The Dodgers are sending a deep group of prospects to the 2026 Arizona Fall League, with nine players assigned to the Glendale Desert Dogs roster. That total is one more than last year, and it gives Los Angeles one of the more interesting collections of talent headed to Arizona.
Eduardo Quintero, Charles Davalan and Chase Harlan headline the Dodgers’ contingent. MLB Pipeline has them ranked as the organization’s Nos. 3, 6 and 9 prospects, respectively, which makes them the names most fans will be watching closely once the AFL gets rolling.
They’ll be joined by Sam Horn, Brooks Auger, Luke Fox, Cody Morse, Marlon Nieves and Anson Aroz. Horn stands out in his own way. He was drafted by the Dodgers in 2025 after a college football career as a quarterback, and he’s one of the more unusual arms in the group.
The Arizona Fall League opens Saturday, Oct. 3, after the Minor League season wraps up, and it runs through Nov. 14. The playoffs start the next day, and the championship game is set for Nov. 14 at Peoria Sports Complex, which serves as the Spring Training home of the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners.
The 20th annual AFL Fall Stars Game will be played Nov. 8 at Salt River Fields, the Spring Training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. MLB Network will televise both the Fall Stars Game and the championship game, and each will also stream on MLB.com and the MLB app.
The Desert Dogs are one of six AFL clubs, along with the Mesa Solar Sox, Peoria Javelinas, Salt River Rafters, Scottsdale Scorpions and Surprise Saguaros. Each team draws prospects from five organizations, and Glendale’s roster includes players from the Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox.
Quintero is the top Dodgers prospect in the group and is now in his fourth season with the organization. He was promoted to Double-A Tulsa on Sept. 13 after putting together a big year at High-A Great Lakes, where he hit .309/.445/.495 with 28 doubles, 12 home runs and 68 RBI.
Davalan, the No. 41 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, made a strong first impression in his first full professional season. The left-hander hit .292/.402/.535 with 29 doubles, 24 home runs and 63 RBI in 115 games with the Loons, and he also moved up to Double-A on Sept. 13.
Harlan, a third-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, is still working through the learning curve at High-A after opening the 2026 season hot at Single-A Ontario. Power is his loudest tool right now, but his contact skills against anything other than fastballs remain a work in progress.
His defense at third base also needs refinement, and he has committed 32 errors over 1,077.1 innings in the last two seasons. He is 20 years old.
Horn, selected in the 17th round of the 2025 MLB Draft, missed the entire 2026 Minor League season while recovering from a fractured tibia he suffered as a quarterback at the University of Missouri in 2025. This fall will mark his first game action as a professional.
He brings a plus-fastball that can reach 98 mph with armside run and sink, and at 6-foot-4 he gets good extension and deception from a low arm slot and release point. The biggest concern remains his inexperience, and that hasn’t changed after losing a year of development.
Auger, a sixth-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft out of Mississippi State University, took a step forward in his second season at High-A as a full-time starter. The right-hander posted a 3.62 ERA in 59.2 innings, leaning on a mid-90s fastball that plays up because of his 6’5” frame, along with a cutter/slider, curve and changeup.
Fox has been productive across four levels in his Minor League career, carrying a 2.91 ERA over 164 innings. The left-hander climbed quickly through the system after being selected in the 17th round of the 2023 MLB Draft and reached Double-A by the end of his second season. He entered 2026 as a non-roster invitee to Spring Training, but he went on the injured list on April 21 and had two IL stints overall, limiting him to nine Double-A appearances.
Morse, a 12th-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, also dealt with time on the injured list. The left-handed reliever logged a 3.41 ERA in 29 innings at High-A in 2026.
Nieves has spent four seasons in the system and hasn’t had a dominant run, but there is still plenty to like. The right-hander has worked mostly as a starter, and his best year came in 2025 when he posted a 2.79 ERA over 84 innings. His two-seam fastball sits in the mid-90s and can reach 99 mph with run and sink, and his slider gives him a tough one-two combination when he’s sharp.
Aroz, a switch-hitting catcher from the University of Oregon, entered pro ball with real power and defensive upside. His 17 home runs in 2025 tied for 86th in the nation among Division I programs. He got off to a strong start this season in Single-A, batting .313/.452/.463 with three doubles and three home runs in 23 games, but he had a harder time after a midseason move to High-A.
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