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The Arizona Fall League season is in its final week after a campaign full of outstanding performances. As is always the case, there will be countless big leaguers to come out of this year’s AFL, and many of them will contribute in 2026.

You need only to look at this year’s Rookie of the Year Award winners for very recent proof. Both Nick Kurtz and Drake Baldwin played in the AFL … last year. They are the 37th and 38th alumni of the league to win top rookie honors, and this is the ninth time both Rookie of the Year Award winners spent time in the Fall League. And it’s just the third time that they did so the year before winning the hardware (Mike Trout and Bryce Harper in 2012; Huston

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