It’s not often that you see a player removed from an Arizona Fall League roster. However, that happened earlier this week when Detroit Tigers pitching prospect Adam Ravenelle was taken off the Mesa Solar Sox roster after five subpar appearances.
The Tigers have given Ravenelle plenty of chances to prove himself. Selected out of Vanderbilt in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB draft, Ravenelle has gone to the Arizona Fall League in each of the past three seasons. He understandably struggled in 2015, having only pitched in Single-A ball by that point. However, his performances in the 2016 and 2017 Fall Leagues have not gone much better; last year, he posted a 6.