Arizona Fall League Recap: 11/11/2026

Salt River Rafters (Chris)

Demetrio Crisantes, 2B, Arizona Diamondbacks (1/1 3B, 4 BB)

Salt River collected just four hits and one extra-base hit on the day. They did reach base an astounding 16 times via walk, and Demetrio Crisantes contributed four walks and a triple, reaching base all five times he went to the plate.

It has been a strong AFL performance for Crisantes, who is hitting .286 with an .862 OPS. He has not hit the ball overly hard, but does have just a 20 percent chase rate and an 82 percent overall contact rate.

Getting a late start to the regular season, Crisantes wound up spending most of the season in Triple-A, and between all levels he slashed .292/.377/.477 with ten home runs and 25 doubles.

Crisantes has shown impressive contact skills and a good feel to hit. He did not hit the ball overly hard this year, but did create ideal launch angles. Seeing a strong performance here could be finishing school and lead to an early 2027 debut for Crisantes.

Mesa Solar Sox (Rhys)

Jake Cook, OF, Toronto Blue Jays (1/3 104 mph EV)

Jake Cook has had a very quiet Fall League. He is an animal in center field, but he is also hitting .343 with some power. He did post a 104 mph EV yesterday.

The path toward fantasy production is very reminiscent of that of Kevin Kiermaier. He is an elite defender in center field who gets all the playing time he can handle because of his glove. There is more stolen-base upside than with KK because of the new rules, so instead of topping out at 21 stolen bases in a season, I think Cook has more in the tank. He even has the same platoon advantage that KK had, with both being left-handed hitters.

Jake Cook is a fun prospect who has more real-life appeal, but even if he doesn’t fix the contact issues that have plagued him up to this point, there is a chance he can be a one-category contributor for us and get those valuable steals we are all searching high and low for.

Surprise Saguaros (Chris)

Sebastian Walcott, SS, Texas Rangers (2/2 2B)

An interesting narrative came out of the crew that was at FPAZ last week on Walcott. I heard a lot of bad about the hit tool, but Walcott saw some notable gains in the hit tool upon returning from injury during the regular season and he also has an 82.5 percent in-zone contact rate in the AFL.

Walcott smoked a 108 mph single and added a double at 105 mph. He has topped out at 114 mph in the AFL and has a 53 percent hard-hit rate.

Walcott became my number one prospect for fantasy purposes to end the 2026 season due to how he returned to action from having elbow surgery. The power was elite and came back better than ever, and he also showed improved contact skills. He has done nothing but hit the ball well so far in the AFL

Felix Arronde, RHP, Kansas City Royals (3 IP/1 H/1 ER/0 BB/5 K)

Arronde arguably had the best pitching performance of the day on Tuesday, pitching out five batters and allowing just one hit over three innings.

Arronde worked his fastball in the 93-94 mph range and showed both a sinker and a four-seamer that were effective. At times, the fastball can play generic, but that was not the case on Tuesday. His 84 mph slider also showed strong traits and generated three of his five whiffs. He rounded out his arsenal with a two-plane curveball, but used it just twice.

Scottsdale Scorpions (Chris)

Nick Monistere, 2B, Houston Astros (1/3 HR)

Monistere was the lone bright spot in the Scottsdale lineup that collected just three hits on the day. And even worse, in a league where walks are plenty, the Scottsdale lineup got on base a whopping ZERO times via walk.

In the second inning, Monistere smoked a lineout at 95 mph that traveled 310 feet and nearly dropped in the left-center gap. He got his revenge, though, in the fifth inning as he blasted a 104 mph, 415-foot home run.

The Astros 2025 fourth-round pick out of Southern Miss struggled during his 2026 season splitting time between Single-A and High-A. He hit just two home runs, but did steal 20 bases while slashing .183/.295/.285. Monistere is hitting .255 with an .822 OPS in the AFL.

Peoria Javelinas (Rhys)

Carter Graham, 1B, Cincinnati Reds (2/5)

Carter Graham’s AFL season is coming to an end, and he hit the ball well down in the desert with a triple-slash of .276/.443/.414. I think now is still a good buying opportunity for a prospect, that maybe I am higher on than just about anyone. 

Graham is someone who brings tremendous power, in this one he posted 2 hard hit batted ball events that went for singles. A 101 mph exit velo to go along with a 95 mph batted ball event. During his brief time in Arizona he has posted a 90th percentile EV of 105 and a 58% hard hit rate. 

Projecting out playing time will be a bit wonky for Graham because he will be fighting it out for 1B reps with NL Rookie of the Year Sal Stewart. But the Reds have never shied away from getting weird and sliding someone up the defensive spectrum if it means more offense. I would be buying Graham everywhere I can.

Ike Irish, OF, Baltimore Orioles (2/3 3B)

Ike Irish has been free from the shackles of pretending to have to catch for a while now, and that has done a lot for his fantasy value. Irish now looks like a solid 20-homer bat that will play for a while, and there is upside for more in the power department. 

Irish had himself two hard-hit batted ball events in this one, a single that was 100 mph off the bat and his triple that was 99 mph off the bat. The exciting thing is the bat speed here; Ike Irish posted an 82 mph swing speed on the single and an 87 mph swing speed on the triple. That level of bat speed plus some feel for spraying the ball to all fields is exciting. The next step for him would be lifting and pulling batted balls, and that should come. War Eagle, or whatever Bacon would want me to say here.

Glendale Desert Dogs (Chris)

Charles Davalan, 2B, Los Angeles Dodgers (2/4 2B)

Davalan put together a very strong season after being selected 41st overall in the 2025 draft. Spending nearly all season in High-A, Davalan blasted 24 home runs and stole 17 bases while slashing an impressive .292/.402/.535. After playing outfield strictly during the Minor League season, the Dodgers wanted Davalan to get work at second base, which would be huge for his fantasy value.

While Davalan has not taken off in the AFL like many hoped, he has shown flashes. On Wednesday, he had four batted balls hit north of 90 mph and went 2/4 with a double. The positives from the AFL for Davalan revolve around an impressive 89 percent zone-contact rate and a sub-ten percent strikeout rate. He has also run a 41 percnet hard-hit rate.

Davalan posted a 90 percent zone contact rate during the season, but also had good exit velocities. He ran a 90th percentile around 104 mph with a max north of 111 mph. This is a fun profile.

Owen Carey, OF, Atlanta Braves (2/4)

Carey collected two singles of the day for Glendale and pushed his AFL batting average just shy of .300 with an .824 OPS. He has not hit the ball overly hard, topping out at just 104 mph in the AFL. But what he has done is make a ton of contact. Carey is running a 92 percent in-zone contact rate and an 85 percent overall mark.

Carey’s 2026 was overshadowed by a ton of breakouts in this system, plus dealing with an injury this season. The profile is largely the same as what we saw last season with a few steps forward. The slash was uninspiring at .244/.322/.408, but he hit ten home runs and stole seven bases. There were notable improvements in launch angles and swing path as well.