Matt Wallner, OF, Twins — Wallner missed two months of the year after surgery to remove the hamate bone in his right wrist. So far, he's using the AFL to make up for lost time. The powerful outfielder went 3-for-5 with a home run—his second of the Fall League—on Monday in his team's loss to Scottsdale. The home run left the bat at 97.8 mph and traveled an estimated 393 feet to the opposite field. Not be outdone, Wallner also had a 109.8 mph lineup in the game.
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Twins: Matt Wallner, OF (No. 14), Scottsdale Scorpions
Wallner’s impressive start to the Fall League continued with a three-hit performance, including his second long ball in as many games. The 23-year-old opened the scoring with a solo homer in the second and temporarily evened the score with an RBI single in the seventh. Wallner is tied for the top spot in the AFL with five RBIs and he’s tied for second with two home runs after slugging a career-high 15 in the regular season. Through four AFL contests, the Minnesota native is 6-for-16 (.375) with a 1.194 OPS.
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Triston Casas, 1B, Red Sox — Boston fans are riding high right now. Their big league team is fighting for a spot in the World Series, and two of their brightest prospects took huge steps forward in 2021. Casas has been outstanding in the early portion of the AFL, and on Tuesday he went 2-for-3 with a double, a run and two walks. His fast start in the Fall League will only serve to further cement Casas' spot as one of the best overall young talents in the game.
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Red Sox: Triston Casas, 1B (MLB No. 18), Scottsdale Scorpions
Casas may not have driven in a run in Scottsdale’s win, but he reached base four times via a double, a single and two walks. The 21-year-old has three multihit performances through five games and has earned three free passes in 23 plate appearances. Casas is batting .300/.391/.500 with a homer, a double and three RBIs in Arizona despite striking out nine times.
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Red Sox: Triston Casas, 1B (MLB No. 18), Scottsdale Scorpions
Casas may not have driven in a run in Scottsdale’s win, but he reached base four times via a double, a single and two walks. The 21-year-old has three multihit performances through five games and has earned three free passes in 23 plate appearances. Casas is batting .300/.391/.500 with a homer, a double and three RBIs in Arizona despite striking out nine times.
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PEORIA, Ariz. -- Five scoreless frames with five strikeouts earned Rangers No. 29 prospect Owen White the first Arizona Fall League Pitcher of the Week honors of the 2021 season.
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Owen White, RHP, Rangers — White's second start wasn't as stellar as his first, but the 23-year-old righty continued to make up for all the time he lost by putting together another five-inning outing. This time he allowed a pair of runs (both earned) while striking out four and walking one. His hiccup came in the second inning, when he allowed a pair of runs—including one on a home run to Cleveland prospect Richie Palacios. His 10 innings are the most in the AFL, and his 0.80 WHIP and .147 batting average against are each the best on the circuit.
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Marlins: Kameron Misner, OF (No. 22), Mesa Solar Sox
Misner experienced a slow start to his time in Arizona, hitting .125 across six games entering play Tuesday. The Missouri native broke that cold spell with two home runs on three hits in a Solar Sox loss to the Javelinas. Misner opened the scoring for Mesa in the fourth with a two-run shot. His second, a solo dinger, tied the game, 5-5, in the sixth, going back-to-back with Velazquez. With nine total bases, Misner raised his slash line to .207/.265/.552 with an .816 OPS. In 102 regular-season games between High-A Beloit and Double-A Pensacola, the 23-year-old posted a .788 OPS with 12 homers and 44 extra-base hits.
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Misner experienced a slow start to his time in Arizona, hitting .125 across six games entering play Tuesday. The Missouri native broke that cold spell with two home runs on three hits in a Solar Sox loss to the Javelinas. Misner opened the scoring for Mesa in the fourth with a two-run shot. His second, a solo dinger, tied the game, 5-5, in the sixth, going back-to-back with Velazquez. With nine total bases, Misner raised his slash line to .207/.265/.552 with an .816 OPS. In 102 regular-season games between High-A Beloit and Double-A Pensacola, the 23-year-old posted a .788 OPS with 12 homers and 44 extra-base hits.
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Rangers: Owen White, RHP (No. 29), Surprise Saguaros
White has been one of the top pitchers in the AFL to date and that didn’t change in his third appearance. The 22-year-old scattered three hits and two walks while striking out five over five scoreless frames to lower his ERA to 1.20. White tossed 40 of his 68 pitches for strikes and tallied four of his five strikeouts in a six-batter sequence across the second and third innings. The North Carolina native has a 14-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio and an 0.87 WHIP in 15 AFL frames.
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Owen White, RHP, Rangers — Through two weeks and change, the AFL has proved to be even more of a hitter's league than usual. Not for White, who has cut through the competition with aplomb through three starts. On Wednesday against Peoria, the righthander—who made his pro debut in 2021 after years of injuries leading up to the pandemic—whiffed five over five three-hit shutout innings. For the season, White has allowed two runs on eight hits over 15 innings while striking out 14 and walking five.
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White has been one of the top pitchers in the AFL to date and that didn’t change in his third appearance. The 22-year-old scattered three hits and two walks while striking out five over five scoreless frames to lower his ERA to 1.20. White tossed 40 of his 68 pitches for strikes and tallied four of his five strikeouts in a six-batter sequence across the second and third innings. The North Carolina native has a 14-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio and an 0.87 WHIP in 15 AFL frames.
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Owen White, RHP, Rangers — Through two weeks and change, the AFL has proved to be even more of a hitter's league than usual. Not for White, who has cut through the competition with aplomb through three starts. On Wednesday against Peoria, the righthander—who made his pro debut in 2021 after years of injuries leading up to the pandemic—whiffed five over five three-hit shutout innings. For the season, White has allowed two runs on eight hits over 15 innings while striking out 14 and walking five.
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Owen White, RHP, Rangers — White threw just 35.1 innings in the regular season, which stood as the only official professional action he'd seen since being drafted in 2018. Tommy John surgery and the pandemic wiped out his 2019 and 2020 seasons, and a broken hand in his first start this season kept him out until August. Even so, in that short time he's proven himself to be one of the most intriguing pitchers in Texas' system. He's also done a fantastic job navigating the highly hitter-heavy atmosphere in this year's Arizona Fall League. In four starts, righthander has allowed 10 hits while walking nine and whiffing 19. Notably, he'd walked five in 15 previous innings before Wednesday's outing—which was played at Salt River Fields where the automatic ball-strike system is in use—when he walked four hitters in 4.1 innings. His first four frames were excellent before he ran out of steam in the fifth and handed a bases-loaded situation to the bullpen. He now leads the league in ERA, wins, average against, WHIP and innings pitched.
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Rangers: Owen White, RHP (No. 29), Surprise Saguaros
White pitched into the fifth inning for the fourth consecutive start en route to notching his AFL-best fourth victory. White surrendered two hits and two walks through four scoreless innings before running into trouble in the fifth. He tallied his fifth and final strikeout to open the frame but walked consecutive batters and loaded the bases by plunking a player before he was removed. White ultimately was charged with a run on two hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings. His 1.40 ERA leads the league.
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Rangers: Owen White, RHP (No. 29), Surprise Saguaros
White pitched into the fifth inning for the fourth consecutive start en route to notching his AFL-best fourth victory. White surrendered two hits and two walks through four scoreless innings before running into trouble in the fifth. He tallied his fifth and final strikeout to open the frame but walked consecutive batters and loaded the bases by plunking a player before he was removed. White ultimately was charged with a run on two hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings. His 1.40 ERA leads the league.
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Twins: Matt Wallner, OF (No. 14), Scottsdale Scorpions
Wallner capped a three-hit day for Scottsdale in resounding fashion, socking a two-run blast to his pull side in the ninth off the AFL’s tallest pitcher, 6-foot-10 Spencer Mraz (Rangers). Eight of the 19 hits for the 2019 first-round pick (who is 6-foot-5) this autumn have gone for extra bases, leading to a team-high .619 slugging percentage. After homering 15 times across 66 regular-season games with High-A Cedar Rapids this year, the Forest Lake, Minn., native has lifted off six times during 17 Fall League outings.
Red Sox: Triston Casas, 1B (MLB No. 18), Scottsdale Scorpions
If it feels as though Casas has gotten on base nearly half the time during the Fall League -- it’s because he has (.500 OBP). The No. 2 Red Sox prospect went 2-for-2 with three walks for Scottsdale against Surprise, continuing his stellar stretch of hitting. Casas sparked the Scorpions’ offense in the first, with the contest’s first run crossing the dish on an error after his knock. His .373 average ranks second among qualified batters in the Fall League. The 21-year-old has extended the success he enjoyed during the regular season, where he slashed .284/.395/.484 across 77 games for Double-A Portland.
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Wallner capped a three-hit day for Scottsdale in resounding fashion, socking a two-run blast to his pull side in the ninth off the AFL’s tallest pitcher, 6-foot-10 Spencer Mraz (Rangers). Eight of the 19 hits for the 2019 first-round pick (who is 6-foot-5) this autumn have gone for extra bases, leading to a team-high .619 slugging percentage. After homering 15 times across 66 regular-season games with High-A Cedar Rapids this year, the Forest Lake, Minn., native has lifted off six times during 17 Fall League outings.
Red Sox: Triston Casas, 1B (MLB No. 18), Scottsdale Scorpions
If it feels as though Casas has gotten on base nearly half the time during the Fall League -- it’s because he has (.500 OBP). The No. 2 Red Sox prospect went 2-for-2 with three walks for Scottsdale against Surprise, continuing his stellar stretch of hitting. Casas sparked the Scorpions’ offense in the first, with the contest’s first run crossing the dish on an error after his knock. His .373 average ranks second among qualified batters in the Fall League. The 21-year-old has extended the success he enjoyed during the regular season, where he slashed .284/.395/.484 across 77 games for Double-A Portland.
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Red Sox: Triston Casas (MLB No. 18), Scottsdale Scorpions
Another day, another hit for Casas, who now has at least one in 17 straight games, one shy of Curtis Mead’s season-best streak for the circuit. The second-ranked Red Sox prospect beat out an RBI infield single to third base in the fifth inning in Scottsdale’s eventual 4-3 win over Salt River. In 10 games this month, Casas is batting an eye-popping .469/.614/.594 with 15 hits in 32 at-bats, seven RBIs and 10 walks with only three strikeouts. For the season, the first baseman’s slash line sits at .372/.495/.487. Casas should be knocking on the door of the Major Leagues next year after reaching Triple-A Worcester for nine games at the end of this season.
Astros: Korey Lee, C (No. 1), Glendale Desert Dogs
In his 16th AFL game, Houston’s top prospect cracked his first home run of the fall. Lee left the yard on a two-run blast in the sixth to pull Glendale even with Mesa en route to the Desert Dogs' 3-2 victory. He has cooled since a hot start to the Fall League campaign, going just 3-for-27 in seven November games after batting .344 with an .822 OPS in nine October contests, but Wednesday’s blast was his second extra-base hit in his last three contests. It also marked the 23-year-old’s first home run of any kind since July 15 with Double-A Corpus Christi.
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Another day, another hit for Casas, who now has at least one in 17 straight games, one shy of Curtis Mead’s season-best streak for the circuit. The second-ranked Red Sox prospect beat out an RBI infield single to third base in the fifth inning in Scottsdale’s eventual 4-3 win over Salt River. In 10 games this month, Casas is batting an eye-popping .469/.614/.594 with 15 hits in 32 at-bats, seven RBIs and 10 walks with only three strikeouts. For the season, the first baseman’s slash line sits at .372/.495/.487. Casas should be knocking on the door of the Major Leagues next year after reaching Triple-A Worcester for nine games at the end of this season.
Astros: Korey Lee, C (No. 1), Glendale Desert Dogs
In his 16th AFL game, Houston’s top prospect cracked his first home run of the fall. Lee left the yard on a two-run blast in the sixth to pull Glendale even with Mesa en route to the Desert Dogs' 3-2 victory. He has cooled since a hot start to the Fall League campaign, going just 3-for-27 in seven November games after batting .344 with an .822 OPS in nine October contests, but Wednesday’s blast was his second extra-base hit in his last three contests. It also marked the 23-year-old’s first home run of any kind since July 15 with Double-A Corpus Christi.
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Rangers' White is AFL Pitcher of the Year
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When it came to naming the Arizona Fall League’s Pitcher of the Year, the discussion was brief, the debate non-existent.
Owen White, who was lights out throughout the AFL, was given the honors prior to Saturday’s Championship Game between the Mesa Solar Sox and White’s Surprise Saguaros.
In a hitter friendly environment, White dominated. The Rangers’ No. 28 prospect led the league with 28 1/3 innings pitched, finished third in strikeouts with 29, pitched to a 1.91 ERA and held opposing hitters to a .202 batting average.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When it came to naming the Arizona Fall League’s Pitcher of the Year, the discussion was brief, the debate non-existent.
Owen White, who was lights out throughout the AFL, was given the honors prior to Saturday’s Championship Game between the Mesa Solar Sox and White’s Surprise Saguaros.
In a hitter friendly environment, White dominated. The Rangers’ No. 28 prospect led the league with 28 1/3 innings pitched, finished third in strikeouts with 29, pitched to a 1.91 ERA and held opposing hitters to a .202 batting average.
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