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 | Houston | MLB | 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 | Round Rock | AAA | TEX |
Austin Wells | C | UA | 19-20 | NY Yankees | MLB | NYY |
LOCAL BATTERS IN THE PROS
Through games of Sept. 22*Injuries
Dyer (60-day/undisclosed)
Packard (7-day/leg)
Refsnyder (10-day/forearm)
Player | Team | Lvl | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baez | MIN | A+ | 82 | 276 | 38 | 66 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 0 | .239 |
Boissiere | WAS | A+ | 48 | 163 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | .209 |
Bullard | MIA | A+ | 47 | 153 | 12 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | .301 |
Crisantes | ARI | A | 63 | 249 | 58 | 83 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 20 | .333 |
Dalbec | BOS | AAA | 97 | 361 | 68 | 91 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 68 | 11 | .252 |
Davis | STL | AA | 8 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .250 |
*Dyer | TB | AA | 39 | 118 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .212 |
Fraizer | PIT | AA | 56 | 192 | 25 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 10 | .240 |
Gonzales | PIT | MLB | 89 | 342 | 38 | 92 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 5 | .269 |
Hall | PHI | AAA | 114 | 432 | 50 | 102 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 72 | 2 | .236 |
Kato | SEA | AAA | 16 | 59 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | .356 |
Kingery | PHI | AAA | 125 | 463 | 73 | 124 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 67 | 25 | .268 |
McClaughry | SD | A+ | 83 | 255 | 31 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | .149 |
McGee | STL | A | 20 | 66 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .197 |
Newman | ARI | MLB | 108 | 284 | 41 | 80 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 8 | .282 |
Oliva | SEA | AA | 69 | 214 | 45 | 63 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 37 | .294 |
*Packard | SEA | AAA | 40 | 154 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | .279 |
*Refsnyder | BOS | MLB | 93 | 272 | 32 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 2 | .283 |
Rivas | STL | AAA | 96 | 315 | 51 | 72 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 1 | .229 |
Romero | NYY | AA | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 |
Rushford | KC | RK | 16 | 52 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .192 |
Salazar | HOU | MLB | 11 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .333 |
Stevenson | PHI | MLB | 18 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 250 |
Susac | OAK | AA | 88 | 343 | 39 | 88 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 50 | 7 | .257 |
Verdugo | NYY | MLB | 145 | 546 | 72 | 127 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 58 | 1 | .233 |
Wells | NYY | MLB | 110 | 339 | 39 | 81 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 54 | 1 | .239 |
FRIDAY’S HOME RUNS
Chase Davis just demolished his 6th home run of the season:
EV: 111.5 MPH (Statcast-high)
LA: 19°
Distance: 365 ft. pic.twitter.com/LwvkdUk23F— Kareem (@KareemSSN) June 28, 2024
CF Chase Davis (Arizona), Cardinals A, 3-run HR (sixth in Single-A this season and overall)
RF-LF Tanner O’Tremba (Arizona), Giants A+, 3-run HR (fourth in Single-A+ this season and overall)
Cal pic.twitter.com/mcH7o9PCIc
— Lehigh Valley IronPigs (@IronPigs) June 28, 2024
CF-RF Cal Stevenson (Arizona), Phillies AAA, 3-run HR (fourth in Triple-A this season and overall)
FRIDAY’S STANDOUTS
Chase Davis has been making slight adjustments to his stance/swing throughout the season pic.twitter.com/We2jmvAsKw
— Kareem (@KareemSSN) June 29, 2024
CF Chase Davis (Arizona), Cardinals A, 2-4, run, double, HR, 5 RBIs
RF-LF Tanner O’Tremba (Arizona), Giants A+, 2-4, run, double, HR, 4 RBIs
CF-RF Cal Stevenson (Arizona), Phillies AAA, 2-4, 2 runs, double, HR, 3 RBIs
SS Demetrio Crisantes (Nogales), Diamondbacks A, 2-5, run
1B Bobby Dalbec (Arizona), Red Sox AAA, 2-5, 2 doubles, RBI, stolen base
C Daniel Susac (Arizona), Athletics AA, 2-4, 2 doubles, 2 RBIs
OF Alex Verdugo (Sahuaro), Yankees MLB, 2-5, 2 runs, double, 2 RBIs
RF-CF Matt Fraizer (Arizona), Pirates AAA, 1-4, double
2B Nick Gonzales (Cienega), Pirates MLB, 1-3, double, stolen base
1B Darick Hall (Buena), Phillies AAA, 1-4, RBI, stolen base
LF-1B Spencer Packard (CDO), Mariners AAA, 1-3, run, double
LOCAL PITCHERS IN THE PROS
Through games of Sept. 22*Injuries
Bustamante (60-day/arm)
Silseth (7-day/elbow)
Stevens (60-day/arm)
Nardi (60-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 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 65.1 | 61 | 48 | 37 | 41 | 73 | 5.10 |
Flynn | TB | AAA | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6.35 |
Ginkel | ARI | MLB | 8-3 | 69 | 0 | 5 | 67.2 | 66 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 73 | 3.33 |
Irvin | OAK | A+ | 3-2 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 38.1 | 45 | 30 | 26 | 25 | 43 | 5.95 |
Kent | WAS | RK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Labaut | CLE | AAA | 3-6 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 57 | 38 | 31 | 43 | 52 | 4.57 |
Long | SEA | A | 1-0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1.08 |
Luna | CHW | AA | 4-3 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 46 | 48 | 2.80 |
May | MIA | RK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Megill | NYM | MLB | 4-5 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 71.1 | 62 | 36 | 32 | 30 | 83 | 3.98 |
Mejia | ATL | AA | 8-7 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 124.1 | 108 | 55 | 48 | 56 | 123 | 3.47 |
*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 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0.00 |
Walty | CLE | RK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Weems | TEX | AAA | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8.31 |
FRIDAY’S STANDOUTS
RHP Chris Barraza (Sahuarita/Arizona), Angels A, 1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K (no decision)
RHP Kevin Ginkel (Arizona), Diamondbacks AAA, 1 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K (no decision)
LHP Garrett Irvin (Arizona), Athletics A+, 2 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K (no decision)
RHP Austin Smith (Arizona), Braves AA, 1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K (no decision)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (LAST 14 DAYS)
Friday, June 28
Daniel Susac – Activated from IL-7 (undisclosed) (Oakland Athletics)
Wednesday, June 26
Donta’ Williams – Assigned to Bowie Baysox (AA) (Baltimore Orioles)
Chase Silseth (elbow) activated from IL, optioned to Triple-A https://t.co/xFIeDO8yBB via @Koslow_ari #RepTheHalo
— FantasyPros (@FantasyProsMLB) June 25, 2024
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Chase Silseth – Assigned to Salt Lake Bees (AAA) (Los Angeles Angels)
Chase Silseth – Activated from injured list (Los Angeles Angels)
The WooSox added Bobby Dalbec to their roster and placed outfielder Corey Rosier on the development list. pic.twitter.com/Cdce13QKYQ
— Beyond the Monster (@BeyondtheMnstr) June 23, 2024
Saturday, June 22
Bobby Dalbec – Assigned to Worcester (AAA) (Boston Red Sox)
Tuesday, June 19
Daniel Susac – IL-7 Injured (undisclosed) (Oakland Athletics)
Monday, June 17, 2024
Demetrio Crisantes – Assigned to Visalia Rawhide (A) (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Jared Oliva – IL-7 Injured (Seattle Mariners)
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