For Immediate Release Tuesday, November 17, 2015 CWS CF Engel, OAK LHP Manaea AFL Week 5 Players of the Week Facts Phoenix, Arizona — Glendale Desert Dogs CF Adam Engel (White Sox) and Mesa Solar Sox LHP Sean Manaea (Athletics) are the Arizona Fall League’s •Nearly 2,500 of over 4,100 (58%) Fall Leaguers have week five player of the week and pitcher of the week, respectively. reached the major leagues Engel — MLB.com’s No. 17 White Sox prospect, Engel, the Fall League’s •231 MLB All-Stars top offensive catalyst during the season’s first five weeks, hit .375 (6-for-16) with •13 MLB MVPs 1 double, 2 triples, 1 home run, his first AFL round-tripper, 3 RBI, 5 walks and 3 •Ryan Braun •Jason Giambi stolen bases last week. •Josh Hamilton Chicago’s 19th-round (573rd overall) draft choice out of the University of •Ryan Howard Louisville in 2013, the 23-year-old Engel completed the fifth week of Fall League •Joe Mauer •Andrew McCutchen play ranked among league leaders in most offensive categories — first in batting •Justin Morneau (.397), doubles (9) and on-base percentage (.524), second in hits (25-tie), runs •Dustin Pedroia •Buster Posey scored (15), stolen bases (10), walks (16) and extra-base hits (tie-12), and third •Albert Pujols (3) in slugging percentage (.651) and total bases (41). •Jimmy Rollins •Mike Trout The 6-1, 215-pound outfielder spent the 2015 season at High-A Winston- •Joey Votto Salem where he hit .251 with 65 stolen bases in 136 games. •4 Cy Young Award winners In three minor-league seasons, the Loveland, OH native owns a .266 batting •Chris Carpenter average with 135 steals in 295 games. •Roy Halladay (2) •Max Scherzer Manaea — MLB.com’s No. 3 Oakland prospect struck out a league-best •Brandon Webb nine batters against only one walk in his only start last week, a five-inning, no- •3 World Series MVPs decision outing when he allowed just one run on two hits. •Jermaine Dye •David Eckstein The 6-5, 235-pound Valparaiso, IN native completed the fifth week of AFL •Derek Jeter play ranked first in the league in strikeouts (26-tie) and strikeout ratio (11.14 per •26 MLB Rookies of the Year nine innings). •8 All-Star Game MVPs Originally drafted by Kansas City in 2013 in the first round (34th overall) •75 MLB Silver Sluggers out of Indiana State University, the lefty was traded to Oakland this past July for •62 MLB Gold Glove Awards infielder Ben Zobrist (2006 Phoenix Desert Dogs). •11 MLB batting champions In two minor-league seasons, Manaea owns a 14-9 record and 2.94 ERA in 39 •14 MLB season hits leaders games. He has logged 236 strikeouts in 196 innings. •11 MLB season RBI leaders Other Nominees for Player of the Week — Salt River IF Chris Bostick •9 MLB season homer leaders (Nationals), Mesa 3B Jeimer Candelario (Cubs), Surprise IF Aledmys Diaz •14 MLB season stolen-base (Cardinals), Salt River LHP Kyle Freeland (Rockies), Mesa RHP Pierce leaders Johnson (Cubs), Salt River RHP John Simms (Nationals), Scottsdale 1B Sam •36 MLB managers Travis (Red Sox) and Surprise RHP Sam Wolff (Rangers). •53 MLB umpires •Over 80 administrators Arizona Fall League — Known throughout professional baseball as a serving the baseball industry finishing school for Major League Baseball’s elite prospects, the Arizona Fall League, now in its 24th season, is a six-team league owned and operated by MLB. Scottsdale Stadium It plays six days per week (Monday-Saturday) at five spring-training stadiums in 7408 E. Osborn Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251 the Phoenix metropolitan area — Camelback Ranch-Glendale (Glendale Desert Office: 602.281.7250 Dogs), Peoria Sports Complex (Peoria Javelinas), Sloan Park (Mesa Solar Sox), mlbfallball.com Salt River Fields (defending champion Salt River Rafters and Surprise Rafters) Facebook.com/ and Scottsdale Stadium (Scottsdale Scorpions). MLBFallBall Twitter.com/ — afl — MLBazFallLeague Media Contact: Paul Jensen ([email protected], 480-710-8201).