Complex League award winners and All-Stars
Minor League Baseball revealed its end-of-season award winners and All-Stars for each of the Rookie-level Complex Leagues. While the Arizona Complex League, Dominican Summer League and Florida Complex League are all of the short-season variety, their value to a player's development is no less important. In the ACL, Milwaukee's Jace
Fernandez returning to lead ACL Dodgers in 2023
Jair Fernandez will return to lead the Dodgers' Arizona Complex League team in 2023 after the organization revealed its Minor League coaching staffs on Feb. 7. Fernandez, a former catcher who played in the Minors from 2005-2013, led the ACL Dodgers to a 25-29 record last season in the ACL
Ray to manage Padres' ACL squad in 2023
Lukas Ray will return to manage the Padres' Arizona Complex League team after guiding the rookie-level affiliate to 29 wins last summer. Ray, who joined San Diego in 2021 as a fielding coach and then took over as ACL Padres manager in 2022, will be joined by pitching coaches Yoel
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Hernandez leads Rangers to AZL title
It took seven years, but the Rangers are back on top of the Arizona League.Behind Heriberto Hernandez, who homered for the second night in a row and doubled, the Rangers toppled the Indians Blue, 7-2, to sweep their way to the championship on Friday at Surprise Stadium. They rolled to
Santiago, Rangers win AZL Finals opener
It may have been his first start in nearly a month, but Manuel Santiago set the tone for the Arizona League Rangers in the first game of the Finals. The 19-year-old southpaw allowed one hit over six frames as Texas' Rookie-level affiliate romped past Indians Blue, 10-0, in Game 1 of
Tena takes Indians Blue to AZL Finals
Jose Tena might only be 18 years old, but he's already come up big in a playoff game.Cleveland's No. 25 prospect collected three hits, a stolen base, an RBI and a run scored as the Rookie-level AZL Indians Blue eliminated the AZL Padres 2, 12-1, in Wednesday's league semifinal at
Wendzel helps AZL Rangers reach semis
Davis Wendzel had less than a week of professional experience coming into the Rookie-level Arizona League playoffs, but he helped his team advance Tuesday..In just his fifth professional game, Texas' No. 9 prospect went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in the Rangers' 5-3 win over the Dodgers
Padres' Abrams leads AZL All-Stars
It didn't take long for CJ Abrams to prove too advanced for the Rookie-level Arizona League, and despite not having played there in over three weeks, the sixth overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft accomplished plenty in his 32 games on the circuit.MLB.com's No. 46 prospect was named Most
Padres land Trammell in blockbuster deal
With the countdown getting ever closer to the Trade Deadline, Taylor Trammell is heading west in a three-team blockbuster. Baseball's No. 30 overall prospect was shipped from the Reds and landed with the Padres in the deal that involved Cincinnati acquiring hurler Trevor Bauer and the Indians getting five players, including
Rangers' Jung has debut to remember
It's the first of what Josh Jung hopes will be many successful steps as he begins his professional career, but what a step it was.Texas' top pick in last month's Draft homered in his first Minor League at-bat and went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored to lead
Dodgers hang on, win AZL championship
For the first time since 2011, the Dodgers are champions of the Arizona League.Sauryn Lao delivered a two-run triple in a four-run fifth inning that lifted the Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over the Cubs at Sloan Park in the decisive third game of the AZL Championship Series."We have an