Arizona Fall League kicks off 2018 season

Surprise Saguaros

MLB affiliations: Royals, Pirates, Cardinals, Rangers, Blue Jays
Stubby Clapp, Manager
Bryan Hickerson/Jose Jaimes, Pitching Coaches
Brian Buchanan/Andy Fermin, Hitting Coaches

Pitchers (* = left-handed)
Dario Agrazal
Joe Barlow
Scott Blewett
Matt Eckelman
Demarcus Evans
Grant Gavin
Conner Greene
Geoff Hartlieb
Arnaldo Hernandez
Zach Jackson
Connor Jones
Evan Kruczynski*
Will Latcham
Jackson McClelland
Shawn Morimando*
Nate Pearson
C.D. Pelham*
Walker Sheller
Tai Tiedermann
Blake Weiman*

Catchers
Jeremy Martinez
Josh Morgan
Melbrys Viloria

Infielders
Will Craig
Tommy Edman
Santiago Espinal
Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.
Charles Leblanc
Yanio Perez
Cole Tucker
Andy Young

Outfielders
Cavan Biggio
Nick Heath
Khalil Lee
Julio Pablo Martinez
Bryan Reynolds
Lane Thomas

Prospects to watch

This is the team with the premier guy. Any team with Vladdy is going to get plenty of attention, and well-deserved, but as amazing as Guerrero is, he’s not the only guy to watch here.

The outfield for Surprise contains plenty of talent with Khalil Lee being one of the prospects that people are just starting to wake up to, but he could be a top 50 guy by the end of 2019. Juan Pablo Martinez made his debut from Cuba this year, but he has a world of talent, and he will be fun to watch this fall.

Finally, the Surprise pitching staff features a group of arms with big velocity, and even with tremendous breaking stuff, but mostly guys that will likely be relief arms in the end due to struggles with control. Nate Pearson is one to keep an eye on, though, as he returns from injury that kept him out all year.

That’s the wrap of all the rosters for the Arizona Fall League. Keep your eye on MLB Network as there are often random games put on the network throughout the fall!

For more info, you can follow the Arizona Fall League website.