"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Chicago Cubs recapsChicago Cubs minor leaguesChicago Cubs essaysChicago Cubs game threadsWrigley Field renovationsFull archiveLibrary Bleed Cubbie Blue Community GuidelinesCurrent time in ChicagoBCB Specials & Site InfoWinter 2019 music threadsCubs StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Cubs newsYahoo Cubs team pageYahoo Cubs reportYahoo Cubs depth chartYahoo Cubs transactionsYahoo Cubs photosOdds Shop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub 鉁旵hicago Cubs minor leaguesBaseball newsThere will be some changes in the Arizona Fall League in 2019New Pedro Martinez Jersey ,11commentsThe popular offseason league will now begin a bit earlier than before.CDTShareTweetShareShareThere will be some changes in the Arizona Fall League in 2019The Arizona Fall League has been a showcase for top prospects for quite a number of years. Among others, Kris Bryant, Ian Happ and Kyle Schwarber have played there recently.The league has been run from around the second week of October until the weekend before Thanksgiving.That’s going to change, starting this fall. Instead of October, this year the AFL’s schedule will now start in mid-September, with this season launching on Tuesday, September 17 and ending on Saturday, October 26. The annual “Fall Stars Game” will be held on Saturday, October 12 and the AFL Championship Game will be scheduled for Sunday, October 27. The reason for this change: It will allow minor-league players to avoid downtime at the end of their seasons and instead transition directly into the AFL schedule. In particular, pitchers will have the opportunity for more continuous rest in preparation for the following year’s playing schedule. Interestingly Max Kepler Jersey , the press release announcing this said that this schedule “closely aligns with timing of Clubs’ traditional Instructional Leagues” — but this year, the Cubs, among some other teams, moved their Instructional League to January, for similar reasons. The Cubs wanted players to come to Instructional League and then transition right to spring training.Another change: MLB teams will now be able to nominate any player under contract in their organization to participate in the AFL. This change will be evaluated following the 2019 AFL season. Previously, AFL players had to be in Double-A or Triple-A, with one exception allowed per team. (That’s how Nico Hoerner was able to participate last fall.)From a player development standpoint, this is probably a good thing. MLB is correct that having only a week or two downtime before the AFL begins is better than having a month away from baseball, then having to gear up again.From a fan standpoint, though, this will get the AFL far less attention. With the league’s All-Star game now scheduled during the league playoffs and the championship game occurring during the World Series Zach Duke Jersey , they likely might not even be televised, and if they are, most baseball fans’ attention will be turned away from the AFL. Further, from a fan standpoint it was always nice to have three more weeks’ worth of baseball to follow in November. Lastly, it can still be pretty hot in the Phoenix area for the last couple of weeks of September (the average high for the given starting AFL date this year, September 17, is 100 degrees), so many of the early games will likely be played at night.I’ve always been a fan of the AFL, and while this change will benefit players, it will make the league a bit harder to follow. NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey’s season might soon be coming to an end.The six-time All-Star said Tuesday night that he’s considering surgery to fix a hip problem that’s been hobbling him all year.“I think when you’re dealing with an injury, it can be a level of frustration http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey ,” Posey said. “I’m so hesitant just because … I hate reading stuff where I feel like people are talking and there’s any sort of excuse, no matter what it is.”“But yeah, I mean, just where we are in the standings, too, I think that makes it difficult,” he said.The 31-year-old Posey recently got a cortisone injection and missed last month’s All-Star game.“We have discussed the possibility,” Giants general manager Bobby Evans said.Posey didn’t play Tuesday night in a 6-3 loss to the New York Mets after catching all 13 innings in a win Monday. He is expected to play Wednesday.Manager Bruce Bochy said there is no deadline set for Posey to have the surgery. He added the sooner the surgery occurs, the more time there is for Posey to recover.The Giants are 62-65 and behind several teams for the second wild card spot. They are 3-5 on an 11-game road trip and 12-19 since July 13.Posey is hitting .286 with five homers and 40 RBIs. Since the All-Star break, he is hitting .283 with no homers and nine RBIs.Posey hasn’t homered in a span of 166 at-bats since June 19, the third-longest homerless drought of his career in terms of days.“He’s been battling this all year Fernando Rodney Jersey ,” Bochy said. “He’s been a warrior through this, dealing with it. But you know, sometimes it comes to a point where you have to do something about it. And that’s what we’re talking about now.”“There is a rehab with this thing if it gets done, and it’s going to take a little while. So, we want to make sure that we get him right,” he said.The San Francisco Chronicle first reported on Posey’s situation.