NOTE: This is a compilation of stats involving players from Southern Arizona and the Arizona Wildcats’ program in MLB-sanctioned leagues (MLB and minor leagues). The list does not include players in foreign leagues or independent leagues in the US.
LOCAL BASEBALL PLAYERS IN THE PROS
Listing of local baseball players either from high school, Pima or Arizona currently playing in pro baseball. College players not from Southern Arizona high schools are listed who played at Pima College or completed their careers at Arizona.*Barraza, Sahuarita graduate
*Romero, CDO graduate
*Salazar, Sahuaro graduate
Player | Pos | Sch | Yrs | Team | Lvl | Org |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nate Baez | 1B | IRHS | 16-19 | Cedar Rapids | A+ | MIN |
Branden Boissiere | 1B | UA | 19-21 | Wilmington | A+ | WAS |
Tony Bullard | 3B | UA | 20-23 | Beloit | A+ | MIA |
Alex Bustamante | P | CDO | 16-18 | Tampa | A | NYY |
Clark Candiotti | P | UA | 24 | ACL Padres | RK | SD |
Demetrio Crisantes | SS | Nogales | 19-22 | Visalia | A | ARI |
Bobby Dalbec | 1B | UA | 14-16 | Boston | AAA | BOS |
Chase Davis | OF | UA | 21-23 | Springfield | AA | STL |
Jose Dicochea | P | Sahuarita | 16-19 | Stockton | A | OAK |
Matthew Dyer | C | UA | 19-20 | Montgomery | AA | TB |
German Fajardo | P | Nogales | 16-19 | Modesto | A | SEA |
Michael Flynn | P | UA | 16-18 | Durham | AAA | TB |
Matt Fraizer | OF | UA | 17-19 | Altoona | AA | PIT |
Kevin Ginkel | P | UA | 16 | Arizona | MLB | ARI |
Nick Gonzales | INF | Cienega | 14-17 | Pittsburgh | MLB | PIT |
Darick Hall | 1B | Buena | 11-13 | Lehigh Valley | AAA | PHI |
Garrett Irvin | P | UA | 20-22 | Lansing | A+ | OAK |
Kobe Kato | 2B | UA | 19-21 | Tacoma | AAA | SEA |
Jackson Kent | P | UA | 23-24 | FCL Nationals | RK | WAS |
Scott Kingery | 2B | UA | 13-15 | Lehigh Valley | AAA | PHI |
Randy Labaut | P | UA | 17-19 | Columbus | AAA | CLE |
Trevor Long | P | UA | 21-24 | Modesto | A | SEA |
Gil Luna | P | UA | 18-21 | Birmingham | AA | CHW |
Aiden May | P | Pima | 22 | FCL Marlins | RK | MIA |
Nik McClaughry | 2B | UA | 20-23 | Fort Wayne | A+ | SD |
Cade McGee | INF | Salpointe | 18-21 | Palm Beach | A | STL |
Tylor Megill | P | UA | 17-19 | NY Mets | MLB | NYM |
Ian Mejia | P | Sahuarita | 16-19 | Mississippi | AA | ATL |
Andrew Nardi | P | UA | 19 | Miami | MLB | MIA |
Kevin Newman | SS | UA | 13-15 | Arizona | MLB | ARI |
Jared Oliva | OF | UA | 15-17 | Arkansas | AA | SEA |
Spencer Packard | OF | CDO | 13-16 | Tacoma | AAA | SEA |
Rob Refsnyder | OF | UA | 10-12 | Boston | MLB | BOS |
Alfonso Rivas | 1B | UA | 16-18 | Memphis | AAA | STL |
Kiko Romero | 1B | UA* | 23 | Somerset | AA | NYY |
Milo Rushford | CF | WGHS | 19-22 | ACL Royals | RK | KC |
César Salazar | C | UA* | 16-18 | Sugar Land | AAA | HOU |
Chase Silseth | P | UA | 21 | Salt Lake | AAA | LAA |
Austin Smith | P | UA | 21 | Rome | A+ | ATL |
Kevin Stevens | P | Cienega | 13-16 | Somerset | AA | NYY |
Cal Stevenson | OF | UA | 17-18 | Philadelphia | MLB | PHI |
Anthony Susac | P | UA | 22-24 | Down East | A | TEX |
Daniel Susac | C | UA | 21-22 | Midland | AA | OAK |
Alex Verdugo | OF | Sahuaro | 11-14 | NY Yankees | MLB | NYY |
Cam Walty | P | UA | 21-24 | TBD | TBD | CLE |
Avery Weems | P | UA | 18-19 | Hickory | A+ | TEX |
Austin Wells | C | UA | 19-20 | NY Yankees | MLB | NYY |
LOCAL BATTERS IN THE PROS
Through games of Sept. 6*Injuries
Dyer (60-day/undisclosed)
Packard (7-day/leg)
Player | Team | Lvl | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baez | MIN | A+ | 81 | 272 | 36 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 0 | .235 |
Boissiere | WAS | A+ | 46 | 154 | 19 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | .214 |
Bullard | MIA | A+ | 46 | 149 | 12 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | .295 |
Crisantes | ARI | A | 61 | 240 | 55 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 19 | .338 |
Dalbec | BOS | AAA | 84 | 316 | 58 | 81 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 61 | 9 | .256 |
Davis | STL | A+ | 30 | 113 | 14 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 1 | .301 |
*Dyer | TB | AA | 39 | 118 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .212 |
Fraizer | PIT | AA | 49 | 168 | 22 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 9 | .232 |
Gonzales | PIT | MLB | 74 | 288 | 33 | 76 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 4 | .264 |
Hall | PHI | AAA | 99 | 377 | 44 | 92 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 65 | 2 | .244 |
Kato | SEA | AAA | 6 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .500 |
Kingery | PHI | AAA | 112 | 416 | 66 | 112 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 64 | 23 | .269 |
McClaughry | SD | A+ | 82 | 252 | 31 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | .151 |
McGee | STL | A | 19 | 62 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .194 |
Newman | ARI | MLB | 103 | 277 | 38 | 77 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | .278 |
Oliva | SEA | AA | 63 | 188 | 39 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 32 | .287 |
*Packard | SEA | AAA | 40 | 154 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | .279 |
Refsnyder | BOS | MLB | 88 | 263 | 30 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 2 | .278 |
Rivas | STL | AAA | 87 | 288 | 43 | 67 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 1 | .233 |
Romero | NYY | AA | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .667 |
Rushford | KC | RK | 16 | 52 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .192 |
Salazar | HOU | AAA | 72 | 244 | 36 | 64 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 1 | .258 |
Stevenson | PHI | MLB | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .192 |
Susac | OAK | AA | 83 | 324 | 39 | 87 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 50 | 6 | .269 |
Verdugo | NYY | MLB | 135 | 513 | 67 | 121 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 56 | 1 | .236 |
Wells | NYY | MLB | 98 | 294 | 38 | 74 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 44 | 1 | .252 |
THURSDAY’S HOME RUNS
Scott Kingery hits his 17th Home Run of the Season for AAA Lehigh Valley! pic.twitter.com/VPNXryWGF9
— Phillies Tailgate (@PhilsTailgate) July 12, 2024
2B Scott Kingery (Arizona), Phillies AAA, solo HR (17th HR at Triple-A and overall this season)
Austin Wells is on FIRE over his last 20 games:
.362 OBP | .540 SLG% | .902 OPS | 155 wRC+ pic.twitter.com/GDZvR7V9Ie
— Fireside Yankees (@FiresideYankees) July 12, 2024
C Austin Wells (Arizona), Yankees MLB, solo HR (fifth HR at MLB and overall this season)
THURSDAY’S STANDOUTS
SS Demetrio Crisantes (Nogales), Diamondbacks A, 3-5, 2 runs, double
OF Cal Stevenson (Arizona), Phillies AAA, 3-4, 3 runs, double, triple
C Austin Wells (Arizona), Yankees MLB, 2-3, run, HR, RBI
LF-1B Spencer Packard (CDO), Mariners AAA, 2-3, run, double, RBI
LF-RF Milo Rushford (Walden Grove), Royals RK, 2-3, 2 runs
2B Scott Kingery (Arizona), Phillies AAA, 1-4, run, HR, RBI
1B Bobby Dalbec (Arizona), Red Sox AAA, 1-2, 2 runs, 2 walks
1B Darick Hall (Buena), Phillies AAA, 1-3, double, 3 RBIs
LOCAL PITCHERS IN THE PROS
Through games of Sept. 6*Injuries
Bustamante (60-day/arm)
Silseth (7-day/elbow)
Stevens (60-day/arm)
Nardi (15-day/elbow)
Player | Team | Lvl | W-L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
*Bustamante | NYY | A | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Candiotti | SD | RK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dicochea | OAK | A | 3-6 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 78.1 | 75 | 50 | 40 | 42 | 84 | 4.54 |
Fajardo | SEA | A | 3-2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 63.1 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 41 | 71 | 5.26 |
Flynn | TB | AAA | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6.75 |
Ginkel | ARI | MLB | 7-3 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 62.2 | 58 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 67 | 2.87 |
Irvin | OAK | A+ | 2-2 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 37.2 | 44 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 43 | 6.05 |
Kent | WAS | RK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Labaut | CLE | AAA | 3-6 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 55.2 | 53 | 37 | 30 | 41 | 48 | 4.85 |
Long | SEA | A | 1-0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1.08 |
Luna | CHW | AA | 4-3 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 41.2 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 43 | 45 | 3.02 |
May | MIA | RK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Megill | NYM | MLB | 3-5 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 56.1 | 55 | 34 | 31 | 24 | 64 | 4.95 |
Mejia | ATL | AA | 7-7 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 118 | 104 | 55 | 48 | 54 | 118 | 3.66 |
*Nardi | MIA | MLB | 3-2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 49.2 | 44 | 29 | 28 | 18 | 70 | 5.07 |
*Silseth | LAA | AAA | 0-3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28.1 | 33 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 6.35 |
Smith | ATL | A+ | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4.05 |
*Stevens | NYY | AA | 4-0 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 2.54 |
Susac | TEX | A | 1-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0.00 |
Walty | CLE | RK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Weems | TEX | A+ | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18.00 |
THURSDAY’S STANDOUTS
RHP Kevin Ginkel (Arizona), Diamondbacks MLB, 1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K (no decision)
RHP Tylor Megill (Arizona), Mets AAA, 5 IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 6K (no decision)
LHP Andrew Nardi (Arizona), Marlins MLB, 0.2 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K (no decision)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (LAST 14 DAYS)
Wednesday, July 10
Matthew Dyer- IL-60 Injured (undisclosed) (Tampa Bay Rays)
Wednesday, July 3
Matthew Dyer- IL-7 Injured (undisclosed) (Tampa Bay Rays)
Sunday, June 30
Tylor Megill – Assigned to Syracuse Mets (AAA) (New York Mets)
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