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Written by Steve Potter Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues for games played on 10/21 & 10/22. Current Phillies underlined. Arizona Fall League : 10/21 : Surprise Saguaros 9 (9-5) Mesa Solar Sox 2 (5-8) Dante Nori (CF) drew four walks, stole a base, had an RBI and scored twice. Aidan Miller (3B) was 1 for 3 (single) with two walks, a stolen base, run scored and strikeout. LHP Andrew Walling pitched 2/3 of an inning retiring both batters

Written by Steve Potter This Phillies off-season I continue the series “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of five players per article. He

Written by Steve Potter This Phillies off-season I continue the series “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of five players per articl

Written by Steve Potter This Phillies off-season I continue the series “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of five players per articl

Written by Steve Potter Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues for games played on 10/18, 10/19 & 10/20. Current Phillies underlined. Arizona Fall League : 10/19 : Mesa Solar Sox 7 (5-6) Surprise Saguaros 4 (8-4) Dante Nori (RF) went 0 for 2 with two walks and a run scored. Aidan Miller (3B) was 0 for 4 with two strikeouts. RHP Keegan Batka pitched an inning in relief (1 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K’s - 22 pitches - 13 strikes) for the Saguaros. Link

Written by Steve Potter This Phillies off-season I continue the series “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of five players per articl

Written by Steve Potter Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues for games played on 10/17. Current Phillies underlined. Arizona Fall League : The primary Phillies contingent is playing for the Surprise Saguaros. The Scottsdale Scorpions were short a catcher, Luke Davis is on their roster. Surprise Saguaros 10 (8-3) - Glendale Desert Dogs 0 (2-10) Dante Nori (RF) was 1 for 3 (double) with a walk and run scored. LHP Kevin Warunek pitched an i

Written by Steve Potter I’ve started to write my “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabetically in groupings of players per each article. Not sure how

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues for games played on 10/16. Current Phillies underlined. Arizona Fall League : The primary Phillies contingent is playing for the Surprise Saguaros. The Scottsdale Scorpions were short a catcher, Luke Davis is on their roster. Surprise Saguaros 12 (7-3) Mesa Solar Sox 5 (4-5) Aidan Miller (3B) was 0 for 3 with 3 walks, a strikeout and run scored. Aroon Escobar(DH) was 0 for 4 with a walk, strikeout and

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues for games played on 10/15. Current Phillies underlined. Arizona Fall League : The primary Phillies contingent is playing for the Surprise Saguaros. The Scottsdale Scorpions were short a catcher, Luke Davis is on their roster. Surprise Saguaros 17 (6-3) Glendale Desert Dogs 8 (1-9) Dante Nori (CF) was 0 for 5 with a walk and two strikeouts. RHP Estibenzon “Jimmy” Jimenez pitched a perfect inning - 2 K’s

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues for games played on 10/14. Current Phillies underlined. Arizona Fall League : The primary Phillies contingent is playing for the Surprise Saguaros. The Scottsdale Scorpions were short a catcher, Luke Davis is on their roster. Surprise Saguaros 9 (5-3) Peoria Javelinas 8 (4-5) Aidan Miller (3B) went 1 for 2 (single) with three walks, a run scored and RBI. Aroon Escobar (2B) was 1 for 2 (triple) with two

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues or off-season tournaments for games played on 10/12 and 10/13. Current Phillies underlined. Arizona Fall League : The primary Phillies contingent is playing for the Surprise Saguaros. The Scottsdale Scorpions were short a catcher, Luke Davis is on their roster. 10/12 : All games postponed or suspended - rain. 10/13 : the Saguaros game was postponed due to rain. Luke Davis did not play in Scottsboro’s 13-5 l

Written by Steve Potter The “modern era” minor league classification system began in 1963 with four core classifications (AAA, AA, A, and Rookie) which later expanded into multiple subdivisions including Short-Season A and Rookie Advanced. In 2021 MLB took direct control of the minor league system reducing total full-season teams to 120 (four per MLB franchise) and established the four-level full-season framework of AAA, AA, High A and Low A (along with rookie-level complex l

Notes on Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues or off-season tournaments. Arizona Fall League : The primary Phillies contingent is playing for the Surprise Saguaros. The Scottsdale Scorpions were short a catcher, Luke Davis is on their roster. 10/10 game : Scottsdale Scorpions 10 (5-1) Salt River Rafters 2 (5-2) Luke Davis (C) went 1 for 2 (single) with two walks and two runs scored. In 15 plate appearances playing in four games thus far he’s walked six times and has

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues or off-season tournaments. Arizona Fall League : The primary Phillies contingent is playing for the Surprise Saguaros. The Scottsdale Scorpions were short a catcher, Luke Davis is on their roster. 10/9 afternoon games : Peoria Javelinas 10 (3-3) Surprise Saguaros 4 (3-3) Aidan Miller (DH) went 2 for 3 (double & triple) with two RBIs, a walk and strikeout. Aroon Escobar (1B) went 1 for 4 (single) with a

According to data found on Baseball Reference 255 players made their major league debut this past summer (2026 season) - ages ranged from the youngest at 19 (Konnor Griffin - Pirates) to the oldest (Brian Keller - Phillies) at 32. Here’s a detailed breakdown of data over the past six seasons. 2026 : 255 players made their debut Average Age of debuting player : 25.1 Youngest : Konnor Griffin - 19 - Pirates Oldest : Brian Keller - 32 - Phillies Team with the most - Giants - 17

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues or off-season tournaments. Arizona Fall League : The primary Phillies contingent is playing for the Surprise Saguaros. The Scottsdale Scorpions were short a catcher, Luke Davis is on their roster. 10/8 game : Scottsdale Scorpions 4 (3-1) Surprise Saguaros 1 (3-2) Aidan Miller (3B) went 1 for 2 (double) with two walks, stolen base, run scored and a strikeout. Dante Nori (CF) went 0 for 3 with a walk and

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues or off-season tournaments. Arizona Fall League : The primary Phillies contingent is playing for the Surprise Saguaros. The Scottsdale Scorpions were short a catcher, Luke Davis is on their roster. 10/6 game : Salt River Rafters 7 (3-1) Surprise Sguaros 2 (3-1) Aroon Escobar (3B) went 0 for 4 with a strike out. LHP Kevin Warunek pitched one inning in relief (1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 16 pitches - 13 strikes

There were 85 position players this season in MLB between the ages of 20 and 23 (age as of 6/30 in the season) - 3 twenty year olds, 12 twenty-one year olds, 21 twenty-two year olds and 49 twenty three year olds. Twenty year olds : Catcher Ethan Salas was a late season call up for the Padres - he played in 16 games - 40 PA’s - .256/.275/.462. Colt Emerson played in 69 games for the Mariners - 241 PA’s - .190/.246/.335 with 8 HR’s and 23 RBIs. Konnor Griffin played in 80 games

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues or off-season tournaments. Arizona Fall League : The primary Phillies contingent is playing for the Surprise Saguaros. The Scottsdale Scorpions were short a catcher, Luke Davis is on their roster. 10/5 game : Surprise Sguaros 8 (3-0) Glendale Desert Dogs 7 (0-3) DH Aidan Miller went 2 for 3 (singles) with two walks and was also hit by a pitch batting third in the lineup, he scored a run. CF Dante Nori