For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 27, 2015 NYY C Sanchez, KC RHP Pounders AFL Week 2 Players of the Week Facts Phoenix, Arizona — A pair of Surprise Saguaros — catcher Gary Sanchez •Nearly 2,500 of over 4,100 (Yankees) and RHP Brooks Pounders (Royals) — are the Arizona Fall League’s (58%) Fall Leaguers have week two player of the week and pitcher of the week, respectively. reached the major leagues Sanchez — The 22-year-old Sanchez hit .421 with two home runs and 16 •231 MLB All-Stars total bases and led the league with nine RBI last week. •13 MLB MVPs Through the Fall League’s first two weeks of play, the native of Santo •Ryan Braun •Jason Giambi Domingo in the Dominican Republic led the AFL in homers (4), hits (14), RBI •Josh Hamilton (14) and total bases (28) and ranked fifth in batting (.467). •Ryan Howard •Joe Mauer The 6-3, 230-pound catcher, who made his major-league debut as a Yankee on •Andrew McCutchen October 3 vs. Baltimore, split his 2015 season between Double-A Trenton (.262, •Justin Morneau •Dustin Pedroia 12 homers, 36 RBI in 58 games) and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (.295, 6 •Buster Posey homers, 26 RBI in 35 games). •Albert Pujols (3) In his six-year professional career, he owns a .274 batting average with 89 •Jimmy Rollins •Mike Trout homers and 378 RBI in 565 games. •Joey Votto Pounders — Pounders, 25, authored the best start of the young AFL season •4 Cy Young Award winners last week, allowing only two hits without a walk and striking out seven over four •Chris Carpenter •Roy Halladay (2) innings to earn the win vs. Scottsdale. •Max Scherzer In two AFL starts, the 6-4, 270-pound Temecula Valley, CA native has not •Brandon Webb allowed a run in seven innings. He has yielded only four hits without a walk with •3 World Series MVPs •Jermaine Dye 10 strikeouts. •David Eckstein He led the AFL in baserunners per nine innings ratio (5.14) after two weeks of •Derek Jeter play and ranked second in WHIP (0.5). •25 MLB Rookies of the Year Originally drafted in the second round (53rd overall) by Pittsburgh in 2009, •8 All-Star Game MVPs Pounders was acquired by Kansas City with infielder Diego Goris from Pittsburgh •70 MLB Silver Sluggers for infielder Yamaico Navarro on December 7, 2011. •62 MLB Gold Glove Awards He split his 2015 season between Double-A Northwest Arkansas (3-4, 2.19 •11 MLB batting champions ERA in eight starts), High-A Wilmington (0-1, 5.40 ERA in two starts) and the •14 MLB season hits leaders rookie-level Royals (0-0, 1.50 ERA, six starts) in the Arizona League. •11 MLB season RBI leaders The seven-year professional owns a composite record of 27-30 with a 3.88 •9 MLB season homer leaders ERA in 140 minor-league games (74 starts) that include 441 strikeouts in 481.0 •14 MLB season stolen-base leaders innnings pitched. •36 MLB managers Other Nominees for Player of the Week — Salt River RHP Carlos Estevez •53 MLB umpires (Rockies), Scottsdale LHP Adalberto Mejia (Giants), Mesa IF Renato Nuñez (Athletics) •Over 80 administrators and Surprise 1B Dominic Smith (Mets). serving the baseball industry Arizona Fall League — Known throughout professional baseball as a finishing Scottsdale Stadium school for Major League Baseball’s elite prospects, the Arizona Fall League, now 7408 E. Osborn Road in its 24th season, is a six-team league owned and operated by MLB. It plays six Scottsdale, AZ 85251 days per week (Monday-Saturday) at five spring-training stadiums in the Phoenix Office: 602.281.7250 metropolitan area — Camelback Ranch-Glendale (Glendale Desert Dogs), Sloan mlbfallball.com Park (Mesa Solar Sox), Salt River Fields (defending champion Salt River Rafters Facebook.com/ MLBFallBall and Surprise Rafters) and Scottsdale Stadium (Scottsdale Scorpions). Twitter.com/ — afl — MLBazFallLeague Media Contact: Paul Jensen ([email protected], 480-710-8201).