The Dodgers’ prospects in the Arizona Fall League have given Glendale a little bit of everything lately: power, patience, and a first look at a former two-sport standout on the mound.
Charles Davalan has started to heat up after a slow opening stretch. The outfielder, who was named 2026 Midwest League MVP for what he did this season with High-A Great Lakes, has been working second base in the AFL.
Through 30 at-bats, he has only five hits, but he has also drawn three walks and been hit by pitches five times, giving him a .333 on-base percentage. Four of those five hits have come in the last week, including a solo home run last Monday in Scottsdale.
Chase Harlan has been one of the more productive Dodgers bats in Arizona. The third baseman is up to two home runs, a double and seven walks in eight games, while hitting .269/.444/.538 across 36 plate appearances. His latest blast came on October 11, when he picked up his second home run of the season.
That October 11 game also marked a milestone for Sam Horn. The right-hander worked a scoreless inning that day, and in four appearances for Glendale he has five strikeouts over four innings, with one run allowed and six walks. Horn, drafted by the Dodgers in the 17th round in 2025, is better known for another sport as well: he was Missouri’s starting quarterback in college, though he fractured his tibia in his first game last season.
For Horn, the Arizona Fall League is his debut as a professional pitcher at age 23. Keith Law of The Athletic saw him in person and wrote about his outing as part of a look at Dodgers prospects.
“Dodgers right-hander Sam Horn threw an inning in that game, working 94-95 mph with a slider at 82-84 mph. The fastball was fairly flat, and the curveball was mostly down and out of the zone,” Law wrote.
“Seeing him throwing at all in the AFL was a positive. He showed a good pickoff move, for what that’s worth.”
Brooks Auger, the Dodgers’ sixth-round pick in 2024 out of Mississippi State, has also gotten his work in. In his second start in Arizona last Monday, he gave up two runs in two innings while striking out three. Law wrote that he “had the best arsenal among potential starters, showing five distinct pitches, highlighted by a 95-98 mph fastball and a plus changeup with a ton of fading action.”
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