The leaves may be continuing to change and temperatures starting to drop, but the hitters are only getting hotter in the Arizona Fall League. Twenty-nine homers were hit by 22 players during the third week of play in the desert.…
Major League Baseball highlighted seven standout prospects as the top performers during Week 3 of the Arizona Fall League season. Hitting surged across the league with 29 home runs hit during the week, while 64 pitchers delivered scoreless outings. Standouts recognized included shortstop Dax Kilby, left-handed pitchers Justin Lamkin and Briggs McKenzie, outfielders Jared Thomas, Tai Peete, and Yerlin Confidan, and catcher Jack O'Dowd.
Key highlights included Lamkin retiring 13 straight batters across 4 1/3 perfect innings for Surprise, while McKenzie tossed five shutout frames for Glendale. Offensively, Peete made Fall League history by hitting a triple in four consecutive games for Peoria, and O'Dowd launched three home runs across three games for Salt River to take the circuit's home run lead.
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