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Dodgers affiliate sweeps to ACL championship

Lasso leads way with four RBIs as LA affiliate wins out in playoffs
@thevandalorian
July 30, 2024

Hours after the Florida Complex League came to a close, the Arizona Complex League capped its 2024 season as well, with the Rookie-level Dodgers sweeping their way to the championship. The Dodgers entered the postseason with the best record on the circuit (40-20), earning the top seed in the postseason

Watch for these 10 Complex league prospects

Eight position players making U.S. debuts in Rookie-level ball
May 7, 2024

The Rookie-level Arizona Complex and Florida Complex leagues began play Saturday, a month earlier than they did a year ago. The changes mean that the circuits will be populated more by players making the jump from the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League the season before and less by guys coming out

Gauci to be named Brewers' Minor League coach

Australia native will be hitting coach in Arizona Complex League
January 10, 2024

MILWAUKEE -- Luisa Gauci will be named hitting coach for one of the Brewers’ Arizona Complex League affiliates when the club announces its 2024 organizational coaching roster later this month, joining a growing group of women making their mark in professional baseball. Coaching the art of hitting is an art

ACL Cubs' pitcher Peters suspended

Chicago's 2022 12th-round pick to miss entire 2024 ACL season
January 29, 2024

Chicago Cubs Minor League pitcher Mathew Peters is set to sit out the entire 2024 season after testing positive for a banned substance, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball said. Peters, who is currently on Chicago’s Arizona Complex League roster, was suspended on Jan. 26 for the 2024 ACL

2023 Rookie-level playoffs coverage

ACL Brewers join FCL Braves as Complex League champions
August 28, 2023

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Diamondbacks' First-Round Pick Tommy Troy Joins Hops

Batting third and playing shortstop on Wednesday
August 2, 2023

Hillsboro, OR (August 2, 2023) – Tommy Troy, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ first round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft has been assigned to High-A Hillsboro, the Diamondbacks and Hillsboro Hops announced on Tuesday. Troy will be batting third and playing shortstop for the Hops on Wednesday night against the Vancouver

Schanuel coming as advertised for Trash Pandas

Three weeks after Draft, Angels first-rounder mashing at Double-A
@JoeTrezz
July 30, 2023

When the Angels drafted Nolan Schanuel with the 11th overall pick in this month’s 2023 MLB Draft, the organization hoped the slugging first baseman would rise quickly through its Minor League system. It was a match seemingly made for such an ascent: come Draft day, many felt Schanuel’s polished bat

Complex League award winners and All-Stars

Avina, Rodriguez and Olivar claim Rookie-level MVP honors
@MavalloneMiLB
November 11, 2022

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

Dorn, Gailen, Chavez to serve as hitting coaches for LA's Phoenix-based squad
February 8, 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

Monzon, Price, Rosales join San Diego's Arizona staff as pitching coaches
February 9, 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

2022 Rookie-level playoffs coverage

FCL Yankees, ACL Giants Black take home titles in final games
August 29, 2022

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Around the Minors: The week of Aug. 22-28

Sights and sounds from action across Minor League Baseball
August 28, 2022

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Around the Minors: The week of Aug. 15-21

Sights and sounds from action across Minor League Baseball
August 22, 2022

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