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Here's the 2024 All-Arizona Fall League Team

November 19, 2024

Season No. 32 of the Arizona Fall League is in the books, with the Salt River Rafters beating the Surprise Saguaros, 3-2, in the Championship Game on Saturday. It was another fall full of top prospects and top performances. Below is the 2024 MLB Pipeline All-AFL Team. This is based

These Arizona Fall League prospects are vying for 40-man roster spots

@SamDykstraMiLB
November 11, 2024

Call it a last-chance saloon in the middle of the desert. The Arizona Fall League provides more than just an opportunity to see some of the game’s top prospects in one spot. It’s also the final place certain Minor Leaguers can prove they are deserving of a 40-man roster spot

Kurtz, Lopez, Stephan earn AFL Week 4 honors

@JoeTrezz
November 5, 2024

Week 4 in the Arizona Fall League was all about big flies and flirting with history. These players separated themselves during what was another excellent week of AFL action. Mesa first baseman Nick Kurtz (ATH No. 2/MLB No. 45) slugged his way to AFL Hitter of the Week honors and

Lone Star foes becomes allies as Rangers hurlers twirl gems to Astros catcher

November 2, 2024

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Here’s something you don’t see every day. A trio of Rangers pitching prospects worked with an Astros catcher to carry a no-hitter into the eighth inning on Friday night at the Peoria Sports Complex. Alas, a single by Luis Lara (MIL No. 17) prevented the Surprise Saguaros

Arizona Fall League Week 3 top performers

@JoeTrezz
October 27, 2024

Here are the top performers from the third week of AFL action:

Healthy again, Rangers' Stephan proving his worth in Fall League

@SamDykstraMiLB
October 26, 2024

PHOENIX -- Josh Stephan had been through enough already. He underwent elbow surgery as a freshman pitcher at South Grand Prairie (Texas) High School, and two later knee surgeries limited his amateur career further. Just when he was breaking out as a senior in 2020, that season was cut short

Arizona Fall League Week 2 top performers

@JoeTrezz
October 20, 2024

Here are the top performers from the second week of AFL action:

Wood Ducks Split Doubleheader with Kannapolis

Stephan and Matthews dazzle in their starts
September 2, 2021

Kinston, N.C. – After falling in game one, 1-0, the Down East Wood Ducks won game two of their doubleheader with the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, 7-0. John Matthews (W, 4-4) spun 5 2/3 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts and Josh Stephan tossed five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in his