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- Updated: August 31, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Three of the Cardinals’ most advanced position-player prospects — Harrison Bader, Carson Kelly and Paul DeJong — will extend their 2016 seasons with time in the Arizona Fall League.
Those three, along with pitchers Corey Littrell, Ryan Sherriff and Rowan Wick, were announced on Wednesday as those chosen to represent the Cardinals on the Glendale Desert Dogs club. The Cardinals, who have one open pitching spot still left to fill, will also send Class A Peoria coach Dernier Orozco to serve as a pitching coach for the team.
The AFL, considered baseball’s finishing school for prospects, begins its season on Oct. 11 and continues play through its annual championship game on Nov. 19. Four of the players the Cardinals sent to the AFL last season — Alex Reyes, Luke Weaver, Aledmys Diaz and Dean Kiekhefer — have since made their Major League debut.
Bader, ranked by MLBPipeline.com as the Cardinals’ No. 3 prospect, will be one of 21 players in the AFL who rank on MLBPipeline.com’s Top 100 list. A …
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