If the health concerns can be alleviated, this idea has a lot of advantages. Jake Cronenworth's dedication to helping his team win was reflected in his offensive production and defensive versatility. This year, every pitcher and hitter will be struggling to get anywhere close to a normal workload, even if baseball manages to resume this summer. We knew it was coming, but it’s still sad to see. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday. Get this up and going and we can all start hopefully dreaming of a fascinating fall for baseball. The Arizona Diamondbacks released their instructional league roster for the fall, and it’s filled with plenty of top prospects. Now, let’s start by acknowledging that all of this is dependent on being able to protect the health of the players, coaches and everyone else involved. BA Newsletter: Get Analysis, Rankings Delivered To Your Inbox! Perdomo is the top name of the group, and Hill Jr.—Arizona’s fourth round pick in 2019— is another piece that can contribute. Zac Gallen’s 2020 season was very good, the next question is if he’s a true playoff ace.

Baseball, baseball everywhere. The AFL is great for diehard prospect fans, but for the more casual fan, it’s harder to get invested in seeing how the Saguaros or Javelinas are doing, since it’s a co-op team with players from a variety of clubs. In a normal world, the Arizona Fall League would have begun on Thursday. Farhan Zaidi is eyeing a 2021 postseason run. A Diamondbacks’ fan guide to the post-season: National League edition, Let’s look at the eight teams to make the playoffs on the Senior Circuit. Unlike the regular minor league season, the AFL and new FFL aren’t designed to be money-makers—they are purely player-development vehicles. To try to make up for the lost development time, there have been discussions of having a supercharged instructional league or extended time at the team’s spring training complexes in Florida and Arizona. As much as teams and players worry about the significant effects of losing hundreds of live at-bats and dozens of innings pitched, it pales in comparison to keeping everyone safe.

There are plenty of hurdles to having a 2020 MiLB season. But instruct leagues can bring some optimism to an unprecedented year for Minor League Baseball. Oakland Athletics prospect Greg Deichmann discusses his goals in the Arizona Fall League and introduces us to his lefty swing . All five prospects from the 2020 MLB Draft were added to the instructional league roster in Jarvis, Cecconi, Norris, Vukovich and Pfaadt. Check out highlights from A's prospect Greg Deichmann at the Arizona Fall League. A one or three-game series pitting the AFL and FFL champs would be outstanding as well, but with concerns about costs and travel, we’ll leave that for now as a pie-in-the-sky dream. Garcia, who signed as a free agent in 2018, is the youngest catcher of the group. This year with a likely later MLB season would only add to this issue. Normally, the Arizona Fall League gathers prospects to play on six teams, meaning each MLB club gets around seven roster slots. Last year we saw that when the AFL schedule was moved to earlier in the fall. Instead of glorified scrimmages on backfields, we’re proposing a supersized version of the Arizona Fall League. Tickets. The downsides? So, we propose taking the Arizona Fall League from six teams to 15, with another 15 in a Florida Fall League. Normally, the AFL has a significant number of top hitting prospects, but very few of the top pitchers because most of them have already reached their innings limits for the year. In sad but not at all surprising news, the 2020 Arizona Fall League has officially been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Even if minor leaguers could get back on the field in June or July, they will not get a full season in 2020. Each club could field its own 30-35 player roster and play at their own spring training stadium, giving each MLB team a chance to provide an excellent developmental experience for a significant number of the team’s best prospects. Coliseum Cutouts Single Game Tickets Special ... Houston Astros Houston Los Angeles Angels LA Angels Oakland Athletics Oakland Seattle Mariners Seattle Texas Rangers Texas. Perhaps that feels obvious, but it isn’t. The speed, defense and energy brought by Leody Taveras made him the Rangers' most valuable and most promising rookie. Arizona Diamondbacks release 2020 instructional league roster. There’s no Arizona Fall League, but the Giants are sending players to fall Instructional Leagues. On September 17, the Oakland Athletics will welcome 55 prospects to their minor league complex in Mesa, Arizona, for their annual Fall Instructional League camp. Such a format would also likely lead to significantly increased fan interest. It goes without saying that Minor League baseball, and prospecting in general has taken an enormous hit in 2020, and will take many years to fully recover, if it ever does. And in other baseball news, the Dodgers are considered the overwhelming favorites in the postseason. This Giants video from 1985 reminds you that the franchise has come a long, long way, Grant Brisbee on if the season was a success, Hank Schulman on how the Giants navigated a very challenging year, Kerry Crowley on how the Giants will address their biggest offseason challenge, Mark W. Sanchez on how the Giants started hitting again, Jon Becker on why Oracle Park won’t be an election center, A Giants fan’s guide to the 2020 postseason. Also, 15 teams is not an ideal number for either league for scheduling purposes--someone is off every day. NL East.

Wednesday BP: Arizona Fall League canceled. In a year when every team’s minor leaguers are going to get decreased at-bats or innings, it makes sense to massively expand that to ensure that many more prospects get some top-notch developmental time. Eight playoff games today, for the first time in major-league history. The NL round starts today.

We’d also like to see a version of the AFL in Florida. But it makes the most sense to keep teams at their Florida and Arizona complexes, so that’s an unfortunate reality. So, we propose taking the Arizona Fall League from six teams to 15, with another 15 in a Florida Fall League. Drayer: Mariners have a plan for prospects with no Arizona Fall League. The Arizona Diamondbacks released their instructional league roster for the fall, and it’s filled with plenty of top prospects. Fairchild hit a career-high 12 homers and 29 doubles over High-A and Double-A and played in the AFL last season. Willi Castro matured into his projectable frame by leading all Tigers hitters in OPS, all while bringing stability to the infield, now and in the future. Due to the cancellation of the Arizona Fall League, MLB teams will have an instructional league to groom its young prospects. And a Yankees-Red Sox prospect game just means more to everyone than a Peoria-Salt River tilt. Puk. He posted a .750 OPS with 11 doubles and two triples in the Dominican Summer League last year. The outfield is loaded with top-tier prospects, and it will be interesting to see it all unfold over the fall. The roster includes 2017 top pick Austin Beck and 2016 top pick A.J. Copyright © 2020 Baseball America Enterprises. Without the AFL, the 2020 season will end in sheer disappointment. Overall, the D-backs’ instructional league roster is filled with top prospects and intriguing names to examine. This is potentially useful offseason programming for MLB Network, and is something that could have significant fan interest. Share . If it’s necessary to play fanless games because of the coronavirus pandemic, the revenue hit would be quite modest—the AFL as it currently stands isn’t paying for itself.