2009 Media/Scouts Notes Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Media Relations CONTACTS: Paul Jensen (480/710-8201, [email protected]) Adam C. Nichols (843/735-1517, [email protected]) Rob Morse (480/232-1291, [email protected]) Media Relations FAX: 602/681-9363 Website: www.mlbfallball.com Twitter: MLBazFallLeague Eastern Division Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 Probable Pitchers Mesa Solar Sox 0 0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - October 13, 2009 Phoenix Desert Dogs 0 0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - Surprise at Javelinas, 12:35 PM (A) Scottsdale Scorpions 0 0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - 22 Ian Kennedy (RHP/NYY) 0-0, N/A @ 34 Scot Drucker (RHP/DET) 0-0, N/A Western Division Mesa at Phoenix, 12:35 PM (L) Team W L Pct. GB Home Away Div. Streak Last 10 47 Randor Bierd (RHP/BOS) 0-0, N/A @ Peoria Javelinas 0 0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - 43 Ryohei Tanaka (RHP/BAL) 0-0, N/A Peoria Saguaros 0 0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - Saguaros at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (F) Surprise Rafters 0 0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - 32 Mike Minor (LHP/ATL) 0-0, N/A @ 49 Joe Martinez (RHP/SF) 0-0, N/A ’09 Fall League “Nuggets” Record Number of 1st-Round Picks: Thirty-six former first-round draft picks will play in the 2009 October 14, 2009 Arizona Fall League. Fourteen – OF Adam Loewen (4th in 2002, BAL), RHP Mark Rogers (5th in 2004, Javelinas at Surprise, 12:35 PM (A) th nd MIL), LHP Andrew Miller (6 in 2006, DET), IF Mike Moustakas (2 in 2007, KC), IF Josh Vitters 31 Justin Cassel (RHP/CWS) 0-0, N/A @ rd th th (3 in 2007, CHC), LHP Danny Moskos (4 in 2007, PIT), C Buster Posey (5 in 2008, SF), IF 34 Jenrry Mejia (RHP/NYM) 0-0, N/A Yonder Alonso (7th in 2008, CIN), C Jason Castro (10th in 2008, HOU), RHP Stephen Strasburg (1st Scottsdale at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (F) in 2009, WSH), OF Dustin Ackley (2nd in 2009, SEA), LHP Mike Minor (7th in 2009, ATL), RHP Mike 56 Donald Veal (LHP/PIT) 0-0, N/A @ th th Leake (8 in 2009, CIN), and RHP Drew Storen (10 in 2009, WSH) – were top 10\ selections. 49 Zach Putnam (RHP/CLE) 0-0, N/A Phoenix at Mesa, 6:35 PM (L) AFL International: A record 36 foreign-born players will be representing nine countries – Canada (9), Cuba (4), Dominican Republic (10), Japan (6), Mexico (1), Nicaragua (1), Panama (1), Taiwan (1), and 28 Robert Ray (RHP/TOR) 0-0, N/A @ Venezuela (1) – during the 2009 AFL season. 37 Mike McCardell (RHP/MIN) 0-0, N/A Nippon Professional Baseball Debuts: Five pitchers from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball will October 15, 2009 participate in the 2009 Fall League season. Playing for the Phoenix Desert Dogs will be LHP Hiroshi Mesa at Surprise, 12:35 PM (F) Katayama of the Rakuten Eagles and RHP Toshiyuki Yanuki of the Nippon Ham Fighters. A trio of 74 Tommy Mendoza (RHP/LAA) 0-0, N/A @ arms will be on the Scottsdale Scorpions, RHP Toru Murata and LHP Takanobu Tsujiuchi of the 33 Danny Gutierrez (RHP/TEX) 0-0, N/A Yomiuri Giants and RHP Ken Nishimura of the Hanshin Tigers. Javelinas at Saguaros, 12:35 PM (L) 12 Nick Hill (LHP/SEA) 0-0, N/A @ Team USA’s World Cup Gold: Four AFL players won gold medals with the 2009 Team USA Baseball 15 Mike Leake (RHP/CIN) 0-0, N/A World Cup Team in Italy earlier this fall: Peoria Saguaros C Jason Castro (HOU) and Surprise Phoenix at Scottsdale, 6:35 PM (A) Rafters IF Ike Davis (NYM), IF Daniel Descalso (STL) and C Lucas May (LAD). 26 Mitch Talbot (RHP/TB) 0-0, N/A @ 35 Michael Cisco (RHP/PHI) 0-0, N/A AZ State of Mind: Eight Fall Leaguers have Arizona roots. Five former Arizona State Sun Devils — OF Colin Curtis, 1B Ike Davis, C Tuffy Gosewisch, RHP Mike Leake, 3B C.J. Retherford, and RHP (A, F, L) – Umpire Roster Key Josh Perrault — are joined by one ex-Arizona Wildcat, OF Jonathan Gaston. LHP Donnie Veal (Pima CC) and IF Troy Hanzawa (Yavapai JC) attended Junior College in Arizona. AFL Alumni of the Day Philadelphia Phillies OF Jayson Werth knocked AFL Weekly Infield Breakdown the go-ahead RBI single in Monday night’s series- Team Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday clinching Game 4 of the NLDS over the Colorado Dogs X X X X Rockies. For the game he went 2-for-4 with 1 Javelinas X X X X home run, 2 RBI. The Phillies will battle the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second-straight season in Rafters X X X X the NLCS beginning Thursday. Werth made his Saguaros X X X X AFL debut in 2000 as a member of the Mesa Solar Scorpions X X X X Sox outfield while he was playing in the Baltimore Solar Sox X X X X Orioles system. Teams are REQUIRED to take Infield and BP every Monday durin g the season. UMPIRE ROSTER Crew A ─ Alan Porter (CC), Toby Basner, Jon Merry, David Rackley Crew F ─ Cory Blaser (CC), Lance Barrett, Tyler Funneman, Manny Gonzalez Crew L ─ Vic Carapazza (CC), Chris Conroy, Mark Ripperger, John Tumpane Arizona Fall League Rundown 2009 T idbits • The Arizona Fall League will have two games -- the Rising Stars Game on November 7 and the AFL Championship on November 21 will-be televised live nationally on the MLB Network and MLB.TV. • Twitter has infiltrated the Arizona Fall League; check out the latest informative tweets at MLBazFallLeague. Mesa Solar Sox (0 - 0) Peoria Javelinas (0 - 0) Right-hander Randor Bierd (BOS) made the Orioles’ 2008 Opening Detroit’s roving infield instructor, Kevin Bradshaw, skippers the ’09 Day roster as a reliever, posting an 0-2 record with a 4.91 ERA over 29 Javelinas squad … RHP Scot Drucker (DET) takes the ball ifor the appearances … originally signed by the Tigers as an undrafted free Pigs on Opening Day versus Surprise … Drucker played most of the agent in 2003, Bierd was selected with the third pick in the 2007 Rule 5 ’09 season with Triple-A Toledo, where he went 8-3 with a 4.78 ERA … Draft by Baltimore … the Red Sox acquired Bierd on Jan. 19, 2009 OF Dustin Ackley (SEA) and RHP Andrew Oliver (DET) will make from Baltimore in exchange for pitcher David Pauley … playing the hot their professional debuts in the AFL after being selected in the 2009 corner at Hohokam will be Cubs “Top Prospect” Josh Vitters, who hit draft … Ackley was named ACC Player of the Year in his final season .284 with 18 home runs and 68 RBI between Class-A Peoria and High- at North Carolina … Oliver had an outstanding career at Oklahoma A Daytona … the Solar Sox feature manager Brandon Hyde and five State before becoming Detroit’s second-round selection in 2009 … members of the 2009 Double-A Southern League champion Bradshaw can count on Seattle’s power armed duo of RHP Phillippe Jacksonville Suns (FLA) – RHP Garrett Parcell, LHP Jay Voss, IF Aumont and RHP Josh Fields at the back end of the bullpen … Matt Dominguez, and OFs Bryan Petersen and Mike Stanton … the during the ’09 season they combined for 14 saves … roaming the Solar Sox are the AFL’s only team whose average age (as of Opening outfield for the Javs will be the Dodgers’ top prospect, Andrew Lambo, Day) is less than 23. the 20-year-old smacked 51 extra-base hits at Double-A Chattanooga this season. Phoenix Desert Dogs (0 - 0) Baltimore right-hander Ryohei Tanaka went 4-4 with a 3.00 ERA in 21 Peoria Saguaros (0 - 0) games (12 starts) with Double-A Bowie in 2009 … began the season After spending the ’09 season as his inaugural managerial campaign as a reliever before starting 12 of his final 13 appearances … started with Double-A Carolina, David Bell returns to the Fall League as his career in the U.S. with 17 straight scoreless innings and did not manager of the Saguaros after playing in the league in 1993 and ‘95 … allow a run as a reliever (9 games, 13 innings) … the Desert Dogs only LHP Mike Minor (ATL) takes the hill for the Sags on Opening Day after left-handed pitcher is Hiroshi Katayama of Nippon Professional being selected by the Braves and making a handful of starts for Class- Baseball … Phoenix’s only pitcher who is shorter than 6’0” is Blue A Rome … minor league player-of-the-year by Baseball America and Jays RHP Reidier Gonzalez, who, at 5’9”, is the league’s shortest USA Today OF Jason Heyward (ATL), Cincinnati’s 2008 1st round player … roaming Phoenix Muni’s outfield will be the minors only 30/40 selection and University of Miami product 1B Yonder Alonso (CIN), player in Oakland’s Grant Desme … between Class-A Kane County and former Stanford standout C Jason Castro (HOU) will give added and High-A Stockton he hit 31 home runs and stole 40 bases … pop to the middle of the Cacti lineup … former Arizona Wildcat and Washington’s other first-round selection in 2009, Drew Storen, made current Astros prospect Jonathan Gaston looks to continue his power 28 appearances with a 1.95 ERA (8ER/37.0IP) and 49 strikeouts in surge after smacking 35 home runs and collecting 100 RBI playing for three stops in the Nationals system.