In the 2024 Arizona Fall League prospect showcase, St. Louis Cardinals prospects will be a part of the Glendale Desert Dogs.
This week, the Arizona Fall League released its 2024 schedule for each of the six AFL teams as well as organizational assignments, which rotate annually. In 2024, St. Louis Cardinals prospects will be a part of the Glendale Desert Dogs.
Other organizations staffing the Glendale roster are the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox. Games are played at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, the spring home of the Dodgers and White Sox.
League play begins on October 7th, with the Desert Dogs’ opener the next afternoon. For the first time in my memory, selected games will be played on Sundays. There will also be some contests on Mondays, so there will be no days this year in which no games are played, though every club is off at least one day per week.
In 2024, the ABS challenge system will be used in Glendale as well as in Peoria, Salt River and Surprise. That means Statcast data will be available from two-thirds of the AFL fields. Two challenges per team per game are allowed (teams retain successful challenges).
The Fall Stars Game, pitting National vs. American Leaguers, will be played on Saturday, November 9th at Mesa’s Sloan Park (the Chicago Cubs spring training stadium). The Home Run Derby will be held there the previous night, on Friday, November 8th.
The Play-In Semifinal (between the second- and third-place teams) is scheduled for Friday, November 15 with the Championship Game the next night, likely on national television.
See the 2024 AFL schedule here
The broadcast schedule has not yet been released, but when it is, I will share it so you can watch selected games via streaming.
There is no set date for when the rosters and coaching assignments for the clubs will be released for the AFL’s 32nd season, but we will post them when disclosed.
What is next
As is the case annually, The Cardinal Nation will post free daily recaps of all Desert Dogs AFL games including box score links, so you can follow the Cardinals prospects’ results in the desert.
Once again, I will be present for a week of the AFL with interviews, photos and eyewitness reports exclusively for paid members of The Cardinal Nation.
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