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 or Arizona currently playing in pro baseball.*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 |
| Christopher Barraza | P | UA* | 21-23 | Inland Empire | A | LAA |
| 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 |
| Demetrio Crisantes | SS | Nogales | 19-22 | Visalia | A | ARI |
| Bobby Dalbec | 1B | UA | 14-16 | Boston | AAA | BOS |
| Chase Davis | OF | UA | 21-23 | Palm Beach | A | 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 | Oklahoma City | AAA | LAD |
| Matt Fraizer | OF | UA | 17-19 | Indianapolis | AAA | 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 |
| Scott Kingery | 2B | UA | 13-15 | Lehigh Valley | AAA | PHI |
| Randy Labaut | P | UA | 17-19 | Columbus | AAA | CLE |
| Gil Luna | P | UA | 18-21 | Birmingham | AA | CHW |
| Nik McClaughry | 2B | UA | 20-23 | Fort Wayne | A+ | SD |
| 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 |
| Tanner O'Tremba | OF | UA | 21-22 | Eugene | A+ | SF |
| 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 | Hudson Valley | A+ | NYY |
| Milo Rushford | CF | WGHS | 18-21 | ACL Royals | RK | KC |
| César Salazar | C | UA* | 16-18 | Houston | MLB | HOU |
| Chase Silseth | P | UA | 21 | Salt Lake | AAA | LAA |
| Austin Smith | P | UA | 21 | Mississippi | AA | ATL |
| Daniel Susac | C | UA | 21-22 | Midland | AA | OAK |
| Cal Stevenson | OF | UA | 17-18 | Lehigh Valley | AAA | PHI |
| Alex Verdugo | OF | Sahuaro | 11-14 | NY Yankees | MLB | NYY |
| Avery Weems | P | UA | 18-19 | Frisco | AA | TEX |
| Austin Wells | C | UA | 19-20 | NY Yankees | MLB | NYY |
| Donta' Williams | OF | UA | 18-21 | Norfolk | AAA | BAL |
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (LAST 14 DAYS)
Tuesday, June 11
Spencer Packard – Assigned to Tacoma Rainiers (AAA) (Seattle Mariners)
Someone’s PACKING up and moving to Tacoma!
Spencer Packard gets his call up to Triple-A! Through 50 games with Arkansas this year, Pack raked with a .285 AVG, having collected 5 2B, 5 HR, and 29 RBIs. pic.twitter.com/pWQ9eAdd3t
— Arkansas Travelers (@ARTravs) June 11, 2024
Cesar Salazar – Recalled from from Sugar Land Space Cowboys (AAA) (Houston Astros)
Just do it https://t.co/8xhg7I3uVW pic.twitter.com/LTaFU2v7fm
— Cesar Salazar (@cesarsalazar34) May 16, 2024
Chase Silseth – Assigned to Salt Lake Bees (AAA) for rehab (Los Angeles Angels)
Chase Silseth (elbow) moving rehab to Triple-A https://t.co/hYemiNOeVk via @BKemp17 #RepTheHalo
— FantasyPros (@FantasyProsMLB) June 11, 2024
Sunday, June 9
Donny Sands – Released by Giants. The 28-year-old Salpointe graduate signed a minor-league deal with the club in mid-May after the Tigers released him at the end of spring training. The Yankees selected Sands in the eighth round of the 2015 draft, and he spent the next seven seasons in their system before the Yankees traded him to the Phillies ahead of the 2022 campaign. Sands made his MLB debut with Philadelphia the following September. He appeared in three games as a pinch-hitter and caught two innings behind the plate that season, the extent of his big-league career. The Phillies traded him to the Tigers during the 2022-23 offseason. Sands’ background of being a homeless teen while at Salpointe made national news. This occurred after his father died of a heart attack and his mom Alma had to move to her native Mexico to find employment.
Thursday, June 6
Branden Boissiere – IL-60 Injured/arm (Washington Nationals)
Tuesday, June 4
Matthew Dyer – Assigned to Montgomery Biscuits (AA) (Tampa Bay Rays)
Milo Rushford – Assigned to ACL Royals (Rk) (Kansas City Royals)
Donta’ Williams – Assigned to Norfolk Tides (AAA) (Baltimore Orioles)
Sunday, June 2
Tony Bullard – Assigned to Beloit Sky Carp (A+) (Miami Marlins)
Bobby Dalbec – Recalled from from Worcester Red Sox (AAA) (Boston Red Sox)
Friday, May 31
Chase Silseth – Assigned to ACL Angels (Rk) for rehab (elbow) (Los Angeles Angels)
Thursday, May 30
Austin Smith – Activated from injured list (arm) (Atlanta Braves)
LOCAL BATTERS IN THE PROS
Through games of June 26*Injuries
Boissiere (60-day/arm)
Oliva (7-day/leg)
Susac (7-day/undisclosed)
| Player | Team | Lvl | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baez | MIN | A+ | 40 | 127 | 24 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 0 | .260 |
| *Boissiere | WAS | A+ | 33 | 112 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | .214 |
| Bullard | MIA | A+ | 13 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .279 |
| Crisantes | ARI | A | 8 | 29 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .448 |
| Dalbec | BOS | AAA | 28 | 111 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 0 | .243 |
| Davis | STL | A | 54 | 191 | 25 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 5 | .220 |
| Dyer | TB | AA | 36 | 109 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | .211 |
| Fraizer | PIT | AAA | 28 | 92 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | .250 |
| Gonzales | PIT | MLB | 41 | 153 | 20 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 2 | .281 |
| Hall | PHI | AAA | 54 | 211 | 22 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 0 | .237 |
| Kingery | PHI | AAA | 64 | 223 | 37 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 36 | 11 | .241 |
| McClaughry | SD | A+ | 48 | 147 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .163 |
| Newman | ARI | MLB | 55 | 165 | 24 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3 | .285 |
| O'Tremba | SF | A+ | 44 | 147 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | .211 |
| *Oliva | SEA | AA | 42 | 113 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 18 | .212 |
| Packard | SEA | AAA | 8 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .355 |
| Refsnyder | BOS | MLB | 47 | 143 | 17 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | .322 |
| Rivas | STL | AAA | 55 | 184 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | .234 |
| Romero | NYY | A+ | 38 | 117 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 4 | .222 |
| Rushford | KC | RK | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .067 |
| Salazar | HOU | MLB | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .455 |
| Stevenson | PHI | AAA | 63 | 186 | 31 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | .269 |
| *Susac | OAK | AA | 43 | 167 | 14 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 3 | .263 |
| Verdugo | NYY | MLB | 78 | 291 | 36 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 1 | .247 |
| Wells | NYY | MLB | 47 | 129 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | .209 |
| Williams | BAL | AAA | 6 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
TUESDAY’S HOME RUNS
RF Jared Oliva (Arizona), Mariners AA, solo HR
J.O. WITH THE K.O.
Jared Oliva’s 5th blast of the year gives the Travs the lead in the T4❕ pic.twitter.com/uDd1tryNqE
— Arkansas Travelers (@ARTravs) June 12, 2024
C Austin Wells (Arizona), Yankees MLB, 3-run HR
Stone Cold Austin Wells pic.twitter.com/IDP9WuPlcX
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 12, 2024
TUESDAY’S STANDOUTS
Congrats @SpencerPackard on your first hit at Triple-A! pic.twitter.com/eNaWOTyFzD
— Mariners Minors (@MiLBMariners) June 12, 2024
C Austin Wells (Arizona), Yankees MLB, 2-4, run, HR, 3 RBIs
LF Spencer Packard (Canyon del Oro), Mariners AAA, 2-5, 2 runs
CF Cal Stevenson (Arizona), Phillies AAA, 2-4
RF Jared Oliva (Arizona), Mariners AA, 1-3, run, HR, RBI
1B Nate Baez (Ironwood Ridge), Twins A+, 1-4, run, double, 2 RBIs
3B Tony Bullard (Arizona), Marlins A+, 1-3, 2 RBIs, stolen base
SS Demetrio Crisantes (Nogales), Diamondbacks RK, 1-4, 2 runs, double, 3 RBIs, stolen base
2B Nick Gonzales (Cienega), Pirates MLB, 1-4, double
LOCAL PITCHERS IN THE PROS
Through games of June 26*Injuries:
Bustamante (60-day/arm)
Weems (7-day/arm)
| Player | Team | Lvl | W-L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barraza | LAA | A | 0-2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 25.1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 3.20 |
| *Bustamante | NYY | A | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dicochea | OAK | A | 1-4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 37 | 5.29 |
| Fajardo | SEA | A | 2-1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 3.74 |
| Flynn | LAD | AAA | 1-0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 28.2 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 39 | 4.08 |
| Ginkel | ARI | MLB | 6-1 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 3.30 |
| Irvin | OAK | A+ | 1-2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 26 | 7.20 |
| Labaut | CLE | AAA | 2-5 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 32 | 4.91 |
| Luna | CHW | AA | 3-1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 2.35 |
| Megill | NYM | MLB | 2-4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 33.2 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 43 | 4.81 |
| Mejia | ATL | AA | 6-1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 69.2 | 51 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 76 | 2.45 |
| Nardi | MIA | MLB | 0-0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 36 | 4.85 |
| Silseth | LAA | AAA | 0-3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12.1 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10.22 |
| Smith | ATL | AA | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9.95 |
| *Weems | TEX | AA | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
TUESDAY’S STANDOUTS
Chase Silseth gave up 6 ER in 2.2 IP, with 5 BB and 2 HR, tonight at AAA. He threw 71 pitches.
This was his first rehab game at AAA.
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) June 12, 2024
RHP Jose Dicochea (Sahuarita), Athletics A, 4 IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 5K (no decision)
LHP Gil Luna (Arizona), White Sox AA, 1 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K (no decision)
LHP Andrew Nardi (Arizona), Marlins MLB, 0.2 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K (no decision)
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