No pitcher boosted his stock during this Arizona Fall League season more than Brewers left-hander Josh Hader, who leads Jim Callis’ list of prospects who impressed in Saturday’s AFL championship game.

Yadiel Rivera of the Brewers had quite the Saturday. In addition to leading off and starting at shortstop for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League championship game, which the Scottsdale Scorpions won, 6-4, Rivera was named the winner of the Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award prior to the title game.

It might be said that Scottsdale Stadium and the AFL have grown up together. Both had their roots in 1992 when the Cactus League was a just a sleepy little circuit. The Fall League was a gleam in the eye of Roland Hemond, the ageless baseball executive who sold the owners on the concept of having a U.S.-based alternative to Latin-American winter ball.

Adam Brett Walker, ranked as the No. 10 Twins prospect, came through in a big way on a big stage Saturday, delivering an RBI hit in the fourth inning and a two-run double in the eighth to lead Scottsdale to a 6-4 win over Surprise in the Arizona Fall League’s championship game.

Yadiel Rivera of the Brewers had quite the Saturday. In addition to leading off and starting at shortstop for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League championship game, Rivera was named the winner of the Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award prior to the title game.

Although his team, the Glendale Desert Dogs, wasn’t on the field at Scottsdale Stadium on Saturday for the Arizona Fall League championship game, White Sox outfield prospect Adam Engel was there to accept two awards, including the Joe Black Most Valuable Player Award.

The power component continues to improve for Braves third baseman Adonis Garcia, who connected on 10 home runs in his rookie season. But more than just showing the ability to deposit the ball over the wall, he is using his Winter League experience to help refine his defense.

Joe Maddon won the NL Manager of the Year Award. That’s nice. Even better for Maddon is that he has four years remaining on the five-year, $25 million deal he signed a year ago with the Chicago Cubs. That’s security. Security is not a by-product of being selected as the top manager by the BBWAA.

The Nationals have signed outfielder Chris Heisey to a Minor League deal with an invitation to Major League Spring Training.

The Astros are very determined to get a closer, other teams have told ESPN’s Jayson Stark, as Houston is looking at both trade and free-agent options.

Soon after managing the last game of his Hall of Fame career, Tony La Russa was invited by Tom Coughlin, the New York Giants’ coach, to a function for Wounded Warriors, the charity that looks out for injured military veterans — an experience that would redefine the mission of La Russa’s already long-established Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF).

Rickey Henderson and Robin Yount , two of MLB’s 29 historical 3,000-hit men, were on the stage of the Juniper Ballroom in the Aria Hotel on Friday, reminiscing about their careers in an installment of a lecture series that is a featured part of Tony La Russa’s 4th Annual Leaders & Legends weekend to benefit the Pets for Vets program of his Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF).

Here are some guys who will still be south of 27 on Opening Day 2016 who could very well wind up on the trading block, if they aren’t there already.

South Korea’s improbable run to the WBSC Premier 12 tournament final concluded with a championship Saturday night local time in Tokyo.

With the first season of Statcast™ behind us, let’s run down a roster of 2015’s Statcast™ All-Stars. This isn’t the same thing as “the best player at each position.” Let’s think of this more as “really good players who stood out in a new, interesting way.”

The deadline has passed, the roster decisions have been made. Let the Rule 5 Draft prep commence. Here’s a quick look at 10 intriguing prospects who are eligible to be selected in the Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings on Dec. 10.

As the Arizona Fall League’s six-week season concludes with Saturday’s championship game, MLBPipeline.com names its All-AFL Team, highlighted by Yankees catching prospect Gary Sanchez and rebounding Rangers infielder Jurickson Profar.