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\n\tFall league showcases the top prospects in Minor League Baseball<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tRochester, Minn. – Starting tomorrow twenty eight former Northwoods League players will be competing over the next two months in Arizona against the top players in Minor League Baseball.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tThere are six teams in the Arizona Fall League: the Scottsdale Scorpions, Mesa Solar Sox, Salt River Rafters, Glendale Desert Dogs, Peoria Javelinas and Surprise Saguaros. The names of the teams were picked by Major League Baseball to reflect the Southwestern desert traditions in the state.\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe teams are broken into two divisions, East and West and each Major League Baseball team sends six top prospects to the Arizona Fall League. Most of the players are Double-A and Triple-A Minor League players. Each team can choose to send one player considered a Class A player.\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tThis year the Eau Claire Express have one former player taking part in the fall league.  Casey Gillaspie was drafted in the 1st<\/sup> round of the 2014 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Rays.  This past season the first baseman played most of the season with the class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods, before getting promoted to advanced class-A where he finished the season with the Charlotte Stone Crabs.  During the 2015 season he hit .253 with 17 home runs and drove in 48 runs.    \n<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe former Northwoods League players and their AFL team are as follows:\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tGlendale Desert Dogs<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSteven Brault   Willmar ’12-‘13\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChris Cotton     Lakeshore ‘12\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTyler Eppler      Rochester ‘13\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTom Windle      Madison ‘11\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKeegan Yuhl     Battle Creek ‘13\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAndrew Knapp   La Crosse ‘11\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJ.D. Davis         Wisconsin ‘12\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJake Peter        Wisconsin ’12-‘13\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDerek Fisher     Madison ‘12\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tPeoria Javelinas<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDaniel Winkler  Rochester ‘10\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChad Wallach    Rochester ‘12\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTyler Smith       La Crosse ‘11\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPhillip Ervin      Green Bay ‘11  \n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tSalt River Rafters<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDakota Bacus    Waterloo ‘11\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDaniel Gibson   Madison ‘12\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBeck Wheeler    Wis. Rapids ‘11\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tSurprise Saguaros<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJacob Barnes      Willmar ‘10\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSam Wolff           Wisconsin ‘10\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tMesa Solar Sox<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHarrison Cooney   La Crosse ‘11\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJake Esch            Madison ’09-‘10\n<\/p>\n

\n\tStephen McGee    Alexandria ‘12\n<\/p>\n

\n\tEric Aguilera        Lakeshore ‘12\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCasey Gillaspie     Eau Claire ’12<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAaron Kurcz         Alexandria ‘09\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tScottsdale Scorpions<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMitch Garver         St. Cloud ’10-‘11\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJeremy Lucas         Waterloo ’10-‘11\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMichael Gerber       Wisconsin ’11, Madison ‘12\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDanny Rosenbaum Thunder Bay ‘08\n<\/p>\n

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\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tMore information on the Arizona Fall League can be found here: Arizona Fall League<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\t###<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. The 21-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 120 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (DET) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Allen Craig (BOS) and Ben Zobrist (TB). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League YouTube channel. For more information, visit<\/em> www.northwoodsleague.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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