The World Series will be over by Saturday, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any baseball on TV. Set your TiVo for 8:15 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 7 on MLB Network, and you can watch the fourth-annual Arizona Fall League’s Rising Stars Game.
The teams are split up by AFL divisions. The East team will have players from the Mesa Solar Sox (Angels, Cubs, Marlins, Red Sox and Twins), Phoenix Desert Dogs (Athletics, Blue Jays, Nationals, Orioles and Rays) and Scottsdale Scorpions (Giants, Diamondbacks, Phillies, Pirates and Rockies). The West team will be comprised of players from the Peoria Javelinas (Brewers, Dodgers, Mariners, Tigers and White Sox), Peoria Saguaros (Astros, Braves, Indians, Padres and Reds) and the Surprise Rafters (Cardinals, Mets, Rangers, Royals and Yankees).
The game is arguably as loaded with talent as the Futures Game and the scheduled starting pitchers are two first rounders: Nationals righthander, and first-overall pick, Stephen Strasburg will take the hill for the East squad and Braves lefthander Mike Minor will toe the rubber for the West.
Several young major leaguers have appeared in previous Rising Stars games, including White Sox third baseman Gordon Beckham, Brewers third baseman Ryan Braun, Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar, Braves righthander Tommy Hanson, Yankees righthander Phil Hughes, Astros right fielder Hunter Pence and Orioles catcher Matt Wieters.
MLB Network will also broadcast the AFL championship game on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2:35 p.m. ET.
Here are the complete rosters for the Rising Stars Game.
| EAST DIVISION | ||||||||
| No. | Pitchers | Team | B | T | Ht. | Wt. | DOB | Organization |
| 41 | Andrew Cashner* | MSS | R | R | 6–6 | 210 | 09/11/86 | Chicago Cubs |
| 24 | Brandon Erbe | PDD | R | R | 6-4 | 180 | 12/25/87 | Baltimore Orioles |
| 19 | Reidier Gonzalez | PDD | R | R | 5-9 | 215 | 11/01/85 | Toronto Blue Jays |
| 33 | Matt Gorgen | PDD | R | R | 6-0 | 210 | 01/27/87 | Tampa Bay Rays |
| 54 | Andrew Johnston | SCO | R | R | 6-5 | 205 | 04/20/84 | Colorado Rockies |
| 41 | Danny Moskos | SCO | R | L | 6-1 | 210 | 04/28/86 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 46 | Toru Murata | SCO | L | R | 6-0 | 175 | 05/20/85 | Yomiuri Giants (NPB) |
| 30 | Blake Parker | MSS | R | R | 6-3 | 225 | 06/19/85 | Chicago Cubs |
| 65 | Matt Reynolds | SCO | L | L | 6-5 | 240 | 10/02/84 | Colorado Rockies |
| 58 | Dustin Richardson | MSS | L | L | 6-6 | 220 | 01/09/84 | Boston Red Sox |
| 17 | Drew Storen | PDD | R | R | 6-2 | 180 | 08/11/87 | Washington Nationals |
| 37 | Stephen Strasburg | PDD | R | R | 6-4 | 220 | 07/20/88 | Washington Nationals |
| No. | Catchers | Team | B | T | Ht. | Wt. | DOB | Organization |
| 65 | Hank Conger | MSS | S | R | 6-1 | 220 | 01/29/88 | L.A. Angels |
| 10 | Buster Posey | SCO | R | R | 6-1 | 205 | 03/27/87 | San Francisco Giants |
| No. | Infielders | Team | B | T | Ht. | Wt. | DOB | Organization |
| 25 | Brandon Allen | SCO | L | R | 6-2 | 235 | 02/12/86 | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| 13 | Starlin Castro | MSS | R | R | 6-1 | 160 | 03/24/90 | Chicago Cubs |
| 3 | Chase d’Arnaud | SCO | R | R | 6-1 | 175 | 01/21/87 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 15 | Matt Dominguez | MSS | R | R | 6-1 | 210 | 08/28/89 | Florida Marlins |
| 14 | Brandon Snyder | PDD | R | R | 6-2 | 215 | 11/23/86 | Baltimore Orioles |
| 4 | Josh Vitters | MSS | R | R | 6-3 | 200 | 08/27/89 | Chicago Cubs |
| 6 | Jemile Weeks | PDD | S | R | 5-10 | 175 | 01/26/87 | Oakland Athletics |
| No. | Outfielders | Team | B | T | Ht. | Wt. | DOB | Organization |
| 8 | Domonic Brown | SCO | L | L | 6-5 | 204 | 09/03/87 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 21 | Grant Desme | PDD | R | R | 6-2 | 205 | 04/04/86 | Oakland Athletics |
| 2 | Bryan Petersen | MSS | L | R | 6-0 | 200 | 04/09/86 | Florida Marlins |
| 24 | Jose Tabata | SCO | R | R | 5-11 | 215 | 08/12/88 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 11 | Rene Tosoni | MSS | L | R | 6-0 | 195 | 07/02/86 | Minnesota Twins |
| *Unavailable to participate | ||||||||
| WEST DIVISION | ||||||||
| No. | Pitchers | Team | B | T | Ht. | Wt. | DOB | Organization |
| 33 | Phillippe Aumont | PEJ | R | R | 6-7 | 220 | 01/07/89 | Seattle Mariners |
| 29 | Michael Dunn | SUR | L | L | 6-1 | 195 | 05/23/82 | New York Yankees |
| 25 | Josh Fields | PEJ | R | R | 6-0 | 185 | 08/19/85 | Seattle Mariners |
| 32 | Javy Guerra | PEJ | R | R | 6-1 | 195 | 10/31/85 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 33 | Danny Gutierrez | SUR | R | R | 6-1 | 180 | 03/08/87 | Texas Rangers |
| 29 | Craig Kimbrel | PES | R | R | 5-11 | 205 | 05/28/88 | Atlanta Braves |
| 15 | Mike Leake | PES | R | R | 6-0 | 180 | 11/12/87 | Cincinnati Reds |
| 32 | Mike Minor | PES | R | L | 6-3 | 200 | 12/26/87 | Atlanta Braves |
| 38 | Andrew Oliver | PEJ | L | L | 6-3 | 209 | 12/03/87 | Detroit Tigers |
| 53 | Mark Rogers | PEJ | R | R | 6-2 | 225 | 01/30/86 | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 46 | Tanner Scheppers | SUR | R | R | 6-4 | 200 | 01/17/87 | Texas Rangers |
| No. | Catchers | Team | B | T | Ht. | Wt. | DOB | Organization |
| 30 | Jason Castro | PES | L | R | 6-3 | 210 | 06/18/87 | Houston Astros |
| 17 | Lucas May | PEJ | R | R | 6-1 | 215 | 10/24/84 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| No. | Infielders | Team | B | T | Ht. | Wt. | DOB | Organization |
| 28 | Yonder Alonso | PES | L | R | 6-2 | 215 | 04/08/87 | Cincinnati Reds |
| 2 | Zack Cozart | PES | R | R | 6-1 | 185 | 08/12/85 | Cincinnati Reds |
| 16 | Ike Davis | SUR | L | L | 6-5 | 195 | 03/22/87 | New York Mets |
| 13 | Daniel Descalso | SUR | L | R | 5-10 | 190 | 10/19/86 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 11 | Carlos Rivero | PES | R | R | 6-0 | 185 | 12/18/84 | Cleveland Indians |
| 21 | Mike Moustakas | SUR | L | R | 6-0 | 195 | 09/11/88 | Kansas City Royals |
| 36 | Lance Zawadzki | PES | S | R | 5-11 | 185 | 05/26/85 | San Diego Padres |
| No. | Outfielders | Team | B | T | Ht. | Wt. | DOB | Organization |
| 5 | Dustin Ackley | PEJ | L | R | 6-1 | 185 | 02/26/88 | Seattle Mariners |
| 20 | Jordan Danks | PEJ | L | R | 6-4 | 210 | 08/07/86 | Chicago White Sox |
| 27 | Chris Heisey | PES | R | R | 6-0 | 200 | 12/14/84 | Cincinnati Reds |
| 4 | Daryl Jones | SUR | L | L | 5-11 | 185 | 06/25/87 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 15 | Casper Wells | PEJ | R | R | 6-2 | 210 | 11/23/84 | Detroit Tigers |
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That is a very impressive group of young men. But I don’t think it rivals the Futures game simply because there are usually so very few foreign players in the AFL.
Which makes me wonder why the Indians’ Carlos Rivero is even on the Saguaros roster. He’s Venezuelan.
From the AFL page on MLB’s website…
“One foreign player is allowed, as long as the player does not reside in a country that participates in winter ball, as part of the Caribbean Confederation or the Australian winter league.”
I’m confused. I’m happy for him, but I’m confused.
Posted by Joan | November 3, 2009 at 6:33 pm | ShortcutI think that rule pertains to foreign players not affiliated with MLB teams. There are a couple of Japanese players this year, for instance. It doesn’t matter where minor leaguers originally came from, such as Starlin Castro.
Posted by Luke Gude | November 4, 2009 at 10:28 am | ShortcutI’m not sure about that. There seem to be many more foreign players on the rosters this year. I just wondered if maybe they changed the eligibility rules but didn’t update that info on the website.
Can someone at BA help with this? I can’t seem to get anyone who might know to give me an answer.
Posted by Joan | November 4, 2009 at 7:37 pm | ShortcutJoan –
Posted by Conor Glassey | November 5, 2009 at 8:46 am | ShortcutI’m not positive on this, but I think it comes down to the word “reside.”