While most baseball fans are focused on the drama of postseason play in the fall, it's also an important time for some of the minor leagues' top prospects. And starting on Tuesday, some of the A's most promising young prospects will begin play in the Arizona Fall League. Last year's top draft pick for the A's, third baseman Matt Chapman, was originally scheduled to participate, but it appears that a lingering wrist injury will leave him sidelined, and it looks like he'll be replaced by fellow third baseman Renato Nunez.
The Arizona Fall League has been going strong for the past couple of decades now, and its schedule runs for about 5-6 weeks from early-October through mid-November.