I promised you a wrapup on how the Twins players did in the Arizona Fall League a couple of weeks ago.  Life got in the way, but better late than never.

The Twins had seven players in the AFL, three position players and four pitchers.  None of them exactly blew people away, although naturally some did better than others.  Here's a quick look:

THE GOOD

Alex Meyer started seven games, pitching twenty-one innings.  He was 2-1, 3.12, 1.04 WHIP. He struck out twenty-eight and walked seven.

Trevor May appeared in nine games, starting one, and pitched fourteen innings.  He was 0-2, but with an ERA of 3.21 and a WHIP of 1.21.  He struck out twelve and walked four.

THE AVERAGE

Byron Buxton batted only .212, but he had three home runs and five walks, giving him a line of .212/.288/.404 in 52 at-bats.  He struck out fifteen times and was 2-for-3 in stolen bases.

A. J. Achter appeared in eleven games, all in relief, and pitched twelve innings.  He was 1-1, 5.25, but his WHIP was only 1.25 and his batting average against just .229.  He struck out ten and walked four.

Max Kepler batted .234/.306/.313 in 64 at-bats.  He had five doubles, seven walks, and thirteen strikeouts.  He did not attempt a stolen base.

THE BAD

Eddie Rosario batted .238/.262/.275 in 80 at-bats.  He had only two extra-base hits, a double and a triple.  He drew only three walks, struck out thirteen times, and was 2-for-3 in stolen bases.

Zack Jones appeared in seven games, all in relief, and pitched six innings.  He was terrible, going 0-1, 18.00, 3.17 WHIP.  His batting average against was .400.  He walked nine, struck out nine, and gave up three home runs.  He also allowed four unearned runs.

WHAT IT MEANS

Not much.  As I always say, you'd rather do well than do poorly, but the whole league is Small Sample Size Theater.  I don't know if there are any studies showing a correlation between success in the Arizona Fall League and future success in the major leagues.  Certainly, there are players who have succeeded in both, but there are also players who were superstars in the AFL and did nothing in the majors, as well as players who flopped in the AFL who did well in the majors.  If you looked at Eddie Rosario and Zack Jones as top prospects before, I certainly wouldn't give up on them now.  We don't follow this because we think it's meaningful.  We follow it because it's fun.  And, really, what more reason do we need?