{"id":10212,"date":"2017-10-05T13:51:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T13:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rochester-honkers\/?p=10212"},"modified":"2017-10-05T13:51:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T13:51:43","slug":"northwoods-league-alumni-taking-part-2017-arizona-fall-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rochester-honkers\/2017\/10\/05\/northwoods-league-alumni-taking-part-2017-arizona-fall-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwoods League Alumni Taking Part in the 2017 Arizona Fall League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><strong>Fall league showcases the top prospects in Minor League Baseball<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Rochester, Minn.<\/strong> \u2013 Starting next week, twenty-eight former Northwoods League players will be competing over the next two months in Arizona against the top players in Minor League Baseball. Nearly 60 percent of AFL players will at some point make a Major League roster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">There are six teams in the Arizona Fall League: Scottsdale Scorpions, Mesa Solar Sox, Salt River Rafters, Glendale Desert Dogs, Peoria Javelinas and the Surprise Saguaros. The names of the teams were picked by Major League Baseball to reflect the Southwestern desert traditions in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The former Northwoods League players and their AFL team are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Scottsdale Scorpions<br \/>\nTim Peterson Rochester\/La Crosse \u201811<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>D.J. Snelton Rochester \u201811 \u2013 \u201812<\/strong><br \/>\nMatt Thaiss Madison \u201814<br \/>\nKevin Kaczmarski Waterloo \u201812, \u201814<br \/>\nTroy Montgomery Kalamazoo \u201814<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Mesa Solar Sox<\/strong><br \/>\nDakota Bacus Waterloo \u201811<br \/>\nNolan Blackwood Wisconsin Rapids \u201814<br \/>\nAlec Mills Madison \u201812<br \/>\nJake Stinnett Willmar \u201811<br \/>\nTaylor Gushue Madison \u201812<br \/>\nNick Tanielu St. Cloud \u201812<br \/>\nJason Vosler Thunder Bay \u201813<br \/>\nCam Gibson Battle Creek \u201813<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Glendale Desert Dogs<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Seby Zavala Kalamazoo \u201814<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Kevin Kramer La Crosse \u201812<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Matt Beaty Alexandria \u201812, Green Bay \u201814<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Ka\u2019ai Tom Wisconsin \u201814<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Peoria Javelinas<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Bobby Poyner Madison \u201812<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Daniel Young Wisconsin \u201813, Kenosha \u201814<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Eric Filia Kenosha \u201815<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Jared James Thunder Bay \u201815<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Salt River Rafters<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">James Farris Brainerd \u201811<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Ben Meyer St. Cloud \u201812<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Jon Perrin Mankato \u201813<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Colin Poche Willmar \u201813<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Brian Mundell Eau Claire \u201814<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Steve Wilkerson La Crosse \u201811<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Surprise Saguaros<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Chris Paul St. Cloud \u201812 &#8211; \u201814<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">More information on the Arizona Fall League can be found here: <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/mlb\/events\/afl\/\">Arizona Fall League<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>###<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. The 24-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 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 180 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (LAD) and Lucas Duda (TBR). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. For more information, visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northwoodsleague.com\">www.northwoodsleague.com<\/a><em> or download the Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Fall league showcases the top prospects in Minor League Baseball Rochester, Minn. \u2013 Starting next week, twenty-eight former Northwoods  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news","category-update-ticker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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