Reds’ Heisey Powers Saguaros to First AFL Win
The struggling Saguaros looked for their first AFL victory against the Phoenix Desert Dogs at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The Reds’ Chris Heisey would go 3-for-4 at the plate, driving in three and crossing the plate twice. Heisey’s performance would help the Saguaros to stand tall against the Desert Dogs as things would look bleak for [...]
Sizemore Drives in Four in Mesa Defeat
Detroit Tigers’ prospect Scott Sizemore drove in four runs for the Javelinas as Peoria beats the Solar Sox by a score of 8 to 1. Sizemore would go 3-for-4 with two doubles has he provides half of the runs for the team. Peoria pitching would hold the Solar Sox to only one as the Sox [...]
Phoenix Pitching Performance Persists
The Phoenix Desert Dogs are the proud club of some of the highest rated Fall League pitching prospects. Following the debut of Strasburg on Friday night, the pitching staff proved effective once again on Saturday against the Surprise Rafters. Phoenix held Surprise to only two runs for the game as they defeat the Rafters in [...]
Strasburg’s Debut and Solid Victories
The battle of the Peoria teams did not seem much like a battle on Friday as the Javelinas stomped the Saguaros by a score of 13 to 3. The Javelinas started the damage early as the team scored four runs in the first inning before adding insult to injury for the remainder of the game. [...]
Strasburg Does Not Disappoint in Debut
Stephen Strasburg went three and a third scoreless innings in his Fall League debut as he helped the Phoenix Desert Dogs to a victory over the Scottsdale Scorpions. Amidst the high-pressure of the situation, Strasburg fared well as all eyes were on him this evening. While he had only pitched a few innings before playing [...]
Pac 10 Pitching Duo Starts Scoreless
Both ASU star Leake and USC’s Boxberger would pitch in today’s Peoria matchup. Leake would pitch two scoreless innings striking out two with a base on balls. Boxberger would allow three less hits in two innings but the one hit allowed was one for a run. Boxberger would match Leake in strikeouts and innings pitched. [...]
AZ Fall League Scores Closer on Day Two
The Surprise Rafters edge the Peoria Javelinas by a score of 6 to 4. Seattle Mariners’ prospect Dustin Ackley sees his first game of the Fall League as he goes 2-for-4 with one run scored. For the Rafters, Ike Davis would play well once again with two RBI as he continues to bat well for [...]
Opening Day Wrap Up
One of the many Fall League opening day highlights came from former ASU Sun Devil and Mets’ first baseman Ike Davis. Davis helped the Surprise Rafters cruise passed the Peoria Javelinas as he went four-for-six with six RBI and a grand slam home run. Three other Rafters would have two or more RBI in the [...]
Updated Arizona Fall League Rosters
The Arizona Fall League begins Tuesday, October 13th and the rosters have been slightly modified to include even more players. The new rosters can be found in the team roster section of the website. The weather has been awesome baseball weather and the excitement of playoff baseball is in the air. Don’t miss your opportunity [...]
More Fall Ball in Arizona For 2009
Introducing the Arizona Advanced Instructional League. As we learned last year, the Hawaii Winter Baseball league shut it’s doors with nowhere for the prospects to call home for this season. With the fate of the season up in the air, the decision to move to AZ was made for the following year. Taking initiative, farm [...]