Who says the baseball season is over? The AFL season is just starting!
There are six teams in the AFL. They are divided into two divisions, east and west.
AFL East:
Mesa Solar Sox: Baltimore, Cubs, Detroit, Houston, Dodgers
Salt River Rafters: Arizona, White Sox, Colorado, Toronto, Washington
Scottsdale Scorpions: Cleveland, Angels, Yankees, Pittsburgh, San Francisco
AFL West:
Peoria Javelinas: Cincinnati, Minnesota, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle
Phoenix Desert Dogs: Atlanta, Oakland, Miami, Milwaukee, Tampa Bay
Surprise Saguaros: Boston, Kansas City, Mets, St. Louis, Texas
We will, of course, be following most closely the Peoria team and the Twins players thereon, although we’ll try to provide a little coverage of the other teams as well. Twins players on the Peoria roster are:
Evan Bigley
Logan Darnell
Kyle Gibson
Chris Herrmann
Nate Roberts
Caleb Thielbar
Michael Tonkin
There are 36 players on the roster. Nineteen of them are pitchers. The manager is Dusty Wathan, the pitching coach is Lance Painter, and the batting coach is Alex Pelaez.
The league plays a thirty-six game schedule. The season opens October 9 and closes with a championship game on November 17. The Rising Stars game will be held November 3.
It’s not the major leagues, but some of the players will probably be there someday. Let’s enjoy some baseball!
I noticed that no AFL team includes players from more than one team per MLB division (after realignment puts the Astros into the ALW)
Huh. I didn't notice that. Seems like that must have been intentional.
The Salt River Rafters has players from Arizona and Colorado; the Phoenix Desert Dogs has players from Atlanta and Miami.
there's sean again, with his bucket of cold water
How much impact does a good AFL performance have on a prospect's chances of promotion within the big club?
I suppose it varies from team to team and player to player. It's obviously better to do well than to do poorly, but if I ran a team, I wouldn't put too much stock in AFL numbers. Nobody gets enough at-bats or innings to really be meaningful. It helps, and it's good experience, but I wouldn't get too excited about how anyone does there. I follow it not so much because it means anything, but just because it's fun.
For Kyle Gibson, a lot. I believe Scott Diamond pitched in the AFL last year.
Actually, I think each year one or two players are on double secret probation, and a good AFL is just the thing to convince the FO to give them their shot.
depends on whether the guy blows out his knee or not. 🙁
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blows out his knees or not
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