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Top prospects vie for Fall League title

Nats' Kieboom leads Rafters against Brewers' Hiura, Javelinas
November 16, 2018

Championship season is coming to a close. There's just one more ring up for grabs in stateside baseball before the book shuts on 2018.After six weeks of competition, Salt River (16-14) and Peoria (21-9) will square off in the Arizona Fall League Championship Game at 3:08 p.m. ET on Saturday

Davidson putting it all together in Arizona

Braves' 2014 first-round pick leads Fall League with six dingers
November 14, 2018

Timing is everything.Especially for Braxton Davidson, who is enjoying a breakout campaign in the Arizona Fall League. The Braves' first-base prospect attributes his newfound success to a minor adjustment in his swing.

Davidson, Holmes claim weekly AFL awards

Braves first baseman, Dodgers left-hander honored for Week 4
November 6, 2018

The Braves and Dodgers were National League Division Series opponents just a month ago, but on Tuesday, the two organizations came together to produce the latest award winners from the Arizona Fall League.Braves first baseman Braxton Davidson and Dodgers left-hander Ben Holmes were named the AFL Player and Pitcher of

Toolshed: AFL players flipping scripts

Giants' Adon, Rockies' Nevin, others making most of Fall League
November 6, 2018

In the Arizona Fall League, the surprises don't end with the Saguaros. Baseball's version of a prospect finishing school is loaded with hype and justifiably so. Many of the game's best young future stars head to the Southwest to make up for lost at-bats, try to prove their worth before 40-man

Davidson parks two more for Javelinas

Braves slugger leads AFL after back-to-back two-homer games
October 31, 2018

It took four weeks for anyone in a league full of the game's best prospects to do what Braxton Davidson did in two days.The Braves slugger bashed a pair of homers in the second consecutive game as the Javelinas blanked the Scorpions, 6-0, on Wednesday at Peoria Stadium.

Marlins' Diaz reels in Player of the Week

Miami's No. 7 prospect batted .565/.667/.739 for Jumbo Shrimp
June 11, 2018

A little more than two weeks ago, Isan Díaz was just returning to the Double-A Jacksonville lineup after being plunked in the head on May 16. It hasn't taken him long to show he's moved on from that potentially scary situation.The Marlins' No. 7 prospect has been named the Southern League