baseman Rowdy Tellez, who has plated eight RBI in his first four games for the Salt River Rafters. The 20-year-old Tellez smacked 14 homers, knocked in 77 runs and posted […]
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