Arizona Rookie League 2014 opens on June 20th

The AZL will feature 13 teams this year, in 3 different divisions. They are listed below:

Schedule for the entire 2014 season can be found here.

Arizona League East

Arizona League Central

Arizona League West

Each of the teams play at their spring training facility. Some of the teams take on the city name that they play in, such as the "Mesa Cubs"; while others simply call themselves the AZL Giants. I will refer to teams by the latter for purposes of uniformity. This structure is optimal for fans and for the players. The players get to use the "big league facilities" which is a huge upside for them because in almost every other minor league town the facilities are lacking in a lot of areas. For the fans, they can usually choose from any of 6 different games on any given night, any thankfully all of the games are all played at night when they temperatures are more favorable.

Players in the AZL are usually high-schoolers and international signings who are under the age of 20. The league has featured top talent year in and year out. I will try to feature specific players of interest. The league is 56 games and runs through the end of August.

Next Blog: Current Players assigned to the AZL 2014

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