The Arizona Fall League gets started today, and the season will finish with their championship game on November 20. There are six teams in the league, and each AFL team is comprised from players that come from five MLB minor league systems, and from there, teams that have chosen six players to participate and one taxi squad player on each roster. The Washington Nationals players are part of the Surprise Saguaros.
Mario Lisson will manage the roster with the Nats players which will also include top prospects from the Reds, Rangers, Royals, and Yankees in this year’s AFL. Lisson managed the Nats Low-A affiliate Fredericksburg Nationals. He is originally from Venezuela and bilingual which certainly has helped him communicate with almost every player in whatever language they speak.
On Lisson’s coaching staff will be Ryan Tuntland as his Hitting Coach, Preston Claiborne as his Pitching Coach, Kyle Arnsberg as base coach, and Jesus Azuaje as base coach.
The other five AFL teams are the Glendale Desert Dogs, Mesa Solar Sox, Peoria Javelinas, Salt River Rafters, and Scottsdale Scorpions.
Here are the Nats minor leaguers on the Surprise Saguaros’ Arizona Fall League roster (listed in order of prospect ranking):
Jackson Rutledge, RHP (#3)
Cole Henry, RHP (#7)
Donovan Casey, OF (#18)
Jackson Cluff, SS (#19)
Drew Millas, C (#20)
Todd Peterson, RHP
Taxi Squad – Israel Pineda, C (#27)
Here is the full roster for the Surprise Saguaros:
| Pitchers | B/T | HT | WT | DOB | Status | ||
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Blane Abeyta | R/R | 6′ 3″ | 185 | 9/4/1998 | Active | |
| Clay Aguilar 26 | L/L | 6′ 1″ | 210 | 3/26/1999 | Active | ||
| Tim Brennan 35 | R/R | 6′ 4″ | 212 | 12/18/1996 | Active | ||
| Michael Byrne 31 | R/R | 6′ 3″ | 205 | 4/16/1997 | Active | ||
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Harold Cortijo 30 | R/R | 6′ 2″ | 180 | 9/29/1998 | Active | |
| Eddy Demurias 57 | R/R | 6′ 0″ | 184 | 8/1/1997 | Active | ||
| Mitch Ellis 59 | S/R | 6′ 3″ | 200 | 8/22/1995 | Active | ||
| Zach Greene 34 | R/R | 6′ 1″ | 215 | 8/29/1996 | Active | ||
| Zach Haake 48 | R/R | 6′ 4″ | 186 | 10/8/1996 | Active | ||
| Cole Henry 12 | R/R | 6′ 4″ | 215 | 7/15/1999 | Active | ||
| Asa Lacy 41 | L/L | 6′ 4″ | 215 | 6/2/1999 | Active | ||
| Evan Lee 52 | L/L | 6′ 1″ | 200 | 6/18/1997 | Active | ||
| Eudrys Manon 55 | R/R | 6′ 1″ | 160 | 1/16/1998 | Active | ||
| James Marinan 27 | R/R | 6′ 5″ | 239 | 10/10/1998 | Active | ||
| Spencer Mraz 39 | R/R | 6′ 10″ | 245 | 5/5/1998 | Active | ||
| Tanner Myatt 47 | R/R | 6′ 7″ | 220 | 5/21/1998 | Active | ||
| Todd Peterson 36 | R/R | 6′ 5″ | 230 | 1/22/1998 | Active | ||
| Jacques Pucheu 37 | L/L | 6′ 2″ | 210 | 1/1/1997 | Active | ||
| Jackson Rutledge 40 | R/R | 6′ 8″ | 245 | 4/1/1999 | Active | ||
| Owen White 23 | R/R | 6′ 3″ | 199 | 8/9/1999 | Active | ||
| Stephen Woods Jr. 38 | R/R | 6′ 2″ | 195 | 6/10/1995 | Active | ||
| Catchers | B/T | HT | WT | DOB | Status | ||
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Sam Huff 28 | R/R | 6′ 5″ | 240 | 1/14/1998 | Active | |
| Drew Millas 24 | S/R | 6′ 2″ | 205 | 1/15/1998 | Active | ||
| Israel Pineda 20 | R/R | 5′ 11″ | 190 | 4/3/2000 | Active | ||
| Luca Tresh 1 | R/R | 6′ 0″ | 193 | 1/11/2000 | Active | ||
| Austin Wells 13 | L/R | 6′ 2″ | 220 | 7/12/1999 | Active | ||
| Infielders | B/T | HT | WT | DOB | Status | ||
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Andres Chaparro 11 | R/R | 6′ 1″ | 200 | 5/4/1999 | Active | |
| Jackson Cluff 5 | L/R | 6′ 0″ | 185 | 12/3/1996 | Active | ||
| Ezequiel Duran 9 | R/R | 5′ 11″ | 185 | 5/22/1999 | Active | ||
| Nathan Eaton 6 | R/R | 5′ 11″ | 185 | 12/22/1996 | Active | ||
| Justin Foscue 2 | R/R | 6′ 0″ | 205 | 3/2/1999 | Active | ||
| Ivan Johnson 15 | S/R | 6′ 0″ | 190 | 10/11/1998 | Active | ||
| Jake Means 16 | R/R | 6′ 2″ | 215 | 4/14/1996 | Active | ||
| Outfielders | B/T | HT | WT | DOB | Status | ||
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Donovan Casey 32 | R/R | 6′ 2″ | 190 | 2/23/1996 | Active | |
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Elijah Dunham 18 | L/L | 6′ 0″ | 213 | 5/29/1998 | Active | |
| Seuly Matias 33 | R/R | 6′ 3″ | 225 | 9/4/1998 | Active | ||
| Drew Mount 4 | L/R | 5′ 11″ | 205 | 3/24/1996 | Active | ||
| Michael Siani 21 | L/L | 6′ 1″ | 188 | 7/16/1999 | Active | ||
You can follow all of the action on this link: https://www.mlb.com/arizona-fall-league/scores for the daily games, lineups, and scores as well as the statistics, and daily news on the main Arizona Fall League page.
