Southern Arizona Baseball

Tracking former Southern Arizona & Arizona Wildcats baseball players in pros (6/29)

NOTE:This is a compilation of stats involving players from Southern Arizona and the Arizona Wildcats’ program in MLB-sanctioned leagues (MLB and minor leagues). The list does not include players in foreign leagues or independent leagues in the US.

Buena graduate Darick Hall belted his seventh home run of the season on Saturday for the Lehigh Valley (Pa.) IronPigs (IronPigs photo)

LOCAL BASEBALL PLAYERS IN THE PROS

Listing of local baseball players either from high school or Arizona currently playing in pro baseball.
*Barraza, Sahuarita graduate
*Romero, CDO graduate
*Salazar, Sahuaro graduate

Player Pos Sch Yrs Team Lvl Org
Nate Baez
1B IRHS 16-19 Cedar Rapids A+ MIN
Christopher Barraza
P UA* 21-23 Inland Empire A LAA
Branden Boissiere
1B UA 19-21 Wilmington A+ WAS
Tony Bullard
3B UA 20-23 Beloit A+ MIA
Alex Bustamante
P CDO 16-18 Tampa A NYY
Demetrio Crisantes
SS Nogales 19-22 Visalia A ARI
Bobby Dalbec
1B UA 14-16 Boston AAA BOS
Chase Davis
OF UA 21-23 Palm Beach A STL
Jose Dicochea
P Sahuarita 16-19 Stockton A OAK
Matthew Dyer
C UA 19-20 Montgomery AA TB
German Fajardo
P Nogales 16-19 Modesto A SEA
Michael Flynn
P UA 16-18 Oklahoma City AAA LAD
Matt Fraizer
OF UA 17-19 Indianapolis AAA PIT
Kevin Ginkel
P UA 16 Arizona MLB ARI
Nick Gonzales
INF Cienega 14-17 Pittsburgh MLB PIT
Darick Hall
1B Buena 11-13 Lehigh Valley AAA PHI
Garrett Irvin
P UA 20-22 Lansing A+ OAK
Scott Kingery
2B UA 13-15 Lehigh Valley AAA PHI
Randy Labaut
P UA 17-19 Columbus AAA CLE
Gil Luna
P UA 18-21 Birmingham AA CHW
Nik McClaughry
2B UA 20-23 Fort Wayne A+ SD
Tylor Megill
P UA 17-19 NY Mets MLB NYM
Ian Mejia
P Sahuarita 16-19 Mississippi AA ATL
Andrew Nardi
P UA 19 Miami MLB MIA
Kevin Newman
SS UA 13-15 Arizona MLB ARI
Jared Oliva
OF UA 15-17 Arkansas AA SEA
Tanner O'Tremba
OF UA 21-22 Eugene A+ SF
Spencer Packard
OF CDO 13-16 Tacoma AAA SEA
Rob Refsnyder
OF UA 10-12 Boston MLB BOS
Alfonso Rivas
1B UA 16-18 Memphis AAA STL
Kiko Romero
1B UA* 23 Hudson Valley A+ NYY
Milo Rushford
CF WGHS 18-21 ACL Royals RK KC
César Salazar
C UA* 16-18 Houston MLB HOU
Chase Silseth
P UA 21 Salt Lake AAA LAA
Austin Smith
P UA 21 Mississippi AA ATL
Daniel Susac
C UA 21-22 Midland AA OAK
Cal Stevenson
OF UA 17-18 Lehigh Valley AAA PHI
Alex Verdugo
OF Sahuaro 11-14 NY Yankees MLB NYY
Avery Weems
P UA 18-19 Frisco AA TEX
Austin Wells
C UA 19-20 NY Yankees MLB NYY
Donta' Williams
OF UA 18-21 Bowie AA BAL

LOCAL BATTERS IN THE PROS

Through games of July 1
*Injuries
Boissiere (60-day/arm)
Oliva (7-day/leg)
Player Team Lvl G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG
Baez
MIN A+ 44 139 25 36 4 1 9 21 0 .259
*Boissiere
WAS A+ 33 112 11 24 4 0 2 15 0 .214
Bullard
MIA A+ 18 57 6 16 4 0 1 6 2 .281
Crisantes
ARI A 13 47 9 19 2 0 1 3 2 .404
Dalbec
BOS AAA 32 123 29 33 7 0 10 28 3 .258
Davis
STL A 59 207 30 47 16 0 7 40 5 .227
Dyer
TB AA 38 115 16 24 6 2 1 9 3 .209
Fraizer
PIT AAA 32 105 13 25 6 1 1 10 3 .238
Gonzales
PIT MLB 44 164 20 46 9 1 5 27 3 .280
Hall
PHI AAA 57 224 24 54 6 0 7 31 1 .241
Kingery
PHI AAA 68 238 40 60 8 2 14 37 11 .251
McClaughry
SD A+ 50 153 18 26 8 2 0 10 4 .170
Newman
ARI MLB 58 173 25 50 10 1 2 19 3 .277
O'Tremba
SF A+ 48 155 30 34 8 1 4 23 9 .214
*Oliva
SEA AA 42 113 23 24 3 0 5 15 18 .212
Packard
SEA AAA 11 40 7 13 5 0 0 3 0 .325
Refsnyder
BOS MLB 48 143 17 46 12 1 3 20 1 .322
Rivas
STL AAA 56 186 29 43 11 2 1 20 0 .231
Romero
NYY A+ 40 123 16 26 7 0 4 15 4 .211
Rushford
KC RK 6 21 2 3 0 2 0 1 2 .111
Salazar
HOU MLB 5 14 3 5 2 0 0 4 0 .357
Stevenson
PHI AAA 66 197 36 54 15 3 4 29 15 .274
Susac
OAK AA 46 180 18 53 10 0 5 23 3 .289
Verdugo
NYY MLB 82 308 39 75 17 1 9 43 1 .244
Wells
NYY MLB 50 140 19 30 9 0 3 13 1 .214
Williams
BAL AA 35 103 7 19 7 0 0 5 8 .184

SATURDAY’S HOME RUNS

1B-DH Darick Hall (Buena), Phillies AAA, solo HR (seventh in Triple-A this season and overall)

SS Scott Kingery (Arizona), Phillies AAA, solo HR (14th in Triple-A this season and overall)

C Austin Wells (Arizona), Yankees MLB, two-run HR (third in MLB this season and overall)

SATURDAY’S STANDOUTS

SS Scott Kingery (Arizona), Phillies AAA, 3-5, 2 runs, HR, RBI

C Austin Wells (Arizona), Yankees MLB, 2-4, run, double, HR, 2 RBIs

3B-1B Tony Bullard (Arizona), Marlins A+, 2-3, run

C Daniel Susac (Arizona), Athletics AA, 2-4, run

1B Darick Hall (Buena), Phillies AAA, 1-5, run, HR, 2 RBIs

SS Demetrio Crisantes (Nogales), Diamondbacks A, 1-4, 2 runs, 2 walks

CF-RF Cal Stevenson (Arizona), Phillies AAA, 1-3, 2 runs, double, 2 walks

RF-CF Matt Fraizer (Arizona), Guardians AAA, 0-2, 2 runs, stolen base, 3 walks

LOCAL PITCHERS IN THE PROS

Through games of July 1
*Injuries:
Bustamante (60-day/arm)
Weems (7-day/arm)
Player Team Lvl W-L G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Barraza
LAA A 0-2 22 0 1 28 24 11 9 20 24 2.89
*Bustamante
NYY A 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dicochea
OAK A 1-5 11 7 0 35.1 36 30 25 19 38 6.37
Fajardo
SEA A 2-1 19 0 0 38.2 30 21 15 23 48 3.49
Flynn
LAD AAA 1-1 22 0 3 30.1 23 21 19 12 42 5.64
Ginkel
ARI MLB 6-1 34 0 5 33 32 16 11 7 28 3.00
Irvin
OAK A+ 1-2 20 0 1 23.2 26 22 18 16 29 6.85
Labaut
CLE AAA 2-5 21 2 1 33 28 24 18 22 32 4.91
Luna
CHW AA 3-1 24 0 2 25 17 10 6 24 27 2.16
Megill
NYM MLB 2-4 8 8 0 39 37 25 22 19 49 5.08
Mejia
ATL AA 6-1 13 13 0 69.2 51 19 19 25 76 2.45
Nardi
MIA MLB 1-1 39 0 0 31.2 32 19 18 9 38 5.12
Silseth
LAA AAA 0-3 4 4 0 18 29 20 19 13 10 9.50
Smith
ATL AA 0-0 8 0 0 7.1 12 7 7 6 8 8.59
*Weems
TEX AA 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

SATURDAY’S STANDOUTS

LHP Andrew Nardi (Arizona), Marlins MLB, 1.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K (win)

RHP Tylor Megill (Arizona), Mets MLB, 5.1 IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 6K (no decision)

RHP Kevin Ginkel (Arizona), Diamondbacks MLB, 2 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K (no decision)

RHP Gil Luna (Arizona), White Sox AA, 1 IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 1K (no decision)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS (LAST 14 DAYS)

Friday, June 28Daniel Susac – Activated from IL-7 (undisclosed) (Oakland Athletics)

Wednesday, June 26Donta’ Williams – Assigned to Bowie Baysox (AA) (Baltimore Orioles)

Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Chase Silseth – Assigned to Salt Lake Bees (AAA) (Los Angeles Angels)
Chase Silseth – Activated from injured list (Los Angeles Angels)

Saturday, June 22Bobby Dalbec – Assigned to Worcester (AAA) (Boston Red Sox)

Tuesday, June 19Daniel Susac – IL-7 Injured (undisclosed) (Oakland Athletics)

Former Nogales High School shortstop  Demetrio Crisantes, who was selected in seventh round (198) of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks, was promoted Monday to Single-A Visalia (Calif.) after excelling with the club’s rookie team in the Arizona Complex League in the Phoenix area. He batted .355 with seven doubles, five triples, home run, 10 stolen bases and 20 RBIs in the ACL. Crisantes was recruited to Arizona by Chip Haleout of Nogales but decided to sign with the Diamondbacks for an estimated $250,000. Crisantes led the Apaches to a 31-4 record his senior year with a second-place finish in the state playoffs while batting .485 with 26 RBIs, 15 doubles, four triples and seven home runs (Arizona Diamondbacks photo)

Monday, June 17, 2024
Demetrio Crisantes – Assigned to Visalia Rawhide (A) (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Jared Oliva – IL-7 Injured (Seattle Mariners)

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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living” , which is available at Amazon. He became an educator five years ago and is presently a special education teacher at Sunnyside High School in the Sunnyside Unified School District.

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